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Join Us For Our
Annual Christmas Eve Service

December 24th, 5:30 pm 
Led by Rev. Diana Smith

This year we'll have one all ages online service from 5:30 to 7 pm on Christmas Eve. Join us for an interactive and joyful service! (Link to join, Meeting ID: 824 9355 6805, Passcode: 228948)

The offering will go to the Minister's Discretionary Fund to help those in need in our community (donate online or send a check to UUS with MDF on the memo line).  
Order of Service
Zoom Instructions

Prelude:
"Holiday Heart" (Dave Rowe, UUS Online Music Leader)
Words and Music: Dave Rowe ©2020 Dave Rowe Music
 
Welcome (Peggy Garrigues, UUS Director of Congregational Life)
 
Call to Worship (Rev. Diana Smith, UUS Minister)

Chalice Lighting (Julia Audlehelm, Worship Associate)

Lighting a Candle for Justice and Healing (Julia Audlehelm)
 
Introducing Silent Night (Rev. Diana Smith)

Hymn: "Stille Nacht" (Dave Rowe)
Words: Joseph Möhr, Music: Franz Grüber
 
Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 (Rev. Diana Smith and Julia Audlehelm)
 
Hymn: #245 "Joy to the World!" (Dave Rowe)
Words: Isaac Watts, Music: attributed to G.F. Handel, arr. Lowell Mason
 
Luke 2: 1, 3-5 (Rev. Diana Smith, Julia Audlehelm, and Jessica Zimmer)
 
Hymn: #244 "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Dave Rowe)
Words: Edmund H. Sears, Music: Richard S. Willis
 
Luke 2: 6-7 (Julia Audlehelm and Jessica Zimmer)
 
Musical Meditation (Dave Rowe)
 
Christmas Eve Prayer: By Rev. Jude Geiger, adapted by Rev. Diana Smith (Rev. Diana Smith)
 
Moment of Meditative Silence
 
Musical Meditation: “What Child Is This?” Arranged by Sir John Stainer (Ian Cawley)
Traditional English Melody, arr. by Sir John Stainer

Luke 2: 8-14 (Rev. Diana Smith and Jessica Zimmer)
 
Reading: "Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem," by Dr. Maya Angelou (Julia Audlehelm)
 
Hymn: #231 "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Dave Rowe)
Words: Earl Marlatt, Music: Traditional French Carol

Luke 2: 15-19 (Julia Audlehelm and Jessica Zimmer)

Choral Meditation: "In the Bleak Midwinter" (The UUS Choir)
Words: Christina Rossetti, Music: Gustav Holst, arr: Dave Rowe

Matthew 2: 1-2, 8-12 (Rev. Diana Smith and Jessica Zimmer)

Offering: Minister's Discretionary Fund (Julia Audlehelm)

Offertory: “O Holy Night/Cantique de Noël” (Phil House and Dave Rowe)
Words and Music: Adolphe Adam, arr. Phil House and Dave Rowe

Reading: "The Moment of Magic," by Rev. Victoria Safford (Rev. Diana Smith)

Reflection (Rev. Diana Smith)

Hymn: "Silent Night" (Dave Rowe)
Words: Joseph Möhr, Music: Franz Grüber
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