Prelude                                              “Nativity Carol”                                               Rutter

Welcome                                          

Singing #225             “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” v. 1, 2, & 3                   Helmore

Land Acknowledgement                                                                               

Covenant                            Love is the spirit of this church,

and reason is its guide.

To dwell together in peace,

to seek truth in freedom,

and to serve human need:

this is our covenant.

Sung Response                   May love shine forth through us today

May light of reason guide our way

May beauty, truth, and joy become

A flame that burns in everyone.

Invocation                                                                                    

Musical Response                    “In the Bleak Midwinter”   Rossetti and Storey/Holst

The Living Nativity

Anthem                                          “Gabriel’s Message”              Basque Carol, arr. Lee

The Living Nativity

Singing #246                  “O Little Town of Bethlehem” v. 1 & 2           Brooks/Redner

The Living Nativity

Singing #243                     “Jesus, Our Brother”v. 1, 2, 5, & 6                              Young

The Living Nativity

Centering                  

Singing #237                            “The First Nowell” v. 1 & 2                                   Sandys

The Living Nativity

Offering                                “Go, Tell It on the Mountain”

Trad. Spiritual, arr. Carter

The Living Nativity

Singing #259                                   “We Three Kings”                John Henry Hopkins Jr.

The Living Nativity

Singing #235                                     “Deck the Halls”                                   Welsh Carol

*Benediction and Closing Blessing                                                                             Scott