We are Magi

Please note – The YouTube recording will be updated at approximately noon following the in-person service.

 Welcome to our Sunday Morning 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!

January 4, 2026    Epiphany Sunday   10:00 a.m.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Sara Phelps, Director of Music
Michael Havay, Organist/Accompanist
Sally Hooper, Deacon in Charge
Liz MacMillan, John Swanson, Doug Topliffe, Gail Wiegand, Deacons
Reid Cunningham, Liturgist
Doug Topliffe, Videographer

MUSIC:
Prelude – Masters in the Hall – Gustav Holst/Douglas E. Wagner, ©2020 Lorenz Publishing Co.
Anthem – What Star is This With Beams So Bright? Howard Helvey; Chancel Choir
Offertory – And the Morning Stars Sang Together – Douglas E. Wagner, ©2017 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Nov/Dec 2017 issue of The Organ Portfolio
Communion –
In the Bleak Midwinter – Gustav Holst/Douglas E. Wagner
What Strangers Are These? – Alexandre Guilmant/Michael Ryan
both pieces ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Nov/Dec 2012 issue of The Organ Portfolio
Postlude – Carillon on “Puer Nobis” – Michael Praetorius/Douglas E. Wagner, ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Nov/Dec 2012 issue of The Sacred Organ Journal

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-731944.

HYMNS:
Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning #67
The First Nowell #56, verses 1-4
As with Gladness Those of Old #159
The first and second hymns are from Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, ©1990 Westminster/John Knox Press.
The third hymn is from The New Century Hymnal, ©1995 The Pilgrim Press.

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