7pm, Sunday 10 December 2023
The service begins without announcement
INTROIT: Kontakion of the Forefeast of the Nativity (with bells)
WELCOME
1. Congregational carol: Once In Royal David's City
READING: Micah 5:1-5a
2. Congregational carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem
READING: Isaiah 9:2-7
3. Choir – 'Lo how a rose e'er blooming'
READING: Luke 1:26-38
4. Choir - Gabriel from heaven's king (Angelus ad virginem)
READING: Luke 2:1-20
5. Congregational carol: Hark! the Herald
READING: John 1:1-14
6. Congregational carol: Silent night
SERMON
7. Choir – B Britten : A boy was born
8. Congregational carol: O Come All Ye Faithful
BLESSING & DISMISSAL