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1. O Holy Night
Adolphe Charles Adam, Placide Cappeau, and John S. Dwight
Verse 1
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our
dear Saviour’s birth
Long lay the world
In sin and error pining
Till he appeared and
the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope
the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
Verse 2
Humbly he lay
Creator come as creature
Born on the floor of a
hay scattered stall
True Son of God
Yet bearing human feature
He entered earth to
reverse Adam’s fall
In towering grace
He laid aside his glory
And in our place
was sacrificed for sin
Fall on your knees
O hear the gospel story
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
Verse 3
Come then to him
Who lies within a manger
With joyful shepherds
proclaim him as Lord
Let not the Promised Son
remain a stranger
In reverent worship
make Christ your Adored
Eternal life is theirs who would
receive him
With grace and peace their lives he
will adorn
Fall on your knees
Receive the Gift of heaven
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night
O holy night
When Christ was born
2. Immanuel
Stuart Townend
4. We Three Kings of Orient are
John Henry Hopkins
Verse 1
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star
Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Verse 2
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
Gold I bring to crown him again
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign
Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Verse 3
Frankincense to offer have I
Incense owns a deity nigh
Prayer and praising, all men raising
Worship him, God on high
Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Verse 4
Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
Sealed in the stone cold tomb
Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Verse 5
Glorious now behold him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Alleluia, alleluia
Sounds through the earth and skies
Chorus
O star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
READING: Matthew 2:1-12
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: “ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
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5. O Come All Ye Faithful
Frederick Oakeley and John Francis Wade
Verse 1
O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold him
Born the King of angels
Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Verse 2
God of God
Light of light
Lo, he abhors not the virgin’s womb
Very God
Begotten not created
Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Verse 3
Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heav’n above
Glory to God
Glory in the highest
Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Verse 4
Yea Lord we greet thee
Born this happy morning
Je – sus to thee be all glory giv’n
Word of the Father
Late in flesh appearing
Chorus
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord
6. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn and Charles Wesley
Verse 1
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With th’angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Verse 2
Christ by highest heav’n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time be-hold him come
Off – spring of a virgin’s womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail th’incarnate De – ity
Pleased as man with men to dwell
Jesus our Emmanuel
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new – born King
Verse 3
Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace
Hail the sun of righteousness
Light and life to all he brings
Ris’n with healing in his wings
Mild He lays his glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark the herald an gels sing
Glory to the newborn King
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9. Joy To The World
George Frederic Handel and Isaac Watts
Verse 1
Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let ev’ry heart prepare him room
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n, and heav’n, and nature sing
Verse 2
Joy to the world! The saviour reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods
Rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
Verse 3
No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found
Verse 4
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of his love
And wonders of his love
And wonders, wonders of his love
PRAYER
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