Christmas Special (Children)

Hymnal 1982 (H265)   An Angel Said to Mary
Mary did you know?
Hymnal 1982 (H110)   The Snow Lay on the Ground
LEVAS (L024), There’s a Star in the East
Hymnal 1982 (H101)   Away in a Manger
Hymnal 1982 (H094)   While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night
Hymnal 1982 (H128)   We Three Kings
LEVAS (L026)   Silent Night

Hymnody

Hymnal 1982 (H265)   An Angel Said to Mary

Piano     PARTS

1. The angel Gabriel from heaven came,
his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;
"All hail," said he, "thou lowly maiden Mary,
most highly favored lady," Gloria!

2. "For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be,
all generations laud and honor thee,
thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,
most highly favored lady," Gloria!

3. Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,
"To me be as it pleaseth God," she said,
"my soul shall laud and magnify his holy Name."
Most highly favored lady, Gloria!

4. Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
in Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn,
and Christian folk throughout the world will ever say--
"Most highly favored lady," Gloria!

Mary did you know?

PARTS

Words and Music by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene. Arranged by Tom Fettke

Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy
Has come to make you new;
This Child that you delivered
Will soon deliver you?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Would calm a storm with His hand?
Did you know that your baby boy
Has walked where angels trod,
And when you kiss your little baby
You’ve kissed the face of God?
Mary, did you know?

The blind will see, the deaf will hear,
The dead will live again,
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak
The praises of the Lamb!

Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Is Lord all creation?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy
Was Heaven’s perfect Lamb,
And the sleeping Child you’re holding
Is the great, the Great I AM?
Oh, Mary, Mary, did you know?

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Hymnal 1982 (H110)   The Snow Lay on the Ground

Piano     PARTS

1. The snow lay on the ground, the stars shone bright,

when Christ our Lord was born on Christmas night.

Venite adoremus Dominum.

Venite adoremus Dominum.

Refrain:

Venite adoremus Dominum.

Venite adoremus Dominum.

2. 'Twas Mary, daughter pure of holy Anne,

that brought into this world the God made man.

She laid him in a stall at Bethlehem;

the ass and oxen shared the roof with them. (Refrain)

3. Saint Joseph, too, was by to tend the child;

to guard him, and protect his mother mild;

the angels hovered round, and sang this song,

Venite adoremus Dominum. (Refrain)

4. And thus that manger poor became a throne;

for he whom Mary bore was God the Son.

O come, then, let us join the heavenly host;

to praise the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. (Refrain)

LEVAS (L024), There’s a Star in the East

Piano     PARTS

1 There’s a star in the east on Christmas morn,
Rise up shepherd and follow,
It will lead to the place where the Christ was born,
Rise up shepherd and follow.

Refrain:
Follow, follow,
Rise up shepherd and follow,
Follow the Star of Bethlehem,
Rise up shepherd and follow.

2 If you take good heed to the angel’s words,
Rise up shepherd and follow,
You’ll forget your flocks, you’ll forget your herds,
Rise up shepherd and follow. [Refrain]

Hymnal 1982 (H101)   Away in a Manger

Piano     PARTS

1. Away in a manger, no crib for his bed,
the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay;
the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

2. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
and stay by my side until morning is nigh.

3. Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay
close by me forever and love me I pray.
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care;

and fit us for heaven to live with thee there.

Hymnal 1982 (H094)   While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night

Piano     PARTS

1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
all seated on the ground,
the angel of the Lord came down,
and glory shone around.

2. "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
to you and all mankind.

3. "To you, in David's town, this day
is born of David's line
a Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
and this shall be the sign:

4. "The heavenly Babe you there shall find
to human view displayed,
all meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
and in a manger laid."

5. Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
appeared a shining throng
of angels praising God, who thus
addressed their joyful song:

6. "All glory be to God on high
and on earth be peace;
good will henceforth from heaven to me
begin and never cease."

Hymnal 1982 (H128)   We Three Kings

Piano     PARTS

1. We three kings of Orient are,
bearing gifts we traverse afar,
field and fountain,
moor and mountain,
following yonder star.

Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright;
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light!

2. Born a King on Bethlehem's plain,
gold I bring to crown him again,
King for ever,
ceasing never
over us all to reign. (Refrain)

3. Frankincense to offer have I:
incense owns a Deity nigh;
prayer and praising,
gladly raising,
worship him, God Most High. (Refrain)

4. Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorrowing, sighing,
bleeding, dying,
sealed in the stone-cold tomb. (Refrain)

5. Glorious now behold him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice;
heaven sings alleluia:
alleluia the earth replies. (Refrain)

LEVAS (L026)   Silent Night

Piano     PARTS

1 Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child,
Holy infant so tender and mild;
Sleep in heavenly peace.

2 Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heav’nly host sing Alleluia;
Christ the Savior is born.

3 Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, loves pure light
Radiant beams from thy Holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace;
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.

4 Silent night, holy night,
All is dark save the light
Yonder where thy sweet vigils keep.
O’er the Babe who in silence sleep;
Rest in heavenly peace.

December 22: Advent 4

Opening: O come, O come, Emmanuel (verses 1-4) 56, Hymnal
Sequence: Seek ye first 711, Hymnal
Offering: People, look East 724, WLP
Communion: I am the bread of life 335, Hymnal
Closing: O come, O come, Emmanuel (verses 5-8) 56, Hymnal
POP Form– Advent special

HYMNODY

H056	L 243 (Gloria)	H711	W724
Sancto	Christ has died	Our Father	Jesus, Lamb
H335	L 232	H056	L 001

Hymnal 1982 (H056) O come, o come Emmanuel

PARTS    PARTS-2

1 O come, O come, Immanuel,
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.

Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
shall come to you, O Israel.

2 O come, O Wisdom from on high,
who ordered all things mightily;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in its ways to go. Refrain

3 O come, O come, great Lord of might,
who to your tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times did give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. Refrain

4 O come, O Branch of Jesse's stem,
unto your own and rescue them!
From depths of hell your people save,
and give them victory o'er the grave. Refrain

Hymnal 1982 (711): Seek ye first

Recordings:   Piano    Parts    

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
And His righteousness
And all these things shall be added unto you
Allelu, Alleluia

Refrain:

Al - le - lu - ia
Al - le - lu - ia
Al - le - lu - ia
Al - le - lu, Al - le - lu - ia

Ask and it shall be given unto you
Seek and ye shall find
Knock and it shall be opened unto you
Allelu, Alleluia

[Refrain]

WLP (W724): People, look east

Piano     PARTS 
YouTube

People look east the time is near
Of the crowning of the year
Make your house fair as you are able
Trim the hearth and set the table
People look east and sing today
Love
The guest
Is on the way

Furrows be glad
Though earth is bare
One more seed is planted there
Give up your strength
The seed to nourish
That in course the flower may flourish
People look east and sing today
Love
The rose
Is on the way

Birds though you long have ceased to build
guard the nest that must be filled
Even the hour when wings are frozen
God, for fledging time has chosen
People look east and sing today
Love
The bird
Is on the way

Stars
Keep the watch when night is dim
One more light the bowl shall brim
Shining beyond the frosty weather
Bright as the sun and moon together
People look east and sing today
Love
The star
Is on the way

Angels announce with shouts of mirth
Him who brings new life to earth.
Set every peak and valley
Humming with the word
The Lord is coming
People look east and sing today
Love
The Lord
Is on the way

Hymnal 1982 (335): I am the bread of life

Recordings:    Parts     

1 I am the bread of life

They who come to me shall not hunger

They who believe in me shall not thirst

No one can come to me

Unless the Father draw them.

[Refrain]

And I will raise them up

And I will raise them up

And I will raise them up

On the last Day!

2. The bread that I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world
And they who eat of this bread
They shall live forever,
They shall live forever! [Refrain]

3. Unless you eat
Of the flesh of the Son of Man
And drink of his blood
You shall not have life within you,
You shall not have life within you. [Refrain]

4. I am the resurrection
I am the life
They who believe in me
Even though they die
They shall live forever. [Refrain]

5. Yes, Lord, we believe
That you are the Christ
The Son of God
Who has come
Into the world. [Refrain]

December 15: Advent 3

Opening: We’re marching to Zion 12, LEVAS
Sequence: I’ve got peace like a river 201, LEVAS
Offering: My Lord, what a morning 13, LEVAS
Communion: All who hunger gather gladly 761, WLP
Closing: Joy to the world 100, Hymnal
POP Form– Advent special

HYMNODY

L012	L 243 (Gloria)	L201	L013
Sancto	Christ has died	Our Father	Jesus, Lamb
W761	L 232	H100	L 001

L201 - 2 Verse



L201 - 1 Verse

LEVAS2 (L012) We are marching to Zion

Piano    PARTS

1 Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne,
And thus surround the throne.

Refrain:
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.

2 Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav’nly King,
But children of the heav’nly King,
May speak their joys abroad,
May speak their joys abroad. (refrain)

3 The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets,
Or walk the golden streets. (refrain)

4 Then let our songs abound,
And ev’ry tear be dry;
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
We’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground,
To fairer worlds on high,
To fairer worlds on high. (refrain)

LEVAS2 (L201)   I've Got Peace Like a River

Piano    Parts    Soprano    Alto    Tenor    Bass

1 I’ve got peace like a river,
I’ve got peace like a river,
I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.

2 I’ve got joy like a fountain,
I’ve got joy like a fountain,
I’ve got joy like a fountain in my soul.

3 I’ve got love like an ocean,
I’ve got love like an ocean,
I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul.

LEVAS2 (L013)   My Lord, what a morning
Piano     PARTS

Refrain:
My Lord, what a morning,
My Lord, what a morning,
O my Lord, what a morning,
When the stars begin to fall.

1 You’ll hear the trumpet sound,
To wake the nations underground,
Looking to my God’s right hand,
When the stars begin to fall. [Refrain]

2 You’ll hear the sinner mourn,
To wake the nations underground,
Looking to my God’s right hand,
When the stars begin to fall. [Refrain]

3 You’ll hear the Christian shout,
To wake the nations underground,
Looking to my God’s right hand,
When the stars begin to fall. [Refrain]

WLP (761): All who hunger gather gladly

Piano    Parts

All who hunger, gather gladly;
holy manna is our bread.
Come from wilderness and wandering.
Here, in truth, we will be fed.
You that yearn for days of fullness,
all around us is our food.
Taste and see the grace eternal.
Taste and see that God is good.

All who hunger, never strangers;
seeker, be a welcome guest.
Come from restlessness and roaming.
Here, in joy, we keep the feast.
We that once were lost and scattered
in communion’s love have stood.
Taste and see the grace eternal.
Taste and see that God is good.

All who hunger, sing together;
Jesus Christ is living bread.
Come from loneliness and longing.
Here, in peace, we have been led.
Blest are those who from this table
live their lives in gratitude.
Taste and see the grace eternal.
Taste and see that God is good.

Text: Silvia G. Dunstan, 1991
Tune:
(1) Bob Moore (1993)
(2) HOLY MANNA, from The Southern Harmony, 1835

Hymnal 1982 (H100)   Joy to the World

Piano     PARTS     

1. Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

2. Joy to the world! the Savior reigns;
let us our songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.

4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love.

December 8: Advent 2

Opening: Joy to the world 100, Hymnal
Sequence: From all that dwell 380, Hymnal
Offering: People, look East 724, WLP
Communion: Wayfaring stranger 19, LEVAS
Closing: Soon and very soon 14, LEVAS
POP Form– Advent special

HYMNODY

H100	L 243 (Gloria)	H380	W724
Sancto	Christ has died	Our Father	Jesus, Lamb
L019	L 232	L014	L 001

Hymn 380 - Two Verses

Hymn 380 1 verse

Hymnal 1982 (H100)   Joy to the World

Piano     PARTS     

1. Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

2. Joy to the world! the Savior reigns;
let us our songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.

4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love.

Hymnal 1982 (H380):    From all that dwell (Doxology)

Recordings: PIANO    PARTS    SOPRANO    ALTO    TENOR    BASS

Sheet Music: PDF

1 From all that dwell below the skies
let the Creator’s praise arise!
Let the Redeemer’s Name be sung
through every land, by every tongue!

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
and truth eternal is thy word:
thy praise shall sound from shore to shore
till suns rise and set no more.

3 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host:
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

WLP (W724): People, look east

Piano     PARTS   
YouTube

People look east the time is near
Of the crowning of the year
Make your house fair as you are able
Trim the hearth and set the table
People look east and sing today
Love
The guest
Is on the way

Furrows be glad
Though earth is bare
One more seed is planted there
Give up your strength
The seed to nourish
That in course the flower may flourish
People look east and sing today
Love
The rose
Is on the way

Birds though you long have ceased to build
guard the nest that must be filled
Even the hour when wings are frozen
God, for fledging time has chosen
People look east and sing today
Love
The bird
Is on the way

Stars
Keep the watch when night is dim
One more light the bowl shall brim
Shining beyond the frosty weather
Bright as the sun and moon together
People look east and sing today
Love
The star
Is on the way

Angels announce with shouts of mirth
Him who brings new life to earth.
Set every peak and valley
Humming with the word
The Lord is coming
People look east and sing today
Love
The Lord
Is on the way

LEVAS2 (L019)     Wayfaring stranger

Piano     PARTS     

1 I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger,
I’m trav’ling through this world below;
There is no sickness, toil, nor danger,
In that bright world to which I go.
I’m going there to see my father,
I’m going there no more to roam;
I’m just a going over Jordan,
I’m just a going over home.

2 I know dark clouds will gather o’er me,
I know my pathway’s rough and steep;
But golden fields lie out before me,
Where weary eyes no more shall weep.
I’m going there to see my mother,
She said she’d meet me when I come;
I’m just a going over Jordan,
I’m just a going over home.

3 I want to sing salvations story,
In concert with the blood-washed band;
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land.
I’m going there to see my brothers,
They passed before me one by one;
I’m just a going over Jordan,
I’m just a going over home.

4 I’ll soon be free from every trial,
This form will rest beneath the sod;
I’ll drop the cross of self-denial,
And enter in my home with God.
I’m going there to see my Saviour,
Who shed for me His precious blood;
I’m just a going over Jordan,
I’m just a going over home.

LEVAS2 (L014)    Soon and very soon

Piano     PARTS     

1 Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we’re goin' to see the King!

2 No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King,
No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King,
No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we’re goin' to see the King!

3 No more dying there we are goin' to see the King,
No more dying there we are goin' to see the King,
No more dying there we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we’re goin' to see the King!

4 Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we’re are goin' to see the King!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.