Loch Willow Presbyterian 12-12-2021

Welcome to Loch Willow Presbyterian Church Worship Service on Sunday, December 12, 2021, Third Sunday of Advent. All are welcome. When worshiping together inside masking is no longer required. The guidelines continue to change as the virus takes hold in our area.

Correspondence and offering may be dropped off at the church or sent to
Loch Willow Presbyterian Church
PO Box 85
Churchville, VA 24421

Please refer to your Worship Materials already sent in an email.

Prelude: Bethlehem Carol
Irish title: Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil (“That Night in Bethlehem”)
Attributed to Aodh Mac Aingil Mac Cathmhaoil, 17th century; perhaps as old as 7th century. Public domain
Arranged by Larry Shackley ©2014 Hope Publishing Company.
Used by permission.

Gathering Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Latin, 12th century Stanz.1 – 2 trans. by John Mason Neale, 1851; Stanz.3 trans. by Henry Sloan Coffin, 1916
Tune: VENI EMMANUEL 13th century plain song.
Public domain.

Song of Response: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Medieval Latin Translated by John Mason Neale, 1853
Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO (“In Sweet Joy”) German, 14th century. Public domain.

Special Music: The Prophet’s Song
Based on Isaiah 40: 3-5 Music by Lloyd Larsen
From the cantata Song of Emmanuel
Copyright ©2001 by HAL LEONARD CORPORATION
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved.
Special permission granted for use.
Sung by Jim Gruber.

Hymn of Response: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1849
Tune: CAROL Richard Storrs Willis, 1850 Public domain.

Closing Hymn: Once in Royal David’s City
Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848 Tune: IRBY Henry John Gauntlett, 1849.
Public domain.

Postlude: Ding Dong Merrily on High
Tune: BRANLE DE L’OFFICIEL Thoinot Arbeau, 1588
Arranged by Mark Hayes ©2011 the Lorenz Corporation.
Used by permission.

Pastor: Rev. Reed Hopkins
Piano played by Marie Masincup.
Video shooting, editing, compilation, and uploading by Betty Gruber.