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                                Worship Service Readings and Hymns for 2019

                                          
                             December 2019 READINGS & HYMNS

Date:  12/1/19 First Sunday of Advent                          Lay Reader: Coletta Railing
Isaiah 2:1-5
Psalm 122
Romans 13:11-14
Matthew 24:36-44
Gathering Hymn:  LBW 25 Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers
Hymn of the Day:  LBW 415 God of Grace and God of Glory
Communion Hymn:  WOV 649 I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
Sending Hymn:  WOV 744 Soon and Very Soon
 

Date:  12/8/19 Second Sunday of Advent                    Lay Reader: Wayne Sweger
Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
Romans 15:4-13
Matthew 3:1-12
Gathering Hymn:  WOV 626 People, Look East
Hymn of the Day:  LBW 29 Comfort, Comfort Now My People
Communion Hymn:  LBW 23 O Lord, How Shall I Meet You
Sending Hymn:  LBW 26 Prepare the Royal Highway

 
Date:  12/15/19 Third Sunday of Advent                      Lay Reader:  Dannie Botlock
Isaiah 35:1-10
Psalm 146:5-10
James 5:7-10
Matthew 11:2-11
Gathering Hymn:  WOV 633 Awake, Awake, and Greet the New Morn
Hymn of the Day:  LBW 36 On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry
Communion Hymn:  LBW 290 There’s Wideness in God’s Mercy
Sending Hymn:  LBW 58 Lo, How a Rose Is Growing


 
Date:  12/22/19 Fourth Sunday of Advent–Christmas Program    Lay Reader:  N/A
Isaiah 7:10-16
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Romans 1:1-7
Matthew 1:18-25
Gathering Hymn:  LBW 34 Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
Hymn of the Day:  NONE
                                           Christmas Program: 
THE NIGHT THE ANGELS SANG (adapted from story by Lee Gregg)


While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
LBW 60, verse 1 Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing
LBW 41, Verse 1 O Little Town of Bethlehem
LBW 44, Verses 1-2 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
LBW 39 Joy to the World

Communion Hymn:  LBW 28 Savior of the Nations, Come
Sending Hymn:  LBW 30 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus


 
 
 Date:  12/24/19 Christmas Eve                                       Lay Reader: Steve Zeigler 
Isaiah 9:2-7
Psalm 96
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-14 [15-20]
Gathering Hymn:  LBW 45 Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
Hymn of the Day:  LBW 42 Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Communion Hymn #1 LBW 44 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Communion Hymn #2 LBW 67 Away in a Manger
Communion Hymn #3 LBW 56 The First Noel
Communion Hymn #4 LBW 417 In a Lowly Manger Born
Candlelighting Hymn: LBW65 Silent Night, Holy Night!
Sending Hymn:  LBW 60 Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing 


 
 
 
Date:  12/29/19 First Sunday of Christmas, Lessons & Carols     Lay Reader: Multiple

Gathering Hymn:  LBW 54 It came upon a midnight clear

Lessons and Carols
First Reading:
Genesis 1:1-5, 14-18
WOV 642 I wonder as I wander

Second Reading: Micah 5:2-5a
LBW 41 O little town of Bethlehem

Third Reading: Luke 1:26-35, 38
LBW 58 Lo, how a rose e’er blooming

Fourth Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
LBW 71 Angels We Have Heard on High

Fifth Reading: Luke 2:8-20
LBW 50 Angels, from the realms of glory

Sixth Reading: Matthew 2:1-11
LBW 40 What child is this

Seventh Reading: John 1:1-14
LBW 39 Joy to the World       
                                      
Sending Hymn:  LBW 55 Good Christian friends rejoice










    
                                   
                                                         







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