Worship | December 14, 2025 | Lessons & Carols
Dec 14, 2025
The Third Sunday of Advent
Festival of Lessons and Carols
Opening Carol | "Once in Royal David's City" | McKenzie Coleman, soloist
Lesson 1 | Genesis 3:6, 8-13
Carol 1 | "One Person Changed Every Life" by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette | Chancel Choir
Lesson 2 | Genesis 12:1-5
Carol 2 | "Hail to the Lord's Anointed" Hymn Tune TOURS
Lesson 3 | Isaiah 40:1-5
Carol 3 | "Every Valley" by Victor C. Johnson | David Young, soloist | Oksana MCarthy, cello | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, piano
Lesson 4 | Isaiah 11:1-4, 6-9
Carol 4 | "There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob" by Felix Mendelssohn | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, organ | String Quartet: Jane Hart Brendle (violin), Sarah Case (violin), Nancy Levine (viola), Oksana McCarthy (cello)
Lesson 5 | Luke 1:26-35,38
Carol 5 | "My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord" by Tom Fettke | McKenzie Coleman, soloist | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, piano
Lesson 6 | Luke 2:1-7
Carol 6 | "Let the Stable Still Astonish" by Dan Forrest | Chancel Choir | McKenzie Coleman, soloist | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, piano | Oksana McCarthy, cello
Lesson 7 | Luke 2:8-16
Carol 7 | "How Great Our Joy" by Craig Courtney | Chancel Choir | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, piano | String Quartet: Jane Hart Brendle (violin), Sarah Case (violin), Nancy Levine (viola), Oksana McCarthy (cello)
Lesson 8 | Matthew 2:1-12
Carol 8 | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" Hymn Tune ST. LOUIS
Lesson 8 | Matthew 2:13-18
Carol 8 | "Coventry Carol" arrangement by Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz | String Quartet: Jane Hart Brendle (violin), Sarah Case (violin), Nancy Levine (viola), Oksana McCarthy (cello)
Lesson 9 | John 1:1-14
Offertory | "Fantasia on I Saw Three Ships" by Raymond Weidner | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, organ
Closing Carol | "Angels We Have Heard on High" Hymn Tune GLORIA
Postlude | "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella" Arrangement by Keith Chapman | Dr. Matthew Manwarren, organ