The Blessing of the Crèche

Saturday, December 17, 2022
Ember Day
O Sapientia — “O Wisdom”
4:00 p.m. | High Altar

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Please invite your family and friends to this special celebration, sung by the Noble Singers, our children’s choir for ages 5-12. Visiting children are welcome to dress in their own Nativity costumes for this annual family service. For those who cannot attend in-person, this service will be livestreamed.

Sung byThe Noble Singers
Prelude
I saw Three Shipsby (Traditional Carol), arr. Richard Walters
Angels we have heard on high
Paul Petretta, trombone
Jeremy Filsell, piano		by (French Carol), arr. Richard Walters
The Scene is SetMarche des Rois Mages, from ‘Douze pièces pour orgue’, by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Maks Adach, organ
The Scene is Set102 – Once in royal David’s city – IRBY
Hymn102 – Once in royal David’s city – IRBY
ReadingAn Angel Visits Mary
CarolThe angel, Gabriel by name, by Michael Bedford (b. 1949)
ReadingThe angel, Gabriel by name, by Michael Bedford (b. 1949)
Hymn78 – O little town of Bethlehem – FOREST GREEN
ReadingDrei Könige wandern aus Morgenland, by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
CarolTwas in the moon of winter-time, by Terre Johnson (b. 1959)
ReadingA Star and Visitors from the East
CarolDrei Könige wandern aus Morgenland, by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
Sung by 8th Grade Choristers of the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
The Blessing of the CrècheTwas in the moon of winter-time, by Terre Johnson (b. 1959)
Hymn101 – Away in a manger, no crib for his bed – CRADLE SONG — Anonymous (Traditional carol)
CarolIL EST NÉ -- arr. Arlen Clark (b. 1954)
VoluntaryNoël- Ou s’en vont ces gays Bergers?, from ‘Troisième Livre d’orgue (1685)’, by Nicolas-Antione Lebègue (1632-1702)

Resources

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