HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Sunday, December 1 10:00 AM Advent Service
Sunday, December 8 10:00 AM Advent Service
Sunday, December 15 10:00 AM Advent Service
Sunday, December 2 10:00 AM Advent Service
Christmas Eve 6:00 PM Lessons & Carols Service
A REAL CHRISTMAS
A parent says, “I want to give my kids a real Christmas.” What do you think that parent means? Perhaps they are thinking of a trimming a freshly cut tree or finding the perfect presents or spending the holidays with extended family. Perhaps they are thinking about all those things. “Then it will be a real Christmas!” Certainly, all those are wonderful things. However, none of them are what makes Christmas real.
If you want a real Christmas, then you need to observe know what Christmas is all about. Christmas is all about Jesus. In the person of Jesus, God gave us himself. Because God became true man and did everything for our salvation. God’s gift of himself given to you makes a real Christmas. It means along with himself forgiveness, hope, peace, and good news are yours. A real Christmas is already yours.
LESSONS & CAROLS
Our worship for Christmas Eve is an adaptation of “The Festival of Lessons and Carols” service traditionally held at King’s College, Cambridge, England, on December 24th every year. The Festival was first held on Christmas Eve, 1918. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, who at the age of thirty-four had just been appointed Dean of King’s College after experience as an army chaplain. A revision of the Order of Service was made in 1919, involving rearrangement of the lessons. In almost every year some carols have been changed and some new ones introduced by successive organists. However, the backbone of the service, the lessons and the prayers, has remained virtually unchanged for nearly 100 years.