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December 24, 2021

Christmas Special:  

Two Worship Opportunities

1. Meet for Worship on Sunday and Midweek


On Sundays, we meet at 10:00 in two parallel meetings -- In-person behind the Meetinghouse and on Zoom.  Children and their families are welcome to gather in the in-person meeting in one section of seats.  The children stay for the first 20 minutes and then go to the Memorial Garden for their First Day activities.  For those of us who are meeting on-line, here is the Zoom link for Sunday Worship and second hours.

On Wednesdays, Adelphi meeting convenes a midweek meeting for worship for healing - at 12:00. Here is the recurring link to these midweek meetings.

Additional connecting details --  such as phone connections -- for all meetings for worship, meetings for business and second hours appear in this attachment.
 


Takoma Park Friends Meeting Preparative meets in person each Sunday at 11:30 at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church at Tulip and Maple in the library.  Then at 7:30 there will be an online meeting for worship on Zoom. Weather permitting, some Friends gather for an in-person meeting for worship at 3:00 pm on Thursdays.  Details for these meetings (including a definition of "weather permitting" are on page 2 of this attachment. 

 

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2.  Meet for Programmed Worship on Christmas Eve 



On December 24 from 5 to 6 pm,
we will gather on Zoom
for our semi-programmed
Christmas Eve Meeting for Worship.


 

As darkness settles, we’ll celebrate the Christmas story with singing, readings, and silence and we’ll close our worship in shared candlelight. The program is below and is also available here on Google Drive.

Please prepare candles, real or virtual. We encourage younger Friends to plan and set up their family’s candle arrangement. For virtual candles, here are a few images that can be copied and uploaded as backgrounds on Zoom. 

Here is the Zoom connection.  To connect by phone, dial +13017158592.   The Meeting ID is 835 8207 9501 and the passcode is 411564.

Whether you can join in or not, know that your community is gathering as best we can, and we are all wishing each other a blessed and full-hearted year.
 

Program
Adelphi Friends Meeting
Christmas Eve Meeting for Worship

 

The Christmas Story in Song

Page 69  - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Page 84   - In the Bleak Midwinter
Page 79   - Go Tell It on the Mountain
Page 85   - Joy to the World
 

The Christmas Story in Verse

Isaiah, Chapter 8: 2,6, and 7
Luke, Chapter 2: 1 – 20
John, Chapter 1: 1 – 5
 

Sharing the Light

Worship sharing:  In this season of deepening shadows, how do you experience the Light? How does the Light show itself to you?
 

Spreading the Light

Candle lighting
Joining Our Hearts in Song
 


Silent Night 


SILENT NIGHT! HOLY NIGHT!
ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT

ROUND YON VIRGIN MOTHER AND CHILD,
HOLY INFANT SO TENDER AND MILD,
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE, SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE.

SILENT NIGHT! HOLY NIGHT!
SHEPHERDS QUAKE AT THE SIGHT,

GLORIES STREAM FROM HEAVEN AFAR,
HEAVENLY HOSTS SING ALLELUIA;
CHRIST, THE SAVIOR IS BORN. CHRIST THE SAVIOR IS BORN.

SILENT NIGHT! HOLY NIGHT!
SON OF GOD, LOVE’S PURE LIGHT,
RADIANT BEAMS FROM THY HOLY FACE,
WITH THE DAWN OF REDEEMING GRACE,
JESUS LORD, AT THY BIRTH. JESUS LORD AT THY BIRTH.






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