Join us for our annual Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols with a Unitarian Universalist twist! This year we’ll also be using the newly published First Nations translation for the lessons from the traditional gospels.
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Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols
December 24, 2021
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Centring Thought
“Who will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, all honour, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Welcome & Fire Safety
Dylan Fijal
Chalice Lighting
“We Have an Old Story to Tell,” The Rev. Gretchen Haley
02 Centering Music
Lesson One
Introduction to the First Nations Translation of the Christian Texts
Hymn
O Come All Ye Faithful, sung by Brandon Hornsby-Selvin (arrangement & accompaniment: Adam Podd)
Lesson Two
Bitter Tears
Shining Light Tells the Good Story 1:26-38 (First Nations Translation)
Hymn
228 Once in Royal David’s City
Lesson Three
Humble Birth
Shining Light Tells the Good Story 2:1-7 (First Nations Translation)
Hymn
Joy to the World, Whitney Houston from The Preacher’s Wife
Lesson Four
The Shepherds
Shining Light Tells the Good Story 2:8-20 (First Nations Translation)
Hymn
237 The First Nowell
Lesson Five
Seekers of Wisdom
Gift From Creator Tells the Good Story 2:1-12 (First Nations Translation)
Offering
Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Offertory
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed by PIQSIQ
Lesson Six
“The Stolen Infant,” The Reverend Carl Scovel
Lesson Seven
“José y Maria,” Everett Patterson
Star In the East, performed by The Rose Quartet and Jordan Sramek
Meditation Time
Lesson Eight
“It Doesn’t Seem Like Much,” The Rev. Theresa Ninán Soto
Lesson Nine
Homily
Hymn
251 Silent Night
Benediction
“Now the Work of Christmas Begins” by The Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman
Candle Extinguishing
Carry the Flame