SERVICE PARTICIPANTS
CELEBRANT The Rev. Craig R. Swan, Rector
ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR Tony B. Romeo
FLUTE: Katie Fontaine
TRUMPET: Nicholas Schleyer
TIMPANI: Desiree Glazier-Nazro
CHOIR: Carol Cimilluca, Diane Nobles, Lawren Casagrande, Camilla Lee, Eden Casteel, Leslie Roulier, Zoe Robinson, Joan Hudson, Danielle Grilli-Marzan, Maureen Winters-Swan, Linda Adams, Susan Dvorak, Sarah Izzi Hamel, Margret Celico, Frances Alexakos, Britt Bell, Kent Yrchik-Shoemaker, Brian Bannon, Timothy Hoyt, Dan Caramante, Antonio Rodrigues, Ryan DeFranzo, Tavis Morello
LECTORS Jane Puerini and Patricia Risica
LEMS Patricia Risica and Priscilla Durant
USHERS Rich Durant. Bob Risica, Gabby Risica, and Stephen Puerini
Ding! Dong! Merrily On High (arr. Poole) Choir
What Sweeter Music (Rutter) Eden Casteel, Sarah Izzi Hamel, Danielle Grilli-Marzan, Margret Celico, Linda Adams, Maureen Winter-Swan
I Wonder As I Wander Timothy Hoyt
Enatus Est Emmanuel (Praetorius, arr. Michaels) Choir
In Dulci Jubilo (Trad.) Choir
Where Shepherds Lately Knelt (Courtney) Choir
Celebrant The glory of God has been revealed.
People And all the world shall see the salvation of God.
HYMN 83 O Come, All Ye Faithful
HYMN OF PRAISE: #87 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
THE FIRST READING
Reader A Reading from Isaiah (62:6-12).
Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest, and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it renowned throughout the earth. The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink the wine for which you have labored; but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather it shall drink it in my holy courts. Go through, go through the gates, prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones, lift up an ensign over the peoples. The Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to daughter Zion, “See, your salvation comes; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” They shall be called, “The Holy People, The Redeemed of the Lord”; and you shall be called, “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.”
PSALM 97
The choir will chant the psalm
The Lord is King; let the earth rejoice;
let the multitude of the isles be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him,
righteousness and justice are the foundations
of his throne.
A fire goes before him
and burns up his enemies on every side.
His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees it and is afraid.
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
The heavens declare his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.
The Lord loves those who hate evil;
he preserves the lives of his saints
and delivers them from the...
