Hello, or Welcome Back~

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.... We've had a yard-blanketing snowfall, and our own decorations are up.

For Christmas worship planning, we've already highlighted two songs:
The Shepherds Recollect and He Arrives.

Now, for your own peace, we also mention our Nativity story, The Lamb's Tale.

But, Christmas is certainly about surprises and newness. One new thing I've seen is some mid-morning Advent services with a light lunch afterwards, and that prompted an addition to our Potluck Prayers, of two lyrics especially for Christmas. A downloadable sheet provides these new prayer texts for church or family use.
NEW! For your own use, though, we've just added some accompaniments, often with introductions, for singing at home! See our new page, Christmas Table Prayers, to try them out!

We take with thanks now, God of Heav'n,
this daily bread that you have giv'n.
And for our spirits, too, for Life,
we've thanks for love in Jesus Christ. Amen.

-or-

We bow our heads in gratefulness
to mark, good Lord, your faithfulness
in daily bread for nourishment,
for lasting bread through Christ you've sent. Amen.

(The second lyric might go especially well with Tallis' Canon, sung as a three-part round.)

Finally—though I'd rather think about Christmas for a bit—we do want to mention our solo/unison song for afterwards, Keeping Christmas. Christmas is something that is both new, and stays!

 

God bless, and see you in January!