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“Comfort and Joy”
Christmas Eve 2020
December 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.
PRESERVICE CONCERT
Ron Katz - We Need a Little Christmas by Jerry Herman
Julie Rigano - Santa Claus is Coming to Town by J. Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie
Jean Garner - I Love the Winter Weather by Irving Berlin
Winston, Fiona & Fayth Wisehart - O Holy Night by Placide Cappeau/Adolphe Adam
Bobby Routch - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) by Robert Wells/Mel Tormé
Kate Ashby & Alan Murray - Gesù Bambino by Pietro A. Yon
Katie Sontag - COVID Carol by Katie Sontag
Rob Politzer - You've Got a Friend by Carole King
Paul Rigano - I'll Be Home for Christmas by Kim Gannon/Walter Kent
Christmas Eve 2020
December 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.
PRESERVICE CONCERT
Ron Katz - We Need a Little Christmas by Jerry Herman
Julie Rigano - Santa Claus is Coming to Town by J. Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie
Jean Garner - I Love the Winter Weather by Irving Berlin
Winston, Fiona & Fayth Wisehart - O Holy Night by Placide Cappeau/Adolphe Adam
Bobby Routch - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) by Robert Wells/Mel Tormé
Kate Ashby & Alan Murray - Gesù Bambino by Pietro A. Yon
Katie Sontag - COVID Carol by Katie Sontag
Rob Politzer - You've Got a Friend by Carole King
Paul Rigano - I'll Be Home for Christmas by Kim Gannon/Walter Kent
SERVICE
Welcome Rev. Kristina Church
Prelude Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker Suite
by P. Tchaikovsky
Kate Ashby, violin
Alan Murray, piano
Chalice Lighting and Call to Worship I Will Light Candles This Christmas
by Howard Thurman
Eric Kemperman
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Christian hymn, ca. 800 AD
Ross Crolius, bass (verse 1, Latin)
The Congregation (verse 1, English)
Reading The Camels Speak by Lynn Ungar
Robert Carroll
Star in the East Christian Hymn by Reginald Heber
Merlin Slade, flute and vocals
Julian Slade, violin and vocals
Cynthia Reynolds, violin
Richard Slade, keyboard
Blessing Blessed Are You Who Bear the Light
by Jan Richardson
Betsy Kates
Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional French carol
Thea Trosclair, violin
Nancy Eisenman, clarinet
Gary Trosclair, trumpet
Sing along: Joy to the World/ Hark! the Herald Angels Sing/ O Come, All Ye Faithful
The Congregation
Paul Gross and Diane Guernsey
Offertory I (Feeding Westchester) This Is Not a Christmas Carol by Paul Gross
Paul Gross and Diane Guernsey, vocals and guitar
Responsive Reading I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
by H.W. Longfellow
Rev. Kristina Church
Offertory II (Minister's Discretionary Fund) Dance of the Flutes from Nutcracker Suite
by P. Tchaikovsky
Kate Ashby, violin
Alan Murray, piano
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (with community pictures)
by Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane
Craig Butler, tenor and Diane Guernsey, piano
Silent Night by Joseph Mohr/Franz Xaver Gruber
The Congregation
Closing Words & Chalice Extinguishing The Work of Christmas by Howard Thurman
Janet Demb
Postlude O Tannenbaum by Ernst Anschütz
arr. Vince Guaraldi
Diane Guernsey
Welcome Rev. Kristina Church
Prelude Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker Suite
by P. Tchaikovsky
Kate Ashby, violin
Alan Murray, piano
Chalice Lighting and Call to Worship I Will Light Candles This Christmas
by Howard Thurman
Eric Kemperman
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Christian hymn, ca. 800 AD
Ross Crolius, bass (verse 1, Latin)
The Congregation (verse 1, English)
Reading The Camels Speak by Lynn Ungar
Robert Carroll
Star in the East Christian Hymn by Reginald Heber
Merlin Slade, flute and vocals
Julian Slade, violin and vocals
Cynthia Reynolds, violin
Richard Slade, keyboard
Blessing Blessed Are You Who Bear the Light
by Jan Richardson
Betsy Kates
Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional French carol
Thea Trosclair, violin
Nancy Eisenman, clarinet
Gary Trosclair, trumpet
Sing along: Joy to the World/ Hark! the Herald Angels Sing/ O Come, All Ye Faithful
The Congregation
Paul Gross and Diane Guernsey
Offertory I (Feeding Westchester) This Is Not a Christmas Carol by Paul Gross
Paul Gross and Diane Guernsey, vocals and guitar
Responsive Reading I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
by H.W. Longfellow
Rev. Kristina Church
Offertory II (Minister's Discretionary Fund) Dance of the Flutes from Nutcracker Suite
by P. Tchaikovsky
Kate Ashby, violin
Alan Murray, piano
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (with community pictures)
by Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane
Craig Butler, tenor and Diane Guernsey, piano
Silent Night by Joseph Mohr/Franz Xaver Gruber
The Congregation
Closing Words & Chalice Extinguishing The Work of Christmas by Howard Thurman
Janet Demb
Postlude O Tannenbaum by Ernst Anschütz
arr. Vince Guaraldi
Diane Guernsey
Thank you to all of those who helped with the service today.
Rev. Kristina Church
Craig Butler, Diane Guernsey
All our FUSW musicians and readers
Rev. Kristina Church
Craig Butler, Diane Guernsey
All our FUSW musicians and readers
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