Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, 2023

Sunday Worship for December 24, 2023, from Queen Anne Lutheran Church in Seattle, our 11 PM Christmas Eve service— Pastor Dan Peterson; Cantor Kyle Haugen; QALC Choir; PLU Brass Quintet; Deepa, Sonia, Neal Patten on flute, piano, trumpet. PRE-SERVICE MUSIC: Selections for Brass—PLU Brass Quintet • Piano & Flute—O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, French processional, 15th century, arr. Marshall McDonald, Steven Sharp Nelson, Jon Schmidt • Congregational Carol—Of the Father’s Love Begotten, ELW 295 • Selections for Brass—PLU Brass Quintet • QALC Choir— Advent Carol,   Alfred V. Fedak (b. 1953) • Selections for Brass—PLU Brass Quintet • Congregational Carol— Once in Royal David’s City, ELW 269 • Selections for Brass—PLU Brass Quintet • QALC Choir— Now Sing We, Now Rejoice, arr. Richard Wienhorst (1920–2010) • Flute and Piano—O Holy Night, in the style of J. S. Bach, Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), arr. Heather Knezevich • Congregational Carol—The First Noel, ELW 300 • Selections for Brass—PLU Brass Quintet • Organ— Lo, How a Rose, Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) SERVICE OF WORSHIP: Processional Carol— O Come, All Ye Faithful, ELW 283 • Hymn of Praise—Angels We Have Heard on High, ELW 289 • Anthem— Lo, How a Rose,   arr. Kyle S. Haugen (b. 1973) • First Reading— Isaiah 9:2-7 • The Holy Gospel— Luke 2:1-20  • Sermon— “Behold,” Pastor Dan Peterson • Hymn of the Day—It Came upon the Midnight Clear, ELW 282 • Carols at the Distribution—What Child Is This?, ELW 296 • Joy to the World, ELW 267 • Hymn— Silent Night, Holy Night, ELW 281 • Recessional Hymn— Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, ELW 270 • Postlude— X. Noël, Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link here to view the bulletin.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoying our worship recordings? Consider giving a gift to our church; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠go to this link.⁠