Christmas Eve Liturgy, Christmas Eve Worship Fishers United Methodist Church

Candlelight service for christmas eve.

Christmas 2020 brunch. Gathering as gods people. Christmas eve is a time of celebration of light and hope. The following candles should be placed on a table in the chancel area in preparation for the service.

Oh and plenty of candles. With multiple christmas eve services this format also offers a welcome change. Our liturgy this evening tells the story of the manger in lessons responsive readings and prayers.

Know that this love is come for you to touch you to heal you to forgive you to make you whole. Scripture carols and communion this service is a variation on a service of light an opposite of a tenebrae service. A very merry christmas to all who come to worship the christ child.

We have developed a liturgy for use on christmas eve drawing upon the inclusive and scriptural imagesmetaphors of light and wisdom. Almighty god we thank you for the birth of the christ child in. Love comes down at christmas a love so deep and so profound that nothing will ever be the same again.

The second one also has three readers. Candle of peace purple. Isaiahs scripture reminds us that the people who had walked in darkness have now seen a great light the light of hope in their dark nights.

O god our father you have brought us again to the glad season when we celebrate the birth of your son jesus christ our lord. Declaration of good news. All are joined together as one family through the miracle of the birth of one small baby.

Passing the peace of christ. We stand as able. At the services high point the procession of the christ child comes to the manger where the gospel of christs birth is read and the christ child is placed in the creche.

Saint pauls church a progressive christian community with ancient roots. Its hard enough to find musicians on christmas eve at a big church like brookwood but it was even more difficult to find players at the 300 member church where i was a music director several years ago thats why ive created the christmas eve and i adore you service guidesyou can pull off a beautiful service with only a capable pianist and worship leader or just use tracks. This night no one is a stranger.

Please pray with me as we open our time together. An excellent option is to have a soloist perform a version of the. This gathering goes for about 45 60 minutes includes scripture reading poetry prayers and music.

Tonight christmas eve we now light the white candle the christ candle which symbolizes the light along with the hope love joy and peace that christ brought into the world. This is an excellent point in the liturgy for quiet reflective music. For those who are still looking for liturgy for christmas eve i wanted to share some liturgy well be using in our christmas eve service this year at mulberry.