Lessons & Carols is a unique service of sharing and singing: we share Good News from God's Word and then heartily respond in song.
Prelude - Heather Williams
Let All Mortal Flesh - Choir (arr. Rutter)
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Welcome & Lord's Prayer
Lighting the Advent Wreath & O Come Emmanuel
The First Lessons from Genesis 1 & John 1
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Emma Liebich (solo), Choir
The Second Lessons from Isaiah 61 & Luke 4
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
The Third Lessons from Isaiah 40 & Luke 3
On Jordan's Bank, the Baptist's Cry
Et Terra Pax - Choir (Vivaldi)
The Fourth Lessons from Isaiah 9 & Matthew 4
Into the Darkness
Words and music by Maggi Dawn © 1993 Thankyou Music. Used by permission. CCLI Licence # 11103081
The Fifth Lessons from Isaiah 7 & Matthew 1
God With Us
Words and music by J Ingram & L Jordan © 2012 Open Hands Music. Used by permission. CCLI Licence #11103081
O Come Emmanuel - Choir
Verses 1-2: Latin translation by J Neale
Verse 3: H Coffin; Music by E Hagenberg
The Sixth Lessons from Isaiah 42 & Luke 2
What Sweeter Music - Choir (Rutter)
The Seventh Lessons from Isaiah 35 & Revelation 22
Come Thou Redeemer of the Earth
The Eighth Lessons from Jeremiah 23 & Luke 1
The Sermon - Rev. Matt Usherwood
O Magnum Mysterium - Choir (Lauridsen)
The Ninth Lessons from Psalm 147 & Luke 1
O Come, All You Unfaithful - Rachel Friedrich & Amy Usherwood
Words and music by B Kauflin & L Clow © 2020 Sovereign Grace Praise. Used by permission. CCLI Licence # 11103081
Announcements & Updates
Sing We Now of Christmas - Choir (arr. Pederson)
Concluding Prayers
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
Postlude - Heather Williams