A Child Is Born

Please note – The YouTube recording will be updated at approximately 9:30 p.m. following the in-person service.

 Welcome to our Christmas Eve Online Worship at the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC!
No matter WHO you are, or WHERE you are on life’s journey, YOU are welcome here!

December 24, 2024     Christmas Eve     8:00 p.m.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Rev. Charlotte E. Y. Bell, Associate Pastor
Shellie Brook, Student Pastor
Sara Phelps, Director of Music
Michael Havay, Organist/Accompanist
Sally Hooper, Deacon in Charge
Heather Stone and Zach Hoyt, Advent Candle Lighters

MUSIC:
Prelude:  The First Noël, David Paxton, ©1990 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Nov 1990 issue of The Organist
Anthem: Come Join Their Song, Jayne Rasmussen/Mark Shepherd; Chancel Choir
Anthem: Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella, trad. French carol/arr. Lloyd Larson; Chancel Choir
Offertory:  Away in a Manger, James R. Murray/David H. Hegarty, ©1987 Lorenz Publishing Co. from collection Sacred Organ Diversities
Postlude:  Paean on “Joy to the World,” David Lasky, ©1992 H.W. Gray Publications/CPP Belwin

HYMNS AND CAROLS:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
What Child Is This
Angels We Have Heard on High
As With Gladness Men of Old
Silent Night
Joy to the World!

The hymns and carols are from Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, ©1990 Westminster/John Knox Press.

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