Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Music for Christmas Eve and Christmas I

4PM Family Service
Carols and readings with the nativity story en tableaux by our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Special music by Isabella H, piano (Upon the housetop and We wish you a merry Christmas); Emily B., flute (Away in a manger); Noah H., violin (Silent Night); Allen B., saxophone (The first noel); Caleb H., organ (Joy to the world).

630PM Concert of Sacred Music
Music for handbells, flute and organ (works by Barber, Helman, Gramann, Bach, Pelz).

7PM Liturgy of Word and Table and the Sacrament of Baptism
Choir anthem by G. F. Handel, O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion. A new setting of the communion responses by Michael Barker using the tune GLORIA (Angels we have heard on high). Carols for the Christmas season.

Christmas I (12/26/10)
Single service at 11AM. Guest Soloist Charles Perry Sprawls, bass-baritone. Sprawls will sing For behold, darkness shall cover the earth and The people that walked in darkness; Chancel Choir anthem And the glory of the Lord; all from Handel’s Messiah. Visual artist Lisle Gwynn will create a work of art during the sermon. Carols for the season.

Weather may become a factor in our planning; please check our usual information outlets in the event of severe weather for any schedule changes.

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