Sunday 20th December 2020

Sunday 20th December 2020Lessons and Carols

6:30pm Blended Service

Christmas Eve: 4:00pm Crib Service

5:30pm Crib Service

11:30pm Midnight Mass

Christmas Day: 8:00am BCP Holy Communion

10:00am Christmas Communion

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1 Once in royal David's city,Stood a lowly cattle shed,Where a mother laid her babyIn a manger for His bed:Mary was that mother mild,Jesus Christ her little child.

2 He came down to earth from heaven,Who is God and Lord of all,And His shelter was a stable,And His cradle was a stall;With the poor and meek and lowly,Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

Carol 19 Once in Royal David’s City (verse 1: solo)

3 And through all His wondrous childhood,He would honour and obey,Love and watch the lowly maiden,In whose gentle arms He lay.Christian children all should beMild, obedient, good as He.

4 For He is our childhood's pattern,Day by day like us He grew,He was little, weak, and helpless,Tears and smiles like us He knew,And He feeleth for our sadness,And He shareth in our gladness.

Carol 19 Once in Royal David’s City

5 And our eyes at last shall see Him,Through His own redeeming love;For that child so dear and gentle,Is our Lord in heaven above,And He leads His children on,To the place where He is gone.

6 Not in that poor lowly stable,With the oxen standing by,We shall see Him, but in heaven,Set at God's right hand on high;When like stars His children crownedAll in white shall be around.

Cecil Frances Alexander (1818 – 1895)

Carol 19 Once in Royal David’s City

Welcome and Bidding Prayer

We have come together as the family of God, in our Father’spresence, to celebrate the great festival of Christmas. In thisservice we hear and receive the good news of the birth ofChrist and we offer to God our thanksgiving in the joyfulsinging of carols.

But first, let us pray for the needs of the whole world; for peaceon earth and goodwill among all his people; for unity withinthe Church he came to build, and especially in this town ofRichmond and diocese of Leeds.

And because this of all things would rejoice his heart, let usremember, in his name, the poor and helpless, the cold, thehungry and the oppressed; the sick and them that mourn, thelonely and the unloved, the aged and the little children; allthose who know not the Lord Jesus, or who love him not, orwho by sin have grieved his heart of love.

Lastly, let us remember before God all those who rejoice withus, but upon another shore, and in a greater light, thatmultitude which no one can number, whose hope was in theWord made flesh, and with whom in the Lord Jesus we are forever one.

These prayers and praises let us humbly offer up to the throneof heaven, in the words which Christ himself has taught us:

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

1st Lesson

Genesis 3:8-14

The Fall

Choir carol

The very best time of year

John Rutter

1 Joy to the world, The Lord has come;Let earth receive her King.Let every heart prepare Him roomAnd heav’n and nature sing,And heav’n and nature sing,And heaven and heaven and nature sing

2 Joy to the world! The Saviour reignsLet men their songs employ;While fields and floodsrocks, hills and plainsRepeat the sounding joy,Repeat the sounding joy,Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

Carol 11 Joy to the world

3 He rules the world with truth and grace,And makes the nations proveThe glories of His righteousnessAnd wonders of His love,And wonders of His love,And wonders and wonders of His Love.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Carol 11 Joy to the world

2nd Lesson

Genesis 22:15-18

The promise to Abraham

Choir carol

Ding dong merrily on high

3rd Lesson

Isaiah 9:2, 6&7

The prophecy of the Messiah’s birth

Choir carol

Torches

John Joubert

4th Lesson

Isaiah 11:1-9

The prophecy of the Messiah’s kingdom of peace

1 Silent night, holy night.All is calm, all is brightRound the virgin mother and childHoly infant, so tender and mildSleep in heavenly peace,Sleep in heavenly peace.

2 Silent night, holy night.Shepherds quail at the sight,Glories stream from heaven afar,Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!Christ, the Saviour is born,Christ, the Saviour is born.

Carol 13 Silent night

3 Silent night, holy nightSon of God, love's pure lightRadiant beams from thy holy faceWith the dawn of redeeming grace:Jesus, Lord at thy birth,Jesus, Lord at thy birth.

Joseph Mohr (1792-1848)

Carol 13 Silent night

5th Lesson

Luke 1:26-38

The annunciation to Mary

Choir carol

Gabriel’s Message

Trad., arr. Pettiman

1 O little town of Bethlehem,how still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleepthe silent stars go by.Yet in thy dark streets shineththe everlasting light;the hopes and fears of all the yearsare met in thee tonight.

Carol 1 O little town of Bethlehem

2 O morning stars, togetherproclaim the holy birth,And praises sing to God the King,with peace to all on earth.For Christ is born of Mary;and, gathered all above,while mortals sleep, the angels keeptheir watch of wondering love.

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3 How silently, how silently,the wondrous gift is given!So God imparts to human heartsthe blessings of his heaven.No ear may hear his coming,but in this world of sin,where meek souls will receive him, stillthe dear Christ enters in.


4 O holy Child of Bethlehem,descend to us, we pray;cast out our sin, and enter in,be born in us today!We hear the Christmas angelsthe great glad tidings tell.O come to us, abide with us,our Lord Emmanuel.

Philips Brooks (1835-1893)


6th Lesson

Luke 2:1-7

The birth of Jesus

Choir carol

What sweeter music

Fionagh Bennet

7th Lesson

Luke 2:8-16

The shepherds go to the manger

1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,All seated on the ground,The angel of the Lord came down,And glory shone around.

2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dreadHad seized their troubled mind;"Glad tidings of great joy I bringTo you and all mankind.

Carol 7 While shepherds watched

3 "To you in David's town this dayIs born of David's lineA Saviour who is Christ the Lord -And this shall be the sign:

4 “The heavenly babe you there shall findTo human view displayed,All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands,And in a manger laid."


5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwithAppeared a shining throngOf angels praising God, who thusAddressed their joyful song:

6 "All glory be to God on high,And on the earth be peace.Goodwill henceforth from heaven to menBegin and never cease.“

Nahum Tate (1652-1715)


8th Lesson Matthew 2:1-11

The wise men are led by the star to Jesus

Choir carol Lullay lulla

Stopford

1 Away in a manger, no crib for His bedThe little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet headThe stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay -The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

2 The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes.I love Thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

3 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stayClose by me forever, and love me, I pray.Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there.

William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)

Carol 6 Away in a manger

9th Lesson John 1:1-14

(please stand)

St John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation

1 Hark! the herald angels singGlory to the new-born King!Peace on earth and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciled.Joyful, all ye nations, rise,Join the triumph of the skies;With the angelic host proclaim,Christ is born in Bethlehem.Hark! the herald angels singGlory to the new-born King!

Carol 10 Hark! The herald angels sing

2 Christ, by highest heaven adoredChrist, the everlasting LordLate in time behold him comeOffspring of the Virgin's wombVeiled in flesh the Godhead seeHail the incarnate DeityPleased as man with man to dwellJesus, our Emmanuel!Hark! the herald angels singGlory to the new-born King!


3 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!Light and life to all He bringsRisen with healing in His wingsMild, He lay His glory by,Born that man no more may die,Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birthHark! the herald angels singGlory to the new-born King!

Charles Wesley (1707-1788) George Whitefield (1714-1770) Martin Madan (1726-1790)


Collect

Almighty God,you make us glad with the yearly remembrance

of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,we may with sure confidence behold himwhen he shall come to be our judge;who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever.Amen.

Blessing

Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into onethings earthly and heavenly,

fill you with peace and goodwilland make you partakers of the divine nature;and the blessing of God Almighty,the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,be among you and remain with you always.Amen.

1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphantO come ye, O come ye to BethlehemO come and behold Him, born the King of AngelsO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

2 God of God, light of light,Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb;Very God, begotten, not created:O come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

Carol 12 O come, all ye faithful

3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!Glory to God, glory in the highest:O come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

John Francis Wade (1711-1786) tr. Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880)

Carol 12 O come, all ye faithful

Christmas Eve: 4:00pm Crib Service

5:30pm Crib Service

11:30pm Midnight Mass

Christmas Day: 8:00am BCP Holy Communion

10:00am Christmas Communion

You are warmly invited to join us in person or online

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