Christmas Eve by Candlelight

25/12/2023
Christmas Eve by Candlelight

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Episode Synopsis

Join us for our annual Christmas Eve tradition of story and song.
SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

Rev. John Cullinan, Pastor
Nylea Butler-Moore, Director of Music
Kathy Gursky, viola
Nora Cullinan, soprano
Jess Cullinan, soprano
Mike Begnaud, Renae Mitchell, Patrick Webb, and Rick Bolton, AV techs

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OFFERTORY 

Our Offering for this service is for the Minister’s Discretionary Fund.
100% of all offered tonight will go to this fund.
We are now using Givelify.com to process the weekly offering, Please make your donation here:: https://giv.li/5jtcps 

MUSIC CREDITS

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Hugh Martin, arr. Mark Hayes. (Kathy Gursky, viola & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano.) Permission to stream the arrangement of ASCAP song #380021145 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
“How Great Our Joy!,” trad. German carol, arr. Bill Wolaver. (Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Permission to stream ASCAP song #381024159 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
“Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella (Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabella),” French Provençal carol, arr. Mark Hayes. (Nora Cullinan, soprano & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano).  Permission to stream song #178824 in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
“Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” with “He Is Born,” trad. Polish carol and trad. French carols, arr. Brant Adams. (Kathy Gursky, viola & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Carols Public Domain. Permission to stream the arrangement in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” words: 9th cent. Latin, trans. composite based on John Mason Neale, recast, music: 15th cent. French, adapt. by Thomas Helmore, based on arr. by Anne Krentz Organ.  Words and music Public Domain.  Permission to stream the arrangement in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
“The Angel Gabriel (Gabriel’s Message),” trad. Basque carol, arr. John Leavitt. (Nora Cullinan and Jess Cullinan, vocals & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano).  Permission to stream ASCAP song #890724507 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
“O Little Town of Bethlehem,” words: Phillips Brooks, music: English melody, harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Words and tune Public Domain.  Permission to stream harmonization IP #5004854 in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
“Gesù Bambino” by Pietro A. Yon. (Nora Cullinan, soprano & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Music Public Domain.
“The Wexford Carol,” trad. Irish carol, arr. Howard Helvey. (Kathy Gursky, viola & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Permission to stream ASCAP song #883131437 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
“Once in Royal David’s City,” words: Cecil Frances Alexander, music: Henry J. Gauntlett.  Carol Public Domain.
“In the Bleak Midwinter,” words: Christina G. Rossetti, music: Gustav Holst.  Carol Public Domain.
“The First Nowell,” trad. English carol, harm. from Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871. Carol Public Domain.
“Angels We Have Heard on High,” trad. French carol, trans. Crown of Jesus, 1862, alt., music: French carol melody, arr. Edward Shippen Barnes, harm. by Austin C. Lovelace.  Permission to stream the harmony in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
“Joy to the World,” words: Isaac Watts, music: arr. from G.F. Handel. Carol Public Domain.
“Silent Night,” words: Joseph Mohr, alt., sts. 1, 2, 3 trans. John F. Young, st. 4 trans. anon; music: Franz Gruber, arr. Al Van der Beek, Jon Schmidt, & Steven Sharp Nelson. Carol Public Domain. Permission to stream BMI song #893492547 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
“Go, Tell It on the Mountain,” African American spiritual, arr. Carol Tornquist. (Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Permission to stream ASCAP song #893865337 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.

Permission to stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
Permission to stream music in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
SERVICE NOTES

Excerpt from “Each Night a Child Is Born is a Holy Night” by Sophia Lyon Fahs – fair use passage
All Scripture passages from the New Revised Standard Version, ©2001 Oxford University Press – fair use passages