Lessons & Carols - December 29, 2019

Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE  INCLUSIVE  CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist 

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December 29, 2019

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Breakfast 9:00am Eucharist 10:00am 1

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Lessons and Carols 

9:00-9:45 Community Breakfast 10:00 Prelude

(Upstairs, all are welcome!)

Noël Nouvelet

arr. John Rutter

(Jobst Choral Scholars)

Gathering Song

O Come, All Ye Faithful

1982 Hymnal #83

(Please stand as you are able.)

Words: John Francis Wade (1711-1786); tr. Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) and others Music: Adeste fideles, present form of melody att. John Francis Wade (1711-1786); harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

Welcome & Introduction To Lessons & Carols 2

Bidding Prayer Dear People of God: In this Christmas Season, let it be our duty and delight to hear once more the message of the angels, to go to Bethlehem and see the Son of God lying in a manger.

Let us hear and heed in Holy Scripture the story of God’s loving purpose from the time of our rebellion against him until the glorious redemption brought to us by God’s holy Child Jesus, and let us make this place glad with our carols of praise.

But first, let us pray for the needs of God’s whole world, for peace and justice on earth, for the unity and mission of the Church for which he died, and especially for the Church in our country and in this beautiful city of Toledo.

And because of God’s inclusive and expansive love, let us remember the poor and helpless, the cold, the hungry and the oppressed, the sick and those who mourn, the lonely and unloved, the aged and little children, as well as all those who do not have a place of safety and a sense of belonging.

Finally, let us remember before God that whole multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom, in Jesus, we are one for evermore.

The Almighty God bless us with love and grace; Christ give us the joys of everlasting life; and to the fellowship of the citizens above, may the King of Angels bring us all. Amen.

(Please be seated.)

The First Lesson The First Carol

Genesis 3:8-15 Holy God We Praise Thy Name

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1982 Hymnal #366

The second Lesson The second carol

Genesis 22:15-18 Angels, from the Realms of Glory

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1982 Hymnal #93

The Third Lesson The Third Carol

Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Joy to the World

The Fourth Lesson The Fourth Carol

Micah 5:2-4 Once in David’s Royal City (Jobst Choral Scholars)

The Fifth Lesson The Fifth Carol

1982 Hymnal #100

1982 Hymnal #102

Luke 1:26-38 Jesus, What a Wonderful Child (Lisa Tucker-Gray)

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Sister Margaret Allison

The Sixth Lesson The Sixth Carol

Matthew 1:18-23 Good Christian Friends Rejoice

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1982 Hymnal #107

The Seventh Lesson The Seventh Carol

Luke 2:8-16 God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman

The Eighth Lesson The Eighth Carol

1982 Hymnal #105

Matthew 2:1-12 Angels We Have Heard on High (Jobst Choral Scholars)

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The Ninth Lesson

John 1:1-14

The Ninth Carol

Love Came Down at Christmas

1982 Hymnal #84

Liturgy of the Table

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The Peace Announcements

ď ˜ Offertory Sentence Offertory

Coventry Carol (Nate Leonard, Pianist)

Traditional English Carol

The Great Thanksgiving Celebrant: People: Celebrant: People: Celebrant: People:

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Celebrant: All thanks and praise are yours at all times and in all places, our true and loving God; through Jesus Christ, your eternal Word, the Wisdom from on high by whom you created all things.

You laid the foundations of the world and enclosed the sea when it burst out from the womb; you brought forth all creatures of the earth and gave breath to humankind.

Wondrous are you, Holy One of Blessing, all you create is a sign of hope for our journey; and so as the morning stars sing your praises we join the heavenly beings and all creation as we shout with joy: 8

Sanctus Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

The Celebrant continues: Glory and honor are yours, Creator of all, your Word has never been silent; you called a people to yourself, as a light to the nations, you delivered them from bondage and led them to a land of promise.

We thank you that on the night before he died for us Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, gave it to his friends and said: “Take, eat, this is my Body, broken for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper Jesus took the cup of wine, said the blessing, gave it to his friends and said: “Drink this, all of you: this cup is the new Covenant in my Blood, poured out for you and for all for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

And so, remembering all that was done for us: the cross, the tomb, the resurrection and ascension, longing for Christ’s coming in glory, and presenting to you these gifts your earth has formed and human hands have made, we acclaim you, O Christ:

Celebrant and People: Dying, you destroyed our death.

Rising, you restored our life.

Christ Jesus, come in glory!

The Celebrant: Send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts of bread and wine that they may be to us the Body and Blood of your Christ. Grant that we, burning with your Spirit’s power, may be a people of hope, justice and love. Giver of Life, draw us together in the Body of Christ, and in the fullness of time gather us with all your people into the joy of our true eternal home.

Through Christ and with Christ and in Christ, by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, we worship you our God and Creator in voices of unending praise.

Celebrant and People:

Amen.

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The Lord’s Prayer As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say: 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, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Fraction Celebrant: People:

We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ.

We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread.

Invitation to Communion Celebrant:

The Gifts of God for the people of God; holy food for holy people.

(Please be seated until you are invited to come forward to receive communion.)

We welcome ALL to come forward to receive Communion as a sign of God’s love in and for our lives.

To receive the bread (or gluten-free wafer), please put your hands together, palms up. To receive the nonalcoholic wine, you may either drink directly from the cup or dip the bread in the cup before eating. If you are unable to come forward and wish to have Communion brought to you, please inform a greeter.

Communion MUSIC

The First Nowell 1982 Hymnal #109 Verses offered by the Jobst Choral Scholars. Please join on the refrain.

Refrain: Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,

born is the King of Israel.

The Post Communion Prayer

(Please stand as you are able.)

Almighty and ever-living God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Creator, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and to serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.

BLESSING SENDING SONG (see page 11) Dismissal Celebrant: People:

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Thanks be to God! 10

Sending Song

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

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1982 Hymnal #87

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Vestry Leadership Alice Todd, Senior Warden Greg Shumaker, Trust Fund Liaison, Jane Bueche, Treasurer Roberta Durham, Clerk, Becky Roth, Administration Commission Chair Dennis Degnan, Property Commission Chair, Robert Meeker, Finance Commission Chair Jeffrey Albright, Donna Steppe, & Jamie Paul, Asst. Treasurer

Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Nate Leonard, Director of Music & the Arts Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Lynzi Miller, Next to New Manager & Communications Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton Copyright Info:

All printed music from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, My Heart Sings Out, Wonder, Love, and Praise was used by permission through purchase of riteseries.org.

All other printed music is used by permission through purchase of CCLI #11294600 All printed music from Gather was used by permission through purchase of onelicense.net License # A-700000 The Great Thanksgiving & a standard version of the Lord’s Prayer from: Book of Common Prayer, 1977

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Please join us for coffee & conversation in the back of the Sanctuary following service.

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