Sunday Worship from Houston and Killellan Kirk led by Revd. Gary Noonan
Order of service
Centring/entrance of bible
Welcome
Gathering words
HY322 Good Christians all rejoice
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
READING: Isaiah 9: 2, 6
POEM: Advent Calendar byRowan Williams
HY283 The voice of God goes out to all the world
READING: Luke 1: 28-31
POEM: Annunciation - Denise Levertov
ANTHEM: A hymn to the Virgin by Benjamin Britten
Sung by the Choir of Kings College Cambridge
READING: Luke 2:6-7
POEM - BC/AD by U. A. Fanthorpe
HY305 In the bleak midwinter
READING: Luke 2: 8-9
POEM: Song of the Shepherds by Richard Bauckham
HY303 – It came upon the midnight clear
READING: Matthew 2: 9-12
POEM - The meeting place by Christopher Pilling
Offering
Prayers of Intercession
READING: Matthew 2: 13-16
POEM – Refugee by Malcolm Guite
HY331 Unto us a boy is born!
Epilogue: How The Light Comes by Jan Richardson
Benediction
Threefold Amen
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Bible leaves the sanctuary
Auld Lang Syne
Organ Postlude Music – A Song of Praise ( J. Stainer )
