Christmas Eve Service

Please join us as we celebrate the birth of Christ in this Christmas Eve Service of Holy Eucharist, led by Rev. Pat Henderson, Rev. Canon Marian Haggerty, Rev. Canon Sharon McCormick, The Rev. Dr. Virginia C. Lane, The Rev. Michael E. DeKay, The Very Reverend Paul Millward, and the Rt. Rev. Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron, with music by Ian Sadler and the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir.

Thank you for worshipping with us and please feel free to share with your friends!

First Reading: Isaiah 9.2-7

Psalm 96.1-9

Second Reading: Titus 2.11-14

Gospel: Luke 2.1-20

Music

Prelude: Variations sur ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ – Denis Bédard

Prelude: Prelude on ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ – Roberta Rowland-Raybold (Mary Ann McDowell, flute)

Opening Hymn: O Come All Ye Faithful

Carol: Sussex Carol – arr. Sir David Willcocks

Gradual: The First Nowell

Carol: Ding Dong! Merrily On High – arr. Charles Wood

Offertory Hymn: See Amid the Winter’s Snow

Communion Hymn: Silent Night – Franz Gruber

Closing Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Postlude: Fantasia on ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ – J.S. Bach

Our thanks to Ian Sadler, Organist & Director of Music, and the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir for the gift of music this evening.

Soprano: Stacey Clark, Norma-Jean Greenslade, Karianne Pasma, Catharine Sadler

Alto: Anjelique Croteau, Sandra Rocio Fuya Duenas, Kelsey Lenti, Mary Ann McDowell

Tenor: Scott King, Garfield Lewis, James Smith, Marcel van Helden

Bass: Camilo Andres Rodriquez Cuadrado, Mark Pichkur, John Sproule