Lessons and Carols
During this Peace Time Worship Experience, we will celebrate Christmas with a modern adaptation of the Festival of Lessons and Carols, first developed in 1880 and which has been celebrated yearly at Kings College in Cambridge, England, since 1918.
The service celebrates humanity’s relationship with God from Creation through the birth of Jesus. This is told in nine short Bible readings from Genesis, the prophetic books, and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of Christmas hymns. At Christmas, we yearn to hear the music of the angels, to feel the rush to the manger to see what this star that pierces the night sky has come to proclaim. We so desire to believe the Good News of the Christmas story: “don’t be afraid” for unto us a sign has come that will be to all people… “peace on earth.”
Thank you for joining us.