Worship for Sunday, December 27, 2020: First Sunday of Christmas

PRELUDE: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” READINGS: Isaiah 11:1-9; Matthew 2:1-12; John 1:1-14 HYMNS: “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”; “In the Bleak Midwinter”; “He Came Down” OFFERTORY: “Angels We Have Heard on High” POSTLUDE: “Silent Night” Acknowledgements: The lessons are copyright © 2017 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Used and reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS006434. Readings from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Final Blessing and Prayers of Intercession are from Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, Richmond, VA, First Sunday of Christmas 2015. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" arr. Mark Hayes © 2007 Lorenz. "He Came Down" Music: Cameroon traditional; arr. John L. Bell, b. 1949. Arr. © 1986 Iona Community, admin. GIA Publications, Inc. "Angels We Have Heard on High" arr. Mark Hayes © 2019 Lorenz. "Silent Night" arr. Joel Raney © 2011 Hope Publishing. Livestream and podcast licensed by One License #A-712421 | CCLI #11113182, #20676202.