Lessons and Carols Sunday, December 3, 2023

A PROCESSION OF LESSONS AND CAROLS FOR ADVENT 

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WE WELCOME YOU!

Celebrated by Christians since the fourth century, the season of Advent

includes the four Sundays before the Feast of the Nativity. In the

Anglo/Roman/Lutheran liturgical traditions, Advent is the season of

hope, a reflective time for personal preparation as we commence our

journey to Bethlehem to see and rejoice in the miracle at the stable that

Christmas Eve so many years ago. As the secular world celebrates

Christmas with the traditional carols, the hustle and bustle of the

season between Thanksgiving and December 25, liturgical Christians

reserve the religious celebrations and traditional carols for the season

of the Nativity of our Lord, which commences at sunset on Christmas

Eve and culminates in Epiphany twelve days later (hence the popular

secular carol: The Twelve Days of Christmas). The Day of Epiphany on

January 6 concludes the cycle, commemorating the visit to the Christ

Child by the Magi from the East.

The service of A Procession of Lessons and Carols for Advent was first

introduced in 1934 by Eric Milner-White, Dean of King's College

Chapel at Cambridge University in England, and followed a similar

format to his Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve, from 1918,

lessons followed by several carols, which has been adopted in some

form by many Christian Churches throughout the world.

May your Advent season prepare your hearts for the joy of Christmas!

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The Advent Responsory -- Palestrina

Cantors and The Central Chorale

THE CAROL Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth 

THE CAROL Resonet et laudibus (Let Zion Resound in Praise) - Handl

Central Chorale

THE CAROL Wexford Carol, an Irish Carol - arr. Stewart-Cook

Alyse Jamieson, Mezzosoprano

THE CAROL Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – John Rutter

Women’s Ensemble

THE CAROL Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus

THE CAROL Suo gân, a Welsh Carol – arr. Wilberg

Central Chorale

THE CAROL Fum, Fum, Fum, a Czech Carol – arr. Lind

Brombaugh Organ

THE CAROL Rocking, a Czech Carol arr. Stewart-Cook

Chamber Ensemble

THE CAROL #435 Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

THE CAROL Splashing and Dancing, a Castilian Carol McClure

Children’s Choir with Alyse Jamieson, Mezzosoprano

THE CAROL Pat-a-pan, a French Carol arr. Eithun

Central Handbell Ensemble

THE CAROL Unto Us a Child Is Born

THE CAROL Angelus Domini – Biebl

Central Chorale

THE CAROL What Child Is This, an English Carol – Stewart-Cook

Chamber Ensembl

THE CAROL Il est né (He Is Born), a French Carol – John Shields

Men’s Ensemble

THE CAROL #265 The Angel Gabriel

THE CAROL Ave Maria – Schubert

David Gustafson, Tenor

THE CAROL King Jesus Hath a Garden – John Rutter

Central Chorale

THE CAROL #257 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

ORGAN VOLUNTARY: Allegro from Concerto in D Minor Vivaldi, arr. Bach

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PARTICIPANTS

Pastor Laurie A. Jones & Pastor Ben Nickodemus

Dr. A. ElRay Stewart-Cook, Organist/Choirmaster

Dr. Lindsey Henriksen Rodgers, Associate Organist & Children’s Choir director

Crucifer: Liesl Benda

Torchbearers: Elise Henriksen & Lucy Ruhland

Acolytes: Jan Bremer & Liam Mayers

Flute: Kristen Halay

Trumpet: Doug Doefert

Trombone: James Meyer; Horn: Roger Welch

Violin: Megan Susuico Scott

Viola: Liesl Benda

THE CHAMBER GROUP

Harp: Martha Griffith

Violin: Andy Strietelmeier

Cello: Austin Bennett

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