
Christmas Eve Worship
An Inlet and Como Lake United Church Collaboration
Friday, December 24, 2021 at 6 pm
Please visit our websites for more information about us:
Como Lake United: https://www.comolakeunitedchurch.com
Inlet United: https://www.inletunited.ca
We would like to acknowledge that Inlet and Como Lake United Churches are located on the unceded traditional territories of the Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Squamish, Stó:lō and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Liturgists:
Rev. Jen Swanson~Inlet United Church
Rev. Julie Lebrun~Inlet United Church
Rev. Jan Bihl~Como Lake United Church
Readers:
Jan Morrissey
Lesley Ebenstiner
John Cashore
Video Production & Editing:
Rev. Jenn Swanson
Animation by Video by Jeff Jacobs from Pixabay.com
Music:
Hymns streamed under OneLicense
Streaming License OneLicense # A717092
Worship Series adapted from worshipdesignstudio.com
Musicians:
Jean-Marc Stacey~Piano
Tim Stacey~Bass
Chris Carmichael~Guitar & Vocals
Marcia Carmichael~Vocals
Gerhard Bihl~Harmonica, Guitar & Vocals
Singing provided by everyone else present!
The First Noel Played by Jean-Marc Stacey on piano and Tim Stacey on bass. Words and Music: Traditional, Stephen DeCesare Public Domain
VU #48 Hark the Herald Angels Sing Words: Charles Wesley 1739, alt. Music: Felix Mendelssohn 1840, adapted by William Hayman-Cummings, 1856
Hope Waits for Us at Advent Original song by Amanda Udis-Kessler Worship Design Studio
VU#60 O Come All Ye Faithful (1,3,5) Words: Latin John Francis Wade ca 1743 English Trans: Frederick Oakley 1841 Music: attrib. John Francis Wade 1743
VU#59 Joy to the World Words: Isaac Watts 1719 alt. Music: attrib. George Frideric Handel 1742 Public Domain
Carol: VU#44 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Words: Edmund Hamilton Sears 1849, alt. Music: Richard Storrs Willis, 1850 Words and Music: Public Domain
VU#69 Away in a Manger Tune: Cradle Song, William J. Kirkpatrick Text: St. 1-2, anon.; st. 3, McFarland; Public Domain
VU#38 Angels We Have Heard on High (1,2,3) Words: French Traditional Carol trans James Chadwick 1860 Music: French carol melody Public Domain
A Child is Born Words: Alec Wilder Music: Thad Jones © Copyright 1969 (Renewed) and 1997 D’Accord Music and Ludlow Music, Inc., New York,
Make of My Heart a Stable Original song by Amanda Udis-Kessler Written for the Worship Design Studio, which created its own separate video. Recording and video by Ken Janzen.
Lord’s Prayer VU#921 Adpt. from a chant by R. Langdon. Public domain.
VU# 67 “Silent Night” Words: Joseph Mohr 1818 Music: Franz Xavier Grüner 1818 Public Domain
Good King Wenceslas Words: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Music: "Tempus adest floridum"; adaptation by Rev. Thomas Helmore from Piae Cantiones, 1582.Source: Collected Hymns, Sequences and Carols of John Mason Neale (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914), from John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore, Carols for Christmas-tide (London: Novello, 1853)