PROGRAM DATE: December 10, 2023

Rehearsal Schedule

• Sun Oct 22 (4:15p) 

• Sun Oct 29 (4:15p) 

• Sun Nov 5 (4:15p) 

• Sun Nov 12 (4:15p) 

• Sun Nov 19 (4:15p) - Sunday before Thanksgiving 

• Sun Nov 26 (4:00p) - Sunday after Thanksgiving 

• Sun Dec 3 (4:00p) 

• Sun December 10 (3:30-5:00p) - MINISTRY at 5:30p

  • food will provided after rehearsal

Program Order

Service opener: The Lord is Come—Gustafson

(Full Orchestra)

OPENING TO SERVICE

Program:

Gloria in Excelsis—Loyd Larson

(Choir, Brass, Organ, Percussion)

It Came Upon—Harmon

(Ensemble, a capella)

Poem—See Amid the Winter’s Snow

He Is Born—Guebert

(Handbells)

Poem—O Little Town of Bethlehem

Gesu Bambino

(String Orchestra)

Reading and Poem—Luke 2

What Child is This—Mears

(Choir & Orchestra  - Christmas story reading)

Reading and Poem—Matt. 2, You Must Come Down

Star of the East—Lopez

(Solo with harp)

Poem—Cradle Song of the Holy Babe (Edward Caswall)

O Holy Night (alternate text)—Fisher

(Choir & Orchestra)

Poem—What Can I Give Him? (Rosetti)

Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne—Courtney

(Choir)

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus - Forrest

(Choir & Brass)

MESSAGE