Greenbank  Parish  Church

  Edinburgh

 

Carols by Candlelight

Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 20th December 2020
Fourth Sunday in Advent


Order of Service:
Carols by Candlelight
at 6pm

Readings are from NRSV

Organ:
  Von Himmel Hoch by J.G. Walther,
  Prelude on 'Irby' by Paul Bryan,
  Meditation on 'The Infant King'
    by Desmond Ratcliffe
  Played live by Alberto Massimo

Welcome

Carol: Once, in Royal David's City

Bidding Prayer

Lorna Htet-Khin plays Stille, Stille, Stille
  on clarsach

Reading: Genesis 3: 8–15, 17–19

Choir: Adam lay y bounden, by Boris Ord

Reading: Genesis 22: 15–19

Hymn: God it was who said to Abraham

Reading: Isaiah 9: 2, 6–7

Choir: O radiant dawn, by James MacMillan

Reading: Isaiah 11: 1–4a, 6–9

Choir: A spotless rose, by Herbert Howells

Hymn: Hail to the Lord's anointed!

Reading: Micah 5: 2–5

Choir: Midwinter, by Bob Chilcott

Carol: O little town of Bethlehem

Reading: Luke 1: 26–35, 38

Choir: There is no rose, by Thomas Wilson

Reading: Matthew 1: 18–23

Carol: While shepherds watched

Reading: Luke 2: 8–16

Choir: The shepherd's carol, by Bob Chilcott

Reading: Matthew 2: 1–11

Carol: We three kings

Choir: Star Carol, by John Rutter

Reading: John 1: 1–14

Choir: Gaudeamus Hodie, by Earlene Rentz

Collect Prayer for Christmas

Carol: Hark, the herald angels sing!

Benediction

Organ:
  Fantasia on 'In dulci jubilo' BWV729
    by J.S. Bach

  Played live by Alberto Massimo

Piano accompaniments played by Joan Fraser

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