After a 9 a.m. breakfast on the 24th there will be A Service of Seasonal Stories & Songs led by Linda Hay.

Then, join us at 5:00 PM for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service – Sharing the Light of Our Community led by Rev. Telos Whitfield. Join us for this holiday service of music and song, readings and candlelight as we celebrate Christmas Eve together! We will join our voices in song, hear special music offered by our All Souls choir and musicians, and honor the Light of our community! Click here for more information about the evening service.

We anticipate that these services will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday morning shortly before 10 a.m. to join via Zoom. And you can use that same link shortly before 5 p.m.. Click here to read our protocols

Sunday Morning Service, 10 a.m.

“A Gift of Stories & Songs for All Ages“
Service Leader: Linda Hay

Greeter: Lois Reynolds

Order of Service
Sunday morning, December 24, 2023

Board Welcome & AnnouncementsLinda Hay                                             

Story: How come Christmas?  From the original by Roark Bradford in the Fireside Book of Christmas Stories adapted and read by Linda Hay

Hymn #225: O Come, O Come Emmanuel  

Poem:  from Carol of the Brown King, Poems by Langston Hughes,
illustrations, Ashley Bryanread by Linda Hay

The Bible speaks of angels and peace; from Luke  2: 13 – 14

Music: Chariots by John Kirkpatrick (See songsheet)

Story: Favor Johnson by Willem Lange, illustrated by Bert Dodsonread by Ellie Weiss

Hymn #241: In the Bleak Midwinter

Reading: Mark Twain, A letter to his daughterread by Maisie Crowther

Music: Dona Nobis Pacem  In Memory of Ede Thomas

 Peace, the gift we all truly want this Christmas