A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 2012

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Welcome Welcome to our service of carols, readings and prayers. We kneel or sit for the prayers, sit for the readings and stand to join in the carols, where appropriate.

A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols Opening Sentence 2012 Carol: Once in Royal David’s City

Once in royal David’s city – single chorister (Wouter Homans) Stood a lowly cattle shed, where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed. Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.

He came down to earth from heaven, - choir who is God and Lord of all; and his shelter was a stable, and his cradle was a stall: with the poor and mean and lowly lived on earth our Saviour holy.

And through all his wondrous childhood - all he would honour and obey, Love, and watch the lowly maiden, in whose gentle arms he lay: Christian children all must be, mild, obedient, good as he.

For he is our childhood’s pattern: day by day like us he grew; he was little, weak, and helpless, CAROL SERVICE tears and smiles like us he knew; Advent III, 16th December 2012 and he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness. St Mary’s Chapel, Anglican Church, Twente And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love; for that child, so dear and gentle, is our Lord in heaven above; your purpose. We ask these things in the name of your Son, our Lord and and he leads his children on Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. to the place where he is gone.

Not in that poor lowly stable, with the oxen standing by, we shall see him; but in heaven, set at God’s right hand on high; where like stars his children crowned, All in white shall wait around.

Lighting of the Advent Wreath

As the Advent wreath is lit this prayer of blessing is said: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God Carol: In Dulce Jubilo He is worthy of all thanksgiving and praise. sung by choristers Wouter Homans and Matiz Kleinlugtenbelt

Blessed are You Lord our God, King of the universe; to You be glory and praise for ever! For to You all honour and blessing are due, now and First Lesson: Genesis 3: 8-15, 23-24 forever. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of All: Lord Jesus, light of the world, John the Baptist told the people the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the to prepare, for you were very near. As Christmas grows closer day presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord by day, help us to be ready to welcome you now. Amen. God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ He said, ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was Bidding prayer naked; and I hid myself.’ He said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? This Christmastide we celebrate in words and music the birth of Jesus, Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?’ The sent to bring light into the dark and shadowy places of our world. And as man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit we hear again the good news of his coming, we rejoice in his unending from the tree, and I ate.’ Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is love for those who are weak and vulnerable, and in the promise of his this that you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent tricked me, and I kingdom of justice. ate.’ The Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon Yet we recognize that it is our calling to make that kingdom a reality; and your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I we pray that like Christ we may be ready to greet the outsider, uphold the will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring rights of those who suffer injustice, and seek to change the world through and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.’ therefore prayer and action. the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man; and at the east of the Heavenly Father, we offer you our praise and worship, that it may be garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning pleasing to you, and we offer our lives, that you may use them to fulfill to guard the way to the tree of life. Carol: O come, O come Emmanuel - all Third Lesson: Isaiah 9: 2, 6-7 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; O come, o come, Emmanuel, those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. and ransom captive Israel, For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; that mourns in lonely exile here, authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful until the Son of God appear: Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the shall come to thee, O Israel. throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onwards and for O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free evermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. thine own from Satan’s tyranny; from depths of hell thy people save, Carol: Lo, he comes with clouds descending - all and give them victory o’er the grave: Refr. Lo, he comes with clouds descending, once for favoured sinners slain; O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer thousand thousand saints attending our spirits by thine advent here; swell the triumph of his train: disperse the gloomy clouds of night, Alleluia! 3x and death’s dark shadows put to flight: Refr. God appears on earth to reign.

O come, thou Key of David, come, Every eye shall now behold him and open wide our heavenly home; robed in dreadful majesty; make safe the way that leads on high, those who set at naught and sold him, and close the path to misery: Refr. pierced and nailed him to the Tree, deeply wailing, 3x O come, O come, thou Lord of Might, shall the true Messiah see. who to thy tribes, on Sinai’s height, in ancient times didst give the law Those dear tokens of his passion in cloud and majesty and awe: Refr. still his dazzling body bears, cause of endless exultation Second Lesson: Genesis 22:15-18 to his ransomed worshippers: with what rapture 3x The angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, and gaze we on those glorious scars! said, ‘By myself I have sworn, says the Lord: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will indeed bless Yea, Amen, let all adore thee, you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven high on thine eternal throne; and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess Saviour, take the power and glory, the gate of their enemies, and by your offspring shall all the nations of the claim the kingdom for thine own: earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.’ Alleluia! 3x Thou shalt reign, and thou alone. Carol: Message of the Holly - choir Fourth Lesson: Micah 5: 2-4 Cast out our sin, and enter in; But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Be born in us today. Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, We hear the Christmas angels whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore he shall give The great glad tidings tell; them up until the time when she who is in labour has brought forth; then O come to us, abide with us, the rest of his kindred shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall Our Lord Emmanuel. stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall live secure, for now he shall be Carol: The Virgin’s Slumber Song great to the ends of the earth; single chorister (Matiz Kleinlugtenbelt)

Carol: O little town of Bethlehem - all Fifth Lesson: Luke 1: 26-35, 38 O little town of Bethlehem, In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee How still we see thee lie! called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, Above thy deep and dreamless sleep of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her The silent stars go by; and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ But she was Yet in thy dark streets shineth much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this The everlasting light: might be. The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have The hopes and fears of all the years found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear Are met in thee to-night. a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of O morning stars, together his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of Proclaim the holy birth, his kingdom there will be no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘How can this And praises sing to God the King, be, since I am a virgin?’ The angel said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come And peace to men on earth; upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore For Christ is born of Mary; the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. Then Mary And, gathered all above, said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to While mortals sleep, the angels keep your word.’ Then the angel departed from her. Their watch of wond’ring love. Carol: The angel Gabriel from heaven came - all How silently, how silently, The angel Gabriel from heaven came, The wondrous gift is giv’n! his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame; So God imparts to human hearts ‘All hail,’ said he, ‘thou lowly maiden Mary, The blessings of His heav’n, most highly favoured lady, ‘Gloria’! No ear may hear his coming; But in this world of sin, ‘For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be, Where meek souls will receive Him still all generations laud and honour thee, The dear Christ enters in. Thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold, most highly favoured lady, ‘Gloria’! O Holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head, ‘To me be as it pleaseth God,’ she said, Yet with the woes of sin and strife - all ‘my souls shall laud and magnify his holy Name.’ the world has suffered long; Most highly favoured lady, Gloria’! beneath the angel-strain have rolled two thousand yeas of wrong; Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born and man, at war with man, hears not in Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn, the love-song which they bring: and Christian folk throughout the world O hush the noise, ye men of strife, will ever say – and hear the angels sing. ‘Most highly favoured lady, ’Gloria’!

Sixth Lesson: Luke 2: 1, 3-7 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world Seventh Lesson: Luke 2. 8-16 should be registered. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.’ And there was no place for them in the inn. suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, Carol: It came upon the midnight clear and on earth peace among those whom he favours!’ It came upon the midnight clear, - all When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said that glorious song of old, to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has from angels bending near the earth taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’ So they went with to touch their harps of gold: haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. ‘Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven’s all-gracious King!’ The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing. Carol: How Beautiful Are the Feet (Messiah)

single chorister (Wouter Homans) Still through the cloven skies they come, - choir with peaceful wings unfurled; and still their heavenly music floats o’er all the weary world: above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing; and ever o’er its Babel-sounds the blessèd angels sing.

Carol: We three Kings of Orient Are We three kings of Orient are, - single chorister (Matiz Kleinlugtenbelt) bearing gifts we traverse afar field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star: O Star of wonder, star of night, - all star of royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a king on Bethlehem plain, - all gold I bring to crown him again, king for ever, ceasing never over us all to reign: Refr. - all

Frankincense to offer have I, - single chorister (Wouter Homans) Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2: 1-12 incense owns a deity nigh: In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, prayer and praising, gladly raising, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child worship him, God most high: Refr. – all (ff) who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ When King Herod heard this, Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together all the breathes a life of gathering gloom’ chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Messiah was to be born. They told him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it sealed in the stone-cold tomb: Refr. has been written by the prophet: “And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you Glorious now behold him arise, shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.” ’Then Herod King and God and sacrifice. secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time Alleluia, Alleluia, when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, earth to heav’n replies: Refr. ‘Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.’ When they Prayers had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star Response to: Lord, in your mercy that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the Hear our prayer. child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with The Collect Prayer Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road. The Lord’s Prayer which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not come, thy will be done, on earth as it Is in heaven. Give us this day know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. And the Word ever and ever. Amen. became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. Carol: Joy to the world -all Joy to the world! Carol: Angels from the realms of glory - all The Lord is come; Angels from the realms of glory, let earth receive her King; wing your flight o’er all the earth; let ev’ry heart prepare him room, ye who sang creation’s story and heav’n and nature sing, now proclaim Messiah’s birth: and heaven and nature sing Come and worship Christ the new-born King. and heaven and heaven and nature sing. Shepherds in the field abiding, Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns; watching o’er your flocks by night, let us our songs employ; God with us is now residing; while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains yonder shines the infant Light: repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, Sages, leave your contemplations; repeat, repeat the sounding joy. brighter visions beam afar; seek the great Desire of Nations; He rules the world with truth and grace, ye have seen his natal star: and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, Saints before the altar bending, and wonders of his love, watching long in hope and fear, and wonders of his love, suddenly the Lord, descending, and wonders, and wonders of his love. in his temple shall appear:

Ninth Lesson: John 1: 1-14 Please stand Though an infant now we view him, he shall fill his Father’s throne, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the gather all the nations to him; Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into every knee shall then bow down: being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What Come and worship Christ the new-born King. has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. Blessing There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light,

Carol: Hark the herald angels sing

Hark, the herald angels sing - all glory to the newborn King; peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled; Special thanks to: joyful all ye nations rise, Organist Mr Cor Bosma, the Choir led by Mr Victor Pirenne, the boy join the triumph of the skies, choristers Wouter Homans and Matiz Kleinlugtenbelt of the with th’angelic host proclaim, Jongenskoor Dalfsen led by Mr Henk Ophoff. We also thank our Christ is born in Bethlehem. readers: Joyce Wigboldus, Brenda Pyle, Blair Charles, Philippa te Hark, the herald angels sing, West, Maureen van der Heide, Caroline Siertsema, Janice Collins, glory to the new-born King. Simone Yallop and Alja Tollefsen.

Christ, by highest heav’n adored, - choir Please come to our Christmas Market after this service, as well as Christ, the everlasting Lord, our forthcoming services this Advent and Christmas: late in time behold him come, Sunday Dec 23rd (Advent 4) 10:30 Eucharist offspring of a virgin’s womb! th Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Monday Dec 24 (Christmas Eve) 22:30 ‘Midnight’ Eucharist Tuesday Dec 25th (Christmas Day) 10:30 Eucharist hail th’incarnate Deity! Sunday Dec 30th (Christmas 1) 10:30 Eucharist Pleased as man with us to dwell, st Jesus, our Emmanuel. Tuesday January 1 (New Year’s Day) 10:30 Eucharist Hark, the herald angels sing, Throughout the Year: Sunday Services at 10:30 at St Mary’s Chapel, glory to the new-born King. Weldam Diepenheimseweg 102 (near Goor)

Hail the heav’n-born Prince of peace! – all + descant choristers Wardens: Mrs Joyce Wigboldus & Mr Everhard Ottens, Hon Warden: Hail the Sun of righteousness! Count Alfred Solms, Chaplain: Revd Drs Alja Tollefsen Light and life to all he brings, ris’n with healing in his wings; Church Website: www.anglicanchurchtwente.com mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, We at St Mary’s Chapel, the Anglican Church, Twente, born to give us second birth. Hark, the herald angels sing, wish you and yours a joyous Christmas and a blessed New Year. glory to the new-born King.

Dismissal Go in peace to love and serve the Lord: In the name of Christ. Amen.