Christmas Eve C

Bible readings: Psalm 130, Luke 2:1-20, Isaiah 9:2, 6 and 7, Titus 2:11-14

Bible reading
Read the Isaiah reading over the track Adeimus from the album Adeimus: Songs of Sanctuary, 1995. (pictured)
Prayer: When the World Was Dark
Found in Cloth For the Cradle by The Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 92 (pictured in an earlier blog)
Prayer of Confession: We Suspect Angels
Found in Cloth from the Cradle (as above), page 51
Drama: Angel Space
Found in Lightning Sketches by Paul Burbridge and Murray Wells, Hodder and stoughton, 1981, ISBN 0340267100, page 28 (pictured)
Listening Song: Held
by Natalie Grant on WOW 2007, 2006.
Listening Song: Silent Night
Play Silent Night over a news broadcast from today.
Meditation: Hidden Journeys of the Nativity
By Lynda Wright in Hay and Stardust, by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 0905010001, page 88ff (pictured in another blog)
Meditation: A Story of Light and Darkness
Found in Cloth for the Cradle (as above) page 32
Poem: Simeon's Farewell
Found in Outback Christmas by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN 0859105628, page 32 (pictured in an earlier blog)
Candle Lighting and Offering at 12 midnight:
Works as follows:
Our offering tonight is for......fill in the blanks but not your own church - someone else instead. Please come forward and place your offering in the bowl provided and take a taper. If you have not brought anything with you, don't worry, just come and take a taper. Form a large circle around the church instead of returning to your seat. (This can be done with just about any number of people). Jesus said "I am the light of the world". (Light the Christ candle, light your taper off the Christ candle and light the tapers of the people on each side of you. Encourage them to light the taper of the person next to them and so on). As Jesus' light spreads amongst us, we pray that god'slove will be in everyone's hearts tonight and always.
Benediction: Candles in the Night
By Terry Falla in Be Our Freedom, Lord.