Order of Service: UU Christmas Eve 2020

Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020

7pm UU Charlottesville

via Zoom

 

ORDER OF SERVICE

Prelude What Child is This Ollie & Parker Gill

French Carol Ollie & Parker Gill

Ode to Joy August Gastinger

We Wish You a Merry Christmas  Ollie & Bryce Gill

Silent Night Madeline Redick-Smith

 Welcome    Debby Norton, Worship Weaver

Elizabeth Breeden, Board Vice President

Hymn  O Come, All Ye Faithful    UU C’ville Virtual Choir

Opening Words    The Rev. Leia Durland-Jones

 and the Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles

Chalice Lighting   Mr. Santa Claus  (aka Stephen Blair)

Song   Star in the East   Kelsey Cowger, soloist

Homily  “Excitement Tonight” Rev. Linda

             Song  Let Christmas Come    Scott DeVeaux & Katia Sol-Church           

 Reading  “For So the children come”    Ellie Ransom

words from Sophia Lyon Fahs 

Prayer   Rev. Leia

Invitation to the Offering     Debby Norton

Offertory      The First Noel  Hazel & Sylvie Semmelhack

O Holy Night Hazel & Sylvie Semmelhack

Homily  “Quiet Tonight”    Rev. Linda

Song  It Came Upon the Midnight Clear       Kelsey Cowger  and Matthew Carter

             The Christmas Story     Rev. Leia & Hank Powers & Riley Epp Storytellers 

and a cast of UUC’ville congregation* 

             O Little Town of Bethlehem
Katia Sol-Church and Amy Davis

Away in a Manger
Amy Nash and Kelsey Cowger    

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Marvin Edwards

       Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Sharon Baiocco and Karen Bieber

       Angels We Have Heard on High
Katia Sol-Church

What Child Is This?
Kelsey Cowger and Matthew Carter

We Three Kings
Scott DeVeaux and Fritz Hudson    

             Silent Night  UU C’ville Choir

Benediction     Rev. Linda

words from Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman 

Social Time Following Service

*2020 Christmas Eve Pageant Participants 

Storytellers: Hank Powers, Riley Epp

Caesar Augustus—Nancy Hurrelbrinck

Stars— Ariana Vasquez, Adam Schroder, Afton Van Hooser, Naomi McCleary, Jah

Special Star—Liam, Nora and Ciaran Little

Angels: Lillian Thompson (speaking), Zoe Halbert, Noura McElwain, Corinna Heins, Sam Cole, James Cole

Luisa Shoch, Amaya Garriott (speaking) 

Sheep: Hannah Smith, Dana Redick, Jen Smith, Christine Gresser, Yvonne Chadwick-Mehta, Claudine Ebeid McElwain 

Holy Family: Kelsey Cowger, Matthew Carter, Isaac Carter

Wise Person: Coco Powers (speaking part), Lucas Smith, Leila McElwain, Colin McElwain

Shepherds: Breck Gastinger, August Gastinger, Grant Gastinger, Ian Halbert, Dylan Halbert

Many thanks to the production team for Christmas Eve 2020 –

Sean Skally, AV tech recording and presentation

Lucy Gilbert, video creator and editor for carols and special music

Ellie Ransom, video creator and editor for Pageant and Passing of Candles

Join us here: https://zoom.us/j/93294985520

Meeting id: 93294985520