ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT

COMMUNION SERVICE

December 24, 2006                                                                       11:00 p.m.

PRELUDE                           “Carol Medley”           C. J. Griffith and Dustin Brown

LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE                                       “Still, Still, Still”

CALL TO WORSHIP

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN 41                                     “O Come, All ye Faithful”

FIRST LESSON                                                 Isaiah 9:2, 6-7

“Coventry Carol”                                                     Emerson Parker

SECOND LESSON                                               John 1:1-14

“Breath of Heaven”                                                   Kendall Griffith

THIRD LESSON                                                  Luke 1:26-33

HYMN  38                                 “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (verses 1 & 2)

FOURTH LESSON                                               Luke 2:1-7

“Some Children See Him”                                                Kyle Norris

FIFTH LESSON                                                       Luke 2:8-12

HYMN 23                                               “Angels We Have Heard on High”

CHRISTMAS OFFERING         “What Can I Give Him?”          Kendall Griffith

SIXTH LESSON                                                       Luke 2:13-14

ANTHEM                  “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”                    Sanctuary Choir

SEVENTH LESSON                                                Luke 2:15-20

SOLO                                “O Holy Night”                 Mike Pryor

MEDITATION           “Missing Jesus Found Near Dumpster”            Rev. Ann LaMar

(Click this link to read the meditation)

 

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

The Lord’s Prayer (page 16, Traditional)

The Words of Institution

The Communion of the People

(Come forward to receive a piece of bread, dip it in the cup and place it in your mouth, then pick up a candle and join in a circle around the Sanctuary.  If you cannot come forward, we will bring it to you.)

 

*THE LIGHTING SERVICE

As we light our candles, we will sing the first verse of these carols:

“Silent Night, Holy Night”

“Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”

“Joy to the World, the Lord is Come!”

*THE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS

*BENEDICTION

*CHIMING IN CHRISTMAS DAY

*POSTLUDE                      “Carol Medley”          C. J. Griffith and Dustin Brown

*Opportunities to Stand