The fourth Sunday of Advent will be a mostly musical service that includes a full choir and a men's ensemble. Pastor Glenn will offer a meditation based on Luke 1:39-55, a mother's vision for Christmas.
Acknowledgements for Worship Resources
“Sing We Now of Christmas”
Noel Nouvelet French Carol, 15th century; Arranged by John Carter; ©2010 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“What Child is This?”
Tune: Greensleeves, 16th century English ballad; Arranged by Patricia Lou Harris; ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Company, a division of the Lorenz Corp.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“Away in a Manger”
Tune: Mueller by James R. Murray; Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Malcolm Music, a division of Shawnee Press; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“Canon de Noel”
Tunes: Canon and Gigue by Johann Pachelbel; The First Nowell, English Carol. Sandys' Christmas Carols, 1833; Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Malcolm Music, a division of Shawnee Press; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“To Us a Child of Hope is Born”
Text: based on Isaiah 9:6-7; John Morison, Scottish Paraphrases, 1781; Music: Lowell Mason, Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes,1837 or 1838, alt.
“Hope Is a Candle”
Text: Richard Leach, 1994, ©1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Music: Scottish traditional; acc. James E Clemens, 2006; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob”
Text: Numbers 24:17; Music: Felix Mendelssohn
“Of the Father’s Love Begotten”
Text: Aurelius C Prudentius; tr. John M Neale and Henry W Baker; Music: 13th c. Plainsong; Arranged by Paul Wohlgemuth; ©1973 Hope Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“O Magnum Mysterium”
Text: Responsory, Feast of the Nativity; tr. Ellen S Beebe; Music: Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1572; edited by Ellen S Beebe; ©1984 Broude Brothers Limited
“The Star and the Wise Men”
Text & Music: Charles H Gabriel
“Still, Still, Still”
Text: Marilyn Keith and Alan Bergman; Music: Norman Luboff; ©1960 Walton Music Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“Angels’ Carol”
Text & Music: John Rutter; ©1988 Oxford University Press; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“Good Christians All Rejoice and Sing”
Text: traditional; Music: traditional English melody; Arranged by Douglas Macomber, ©1983 Clarion Call Music, Inc
“How Far Is It to Bethlehem?”
Text & Music: English traditional; Arranged by Paul Christiansen, ©1950, renewed 1977 by Neil A Kjos Music Co
“Mary Had A Baby”
Text & Music: William L Dawson; ©1947, renewed 1974 by William L Dawson, Tuskegee Institute (admin. Neil A Kjos Music Co); All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084
“O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Text: Latin; stanzas 1, 3, 4 trans. attr. John F Wade, ca. 1743, “Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,” Office de St Omer, 1822; trans. Frederick Oakeley and others, alt.; stanza 2 Etienne J F Borderies, 1822; trans William Mercer, 1854; Music: attr. John F Wade, ca. 1743, Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782
“Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739, alt.; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; adapt. William H Cummings, 1855, Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, 1857
“Angels We Have Heard on High”
Text: French; Nouveau recueil de cantiques, 1855; trans. Anon.; alt. Earl Marlatt, New Church Hymnal, 1937; Music: French traditional, Nouveau recueil de cantiques, 1855
“Joy to the World”
Text: based on Psalm 98; Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason, Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1836
“Go, Tell it on the Mountain”
Text: African American Spiritual; adapt. John W Work, Jr., 1871-1925; Music: African American Spiritual