12/16/2018
Luke 3:1-6
Carolina Kammel
(Bumper music:Because the Night is Longby Music from the Gathering Church (2010))
Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Carol for the Despairing (Christianity Today article)
Scripture
This Sunday’s Songs (Oak Kids Christmas Pageant)
Come Light Our Hearts by McCracken
Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Wesley/Mendelssohn
O Little Town of Bethlehem by Brooks/Redner
Once in Royal David’s City by Alexander/Gauntlett
O Holy Night by Roquemaure/Adams
Angels We Have Heard on High by Chadwick/Barnes
We Three Kings by Hopkins
Joy to the World by Watts/Mason
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Longfellow/Calkin
Doxology: O Come All Ye Faithful by Wade
Further Reading for Advent
Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphanyedited by Sarah Arthur
Bearing the Wait: An AdventCompanion (Evangelical Covenant Church resource)
Cardiphonia Resources for Adventcompiled by Bruce Benedict
God is in the Mangerby Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oak Church Advent Resourcescompiled by Chris Breslin
Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of Godby Bobby Gross
Mary Had a Baby: An Advent Bible Study Based on African AmericanSpiritualsby Cheryl Kirk-Duggan & Marilyn Thornton
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Storyby Sally Lloyd-Jones
Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Adventby Enuma Okoro
Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christby Fleming Rutledge
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmasby Ann Voskamp
Advent Calendar (poem)by Rowan Williams
God With Usedited by Gregory Wolfe
