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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2025
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2025
Produced, Remixed and Edited by Bill Abella
Worship Leader · Gary Stueckle
Artistic and Choir Director · John Hendrix
Piano / Organ · Randi Teigland Hendrix
Flute · Marilyn Swanson
Senior Pastor · Tim Johnson
Audio Engineer
· Bill Abella
Lights & Assistant Engineer · Brandon Abella
Prelude:
The Carols of Christmas
I Wonder as I Wander
Welcome · Gary Stueckle
O Come, O Come Emmanuel · Hymn 2
Call to Worship · John 1:1,3-4, Isaiah 9:2
O Come All Ye Faithful · Hymn 19
The Christ Child · Choir
Lighting of the First Advent Candle Prophecy
Stephanie Platter – Isaiah 9:6-7
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus · Choir
Lighting of the Second Advent Candle Bethlehem
Sally Wassall & Andrea Engler · Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-12
Once in Royal David’s City · Hymn 37
O Come, Little Children · Women’s Ensemble
Lighting of the Third Advent Candle Shepherds
Sandra Ward · Luke 2:8-20
Go, Tell It On The Mountain · Hymn 44
The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth · Men’s Ensemble
Lighting of the Fourth Advent Candle Angels
Dan & Kari Fordice · Luke 1 :26-37
Angels We Have Heard on High · Hymn 22
Sussex Carol · Choir
Lighting of the Fifth Advent Candle Christ
Tim Johnson · Luke 2 :25-32, John 8 :12
In the Bleak Midwinter · Men’s Quartet
Congregational Singing of Christmas Carols
The First Noel
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
What Child Is This
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Silent Night
Closing – Pastor Tim Johnson
Postlude:
I Saw Three Ships
Grace Choir:
Alyson Abella · Bill Abella · Jesica Abella · Alicia Chung
Hyun Chung · Kim Eisinger · Connie Hermer · Tim Janecke
Karisa Kraakmo · Leanna Kraakmo · Stephen Kraakmo · Victor Kraakmo
Anna Stueckle · Gary Stueckle · Marit Stueckle · Alan Swanson
CCLI License # 11112839 – ONE LICENSE # A-740975
Hymns:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Come All Ye Faithful
Once In Royal David’s City
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
Angels We Have Heard on High
Joy to the World
The First Noel
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
What Child Is This
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Silent Night
AMBASSADOR HYMNAL © 1994 The Coordinating Committee of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
“Carols of Christmas”
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, The First Noel, O Come, All Ye Faithful
Arranged by Carol Foss
© 2009 Lillenas Publishing Company
“I Wonder as I Wander”
John Jacob Niles
arr. Jack Schrader
© 1985 Hope Publishing Co.
“The Christ Child”
Text: st. 1 Latin sequence for Christmas; sts 2-5 Martin Luther, 1483-1546, Tr. anonymous 1858; Tune: Daniel C. Meyer
© 2025 GIA Publications, Inc.
“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788; Tune: Rowland H. Prichard, 1811-887, arr. William D. Spurlock
© 2007 Augsburg Fortress
“O Come Little Children”
German text: Christoph von Schmidt (1768-1854)
English translation by James Helme Sutcliffe
Melody by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
arranged by James Helme Sutcliffe
© 1993 by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
“The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth”
1958 Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, Alan Kohan / 1977 Harry Simeone, K.K. Davis, Henry Onorati © 2011 EMI Mills Music, Inc., International Korwin Corp, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp, One Zee Music.
“Sussex Carol – On Christmas Night”
Text: Luke Wadding, d. 1686, alt. Tune: Sussex Carol English Traditional arr. William Miller
© 2007 Augsburg Fortress
“In The Bleak Midwinter”
Christina Georgina Rosetti
Gustav Holst
Arr. Valerie Shields
© 1995 Plymouth Music Co., Inc.
CCLI # 11112839 · CCLI Streaming License # CSPL033321 · ONE LICENSE # A-740975
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By Grace Lutheran ChurchChristmas Eve Candlelight Service 2025
Produced, Remixed and Edited by Bill Abella
Worship Leader · Gary Stueckle
Artistic and Choir Director · John Hendrix
Piano / Organ · Randi Teigland Hendrix
Flute · Marilyn Swanson
Senior Pastor · Tim Johnson
Audio Engineer
· Bill Abella
Lights & Assistant Engineer · Brandon Abella
Prelude:
The Carols of Christmas
I Wonder as I Wander
Welcome · Gary Stueckle
O Come, O Come Emmanuel · Hymn 2
Call to Worship · John 1:1,3-4, Isaiah 9:2
O Come All Ye Faithful · Hymn 19
The Christ Child · Choir
Lighting of the First Advent Candle Prophecy
Stephanie Platter – Isaiah 9:6-7
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus · Choir
Lighting of the Second Advent Candle Bethlehem
Sally Wassall & Andrea Engler · Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-12
Once in Royal David’s City · Hymn 37
O Come, Little Children · Women’s Ensemble
Lighting of the Third Advent Candle Shepherds
Sandra Ward · Luke 2:8-20
Go, Tell It On The Mountain · Hymn 44
The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth · Men’s Ensemble
Lighting of the Fourth Advent Candle Angels
Dan & Kari Fordice · Luke 1 :26-37
Angels We Have Heard on High · Hymn 22
Sussex Carol · Choir
Lighting of the Fifth Advent Candle Christ
Tim Johnson · Luke 2 :25-32, John 8 :12
In the Bleak Midwinter · Men’s Quartet
Congregational Singing of Christmas Carols
The First Noel
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
What Child Is This
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Silent Night
Closing – Pastor Tim Johnson
Postlude:
I Saw Three Ships
Grace Choir:
Alyson Abella · Bill Abella · Jesica Abella · Alicia Chung
Hyun Chung · Kim Eisinger · Connie Hermer · Tim Janecke
Karisa Kraakmo · Leanna Kraakmo · Stephen Kraakmo · Victor Kraakmo
Anna Stueckle · Gary Stueckle · Marit Stueckle · Alan Swanson
CCLI License # 11112839 – ONE LICENSE # A-740975
Hymns:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Come All Ye Faithful
Once In Royal David’s City
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
Angels We Have Heard on High
Joy to the World
The First Noel
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
What Child Is This
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Silent Night
AMBASSADOR HYMNAL © 1994 The Coordinating Committee of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
“Carols of Christmas”
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, The First Noel, O Come, All Ye Faithful
Arranged by Carol Foss
© 2009 Lillenas Publishing Company
“I Wonder as I Wander”
John Jacob Niles
arr. Jack Schrader
© 1985 Hope Publishing Co.
“The Christ Child”
Text: st. 1 Latin sequence for Christmas; sts 2-5 Martin Luther, 1483-1546, Tr. anonymous 1858; Tune: Daniel C. Meyer
© 2025 GIA Publications, Inc.
“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788; Tune: Rowland H. Prichard, 1811-887, arr. William D. Spurlock
© 2007 Augsburg Fortress
“O Come Little Children”
German text: Christoph von Schmidt (1768-1854)
English translation by James Helme Sutcliffe
Melody by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
arranged by James Helme Sutcliffe
© 1993 by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
“The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth”
1958 Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, Alan Kohan / 1977 Harry Simeone, K.K. Davis, Henry Onorati © 2011 EMI Mills Music, Inc., International Korwin Corp, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp, One Zee Music.
“Sussex Carol – On Christmas Night”
Text: Luke Wadding, d. 1686, alt. Tune: Sussex Carol English Traditional arr. William Miller
© 2007 Augsburg Fortress
“In The Bleak Midwinter”
Christina Georgina Rosetti
Gustav Holst
Arr. Valerie Shields
© 1995 Plymouth Music Co., Inc.
CCLI # 11112839 · CCLI Streaming License # CSPL033321 · ONE LICENSE # A-740975