Church of Scotland St Andrews-Lhanbryd & Urquhart Parish Church Order of Service Christmas Day 2013 www.salucofs.wordpress.com Re . Andrew Robertson!

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Welcome People of God, as you come to worship on this Christmas day, who do you trust? Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth. Grace, mercy, and peace to you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen! Worshipers greet one another Hymn 3 ! "oy to the world #$ighting of the %d&ent Candles' ( "oy to the world, the $ord is come ) let earth recei&e her *ing + let e&ery heart prepare him room, and hea&en and nature sing, and hea&en and nature sing, and hea&en, and hea&en and nature sing. "oy to the world, the Sa&iour reigns ) let all their songs employ + while fields and floods, roc,s, hills and plains repeat the sounding -oy, repeat the sounding -oy, repeat, repeat the sounding -oy. 3 He rules the world with truth and grace, and ma,es the nations pro&e the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his lo&e, and wonders of his lo&e, and wonders, wonders of his lo&e. .saac Watts #(/012(013'

4he people wal,ing in dar,ness ha&e seen a great light+ on those li&ing in the land of deep dar,ness a light has dawned. .saiah 5 (6 Prayer and $ords prayer 6 7ur father in Hea&en, hallowed 8e your name, your ,ingdom come, your will 8e done on earth as it is in Hea&en. Gi&e us today our daily 8read. Forgi&e us our sins, as we forgi&e those who sin against us. Sa&e us from the time of trial and deli&er us form e&il. For the ,ingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for e&er %men 9eading 6 $u,e (6(1

Hymn 3!/ 7 come, all ye faithful Adeste, fideles ( 7 come, all ye faithful, -oyful and triumphant, 7 come ye, 7 come ye to :ethlehem + come and 8ehold him, 8orn the *ing of angels + O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. God of God, $ight of light, $o ) he a8hors not the ;irgin<s wom8 + &ery God, 8egotten, not created + 3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in e=ultation, sing, all ye citi>ens of hea&en a8o&e, ?Glory to God in the highest<@ 1 Aea, $ord, we greet thee, B 8orn this happy morning + "esus, to thee 8e glory gi&en @ Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing @ $atin, (3th century, possi8ly 8y "ohn Francis Wade #c. (0((2(03/' and others 4al, ( 9eflection

Hymn 33( Cnto us a 8oy is 8orn ) ( Cnto us a 8oy is 8orn ) *ing of all creation, came he to a world forlorn, the $ord of e&ery nation, the $ord of e&ery nation. Cradled in a stall was he with sleepy cows and asses + and the &ery 8easts could see that he all fol, surpasses, that he all fol, surpasses. 3 Herod then with fear was filled @ ?% prince<, he said, ?in "ewry ) < %ll the little 8oys he ,illed at :ethl<em in his fury, at :ethl<em in his fury. 1 Dow may Eary<s son, who came so long ago to lo&e us, lead us all with hearts aflame unto the -oys a8o&e us, unto the -oys a8o&e us. F 7mega and %lpha he ) $et the organ thunder, while we sing our songs with glee and rend the air asunder, and rend the air asunder.
$atin, (Fth century translated Percy Gearmer #(3/02(53/'

9eading Eicah 0@(16 ! Hymn 3(3 See in yonder manger $ow ( See ) in yonder manger low, 8orn for us on earth 8elow, see ) the tender $am8 appears promised from eternal years. Hail, thou ever-blessd morn ! Hail, redemptions happy da n ! !in" throu"h all #erusalem, $Christ is born in %ethlehem ! $o ) within a manger lies he who 8uilt the starry s,ies, he who, throned in height su8lime, sits amid the cheru8im. 3 Say, ye holy shepherds, say, what your -oyful news today + wherefore ha&e ye left your sheep on the lonely mountain steep ? 1 ?%s we watched at dead of night, lo ) we saw a wondrous light @ angels, singing peace on earth, told us of the Sa&iour<s 8irth.< F Sacred .nfant, all Gi&ine, what a tender lo&e was thine, thus to come from highest 8liss down to such a world as this )
Hdward Caswall #(3(12(303'

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Hymn 3!( 6 Har, ) the herald angels sing ( Har, ) the herald angels sing, ?Glory to the new68orn *ing, peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled ) < "oyful, all ye nations, rise, -oin the triumph of the s,ies, with the angelic hosts proclaim, ?Christ is 8orn in :ethlehem<. Har& ! the herald an"els sin", $'lory to the ne -born (in". Christ, 8y highest hea&en adored, Christ, the e&erlasting $ord, late in time 8ehold him come, offspring of a &irgin<s wom8. ;eiled in flesh the Godhead see + hail, the .ncarnate Geity, pleased as Ean with man to dwell, "esus, our .mmanuel ) 3 Hail, the hea&en68orn Prince of Peace ) Hail, the Sun of 9ighteousness ) $ight and life to all he 8rings, risen with healing in his wings. Eild he lays his glory 8y, 8orn that man no more may die, 8orn to raise the sons of earth, 8orn to gi&e them second 8irth @ Charles Wesley #(0!02(033' and others :enediction. CC$ $icence Do / F3

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