Sunday, December 8
4:00 & 7:00 p.m. | Sanctuary
Free!
Lessons and Carols tells God’s beautiful story of creation, fall, redemption, and re-creation through the reading of Scripture and the singing of traditional and modern carols. We use a variety of instruments and musical styles to prepare our hearts to celebrate the first coming of Jesus and to anticipate that day when He will come again.
Children are welcome to attend this service with their parents, but please keep in mind that while this service does have elements of group participation, there is also time for sitting and being still as we hear the scriptures read.
Childcare will be available for children ages kindergarten and younger for the 4pm service only
What can you expect at our Lessons and Carols Service?
1) You Will Hear God’s Word
Lessons and Carols is the story of God’s plan for the salvation of mankind as revealed in His Word. That story begins with the Genesis account of the fall of Adam and Eve and concludes with the promise of creation fully restored in the book of Revelation. Each reading is followed by one or more carols, allowing for further meditation on the text. You will leave this service drenched in biblical language.
2) You Will Sing, and Singing Is Good
A Lessons and Carols service is a unique opportunity to hear and sing songs that the larger culture mostly ignores. The world needs hope and what better time to sing songs which anticipate the coming of our Lord, Jesus?
3) You Will Unite with Christians Across Time and Space
You will be united across time and space, not just with those standing at your left and right, but with Christians around the world both today and in the past who have listened to the same readings and sung the same texts
4) You Will Be Transported to Another World
You will be transported to a world removed from the one with which you contend on a daily basis. The Incarnation is the most mind-blowing, awe-inspiring event in the history of the universe, and we Christians can sometimes be strangely casual about it. The other-worldliness of Lessons and Carols is a great antidote to such casualness.
Set aside an hour this Christmas season, and give yourself and your family a gift that will cost absolutely nothing but will immeasurably enrich your spirit throughout the year ahead.