Christmas Eve Service (12/24/2025)

Service begins at 6:30pm central with live stream and organ prelude beginning around 6:20pm. Page numbers below are for the Lutheran Service Book. Order of Service Choir: E'en So Lord Jesus Hymn...........................................375 Invocation Collect for Nativity of Our LORD Psalm 24 Hymn...........................................384 First Reading Isaiah 7:10-14 Hymn.................................358 (Sts 1-7) Epistle 1 John 4:7-16 Hymn................................358 (Sts 8-15) Gospel St. John 1:1-18 Hymn.......................................TLH 103 Gospel St. Luke 2:1-14 Hymn...........................................359 Gospel St. Luke 2:15-21 Apostles Creed  Inside back cover of hymnal Hymn..............................TLH 81 (LSB 372)  Sermon Lighting of candles (Greensleeves) Hymn...........................................363 Prayers Lord's Prayer Benediction Hymn...........................................387 Holy Cross Lutheran Church 1100 Market Street Carlisle Iowa 50047 Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Acknowledgments Vespers from Lutheran Service Book Unless otherwise noted: Prelude, hymn settings, alternate harmonizations of hymns, and postlude are © Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission under LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011597. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Cover Art: By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/... https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/... Collection gallery (2018-03-23): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.http://wikimedia.org/...