Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn: Three Holy Kings: vv. 1, 3, 5, 7 cong; vv. 2, 4, 6 choir - The Versicles (pp. 120-121) - Isaiah 60: 1-3: Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 181 - of the Father's Love Begotten: vv. 1-4 - 2 Timothy 3: 14-17: You must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have kno

Order of Service: - Prelude - Prayer #18, p. 149 - Hymn 145 - What Child is This, Who, Laid To Rest - Matthew 2: 7-11: Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem an

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 160 - O God, Our Help in Ages Past: vv. 1, 2, 4, 6, & 8 - Psalm 73 selected verses: Psalm 73: 1-5, 13-14, 21-28 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I h

Order of Service: - Prelude - Prepare Thyself, Zion J. S. Bach: “Prepare thyself, Zion, with tender affection, the purest, the fairest this day to receive. Thou shall meet him with a heart with love overflowing. Haste then with ardor the Bridegroom to w

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 116 - Angels We Have Heard On High - Luke 2: 1-7: And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 268 - On Mary, Virgin Undefiled: vv. 1-3 - Micah 5:2 : “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 111 - When Sinners See Their Lost Condition: vv. 1 & 4 - Matthew 11: 28-29: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 110 - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Blessing - Postlude Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service: - Prelude - The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 128) - The Confession of Sin (p. 128) - Hymn 268 - On Mary, Virgin Undefiled: vv. 1 & 2 - Matthew 1: 18-25: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed