MERRY CHRISTMAS Trinity Family and Friends!

As on the first day of creation, on this Christmas Day the Word illumines the world, shining forth to bring all things into being. Today we celebrate the incarnate Word, God becoming flesh to live among us in the person of Jesus Christ then and now. Emboldened by the good news of Christ’s birth, along with the shepherds, Mary and Joseph, and all witnesses to the light of Christ, we declare to the world that we have indeed seen and been transformed by the arrival of “the salvation of our God.” O come, let us adore!

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Hymns:

Gathering Hymn: “Angels from the Realms of Glory” - ELW #275

Text: James Montgomery, 1771-1854, alt., sts. 1-3; Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857, st. 4

Hymn of Praise: “Angles We Have Heard on High”

Text: French carol; tr. H. F. Hemy, The Crown of Jesus Music, 1864

Hymn of the Day: “O Little Town of Bethlehem” - ELW #279

Text: Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893

Anthem: “Down in the City of David” Courtney. Choir

Offertory: “What Child is This – ELW #296

Text: William C. Dix, 1837-1898

Communion Hymn: “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” - ELW #272

Text: German carol, 15th cent.; tr. Theodore Baker, 1851-1934, sts. 1-2; Harriet R. Krauth, 1845-1925, st. 3; John C. Mattes, 1876-1948, st. 4

Sending Hymn: “The First Noel” - ELW #300

Text: English traditional

Readings:

First Reading: Isaiah 62:6-12 - God comes to restore the people

Psalm 97 - Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the honest of heart. (Ps. 97:11)

Second Reading: Titus 3:4-7 - Saved through water and the Spirit

Gospel: Luke 2:8-20 - Kings had been called shepherds of their people for a thousand years

Liturgy reprinted from “Evangelical Lutheran Worship”, copyright 2006 Augsburg Fortress, used by permission of license #SBT004670 and One License A-709549; Prayers are from “Sundays & Seasons”, copyright 2023 Augsburg Fortress. Introductions to the readings are written by The Rev. Mark Oldenburg, Ph.D., Steck-Miller Professor Emeritus of the Art of Worship, United Lutheran Seminary.

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