The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a traditional Christmas Eve service especially popular in England since 1880. Our service this evening borrows from the traditional English liturgy in order to tell the story of the promise of a Messiah, finally realized with the birth of Jesus Christ.

• Processional Hymn: 376 – Once in Royal David’s City
• Hymn Text.
• Bidding Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
• Carol: 354 – Arise, O Christian People
• Hymn Text. 
• First Lesson: Genesis 3:8-15, 17-19
• Carol: 562 – All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall (stanzas 1-3)
• Second Lesson: Genesis 22:15-18
• Carol: 352 – Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord (stanzas 1-3)
• Third Lesson: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
• Carol: 361 – O Little Town of Bethlehem
• Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11:1-4a, 6-9
• Carol: 359 – Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
• Fifth Lesson: Luke 1:26-35, 38
• Carol: 356 – The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
• Sixth Lesson: Luke 2:1-7
• Carol: 374 – Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
• Seventh Lesson: Luke 2:8-16
• Carol: 368 – Angels We Have Heard on High
• Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2:1-12
• Carol: 397 – As with Gladness Men of Old
• Ninth Lesson: John 1:1-14
• Carol: 379 – O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Collect and Blessing
• Hymn: 380 – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing