Carols with Candlelight - Sunday, 15th December 2024 4pm
Welcome to this special service. We hope you enjoy the worship and are able to stay for refreshments afterwards. 07:23 - Welcome 08:45 - Call to worship led by the minister, Terry Hinks Jesus said ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’ In the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high has broken upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. 09:42 - 14:24 - Carol: O come all ye faithful 14:32 - Lighting of the Advent Candles and Opening Prayer 17:49 - 20:59 - Carol: Silent night 21:16 - 22:29 - 1st Bible Reading: Isaiah 52. 7 – 10 Harri 23:03 - 24:57 - Reading: ‘Christmas Bells’ Arthur 25:02 - 28:35 - Carol: It came upon a midnight clear 28:42 - 29:53 - 2nd Bible Reading: Luke 2: 1–7 Rosemary 30:36 - 33:11 - Carol: O sad and troubled Bethlehem [on screen - tune R&S 145] 33:24 - A Prayer for Peace 35:43 - 37:13 - 3rd Bible Reading: Luke 2: 8 – 20 Richard Carol: See him lying on a bed of straw (Band) [on screen or R&S 151] 40:26 - 41:16 - Reading: ‘A work in progress’ Jeanny 41:24 - Songs: Meekness and majesty (vs 1 and 3) 43:37 - Longing for light (vs 1 and 2) 45:22 - 47:13 - 4th Bible Reading: Matthew 2: 1 – 12 Samuel 47:26 - Introducing our charity: Embrace the Middle East - slides and video 52:24 - 53:08 - Reading: ‘What God sent’ Sheila 53:17 - 54:50 - Carol Love came down at Christmas 54:57 - 57:00 - 5th Bible Reading: John 1: 1 – 14 Terry 57:06 - 01:01:00 - Prayers for the world God loves and the Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 01:02:27 - Carol: Hark! the herald angels sing [on screen or R&S 159] 01:05:35 - 01:06:01 - Minister: Blessing All say: Amen. 01:06:21 - 01:09:28 - Organ Voluntary Retiring Collection in aid of Embrace the Middle East (working with Christian partners to respond to the desperate need the Middle East caught up in warfare and tackle long-term poverty and injustice) For more information see the website: https://embraceme.org/ #advent #AdventCandle #AdventRing Church Copyright Licence: 36750 Streaming Plus Licence: 133445 Music Reproduction Licence: 36750 Church Video Licence: 1294601 PPL Church Licence: 1824088 CLA Church Licence: 953431 PRS for Music Church Licence: 953424 OneLicense: 741270-A #SundayWorship #ChurchService #WorshipTime #Faithful #Community #Inspiration #SpiritualGrowth #Gratitude #Prayer #ChristianLife #BibleStudy #Hymns #Sermon #ChurchFamily #Blessed
