Music Director:  Sam Welsh
Readers:  Debbie McLaughlin and Jennifer Rod

This sweet service will evoke the magic of Christmas through readings, music, and candle lighting.

Prelude Music:  Sam Welsh, Piano

Welcome and Announcements

Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation

Opening Words:  “Holy and beautiful the custom…”, #416

Carol Medley:  Here We Come a-Caroling/The Holly and the Ivy (1 verse each)

Reading:  Singing in the Streets, by Leonard Clark

Carol:  Angels We Have Heard on High (verses 1 & 3)

Reading:  The Innkeeper’s Wife, by Clive Sansom

UUCP Choir:  Ecce Novum, by Ola Gjeilo, directed by Sam Welsh

Offertory

Carol:  It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (1 verse)

Reading:  “And it came to pass…” from Luke 2:1-20

Story/Homily:  Ramona and the Three Wise Persons, by Beverly Cleary

Carol:  Joy to the World (1 verse)

Passing of the Light

Carol:  Silent Night (3 verses)

Closing Words:  “When the song of the angels is stilled…” by Howard Thurman

Embodying the Flame

Postlude