Christmas Eve Service of Carols and Readings

<p>Opening sentences</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: #O Come, Little Children"</strong></em></p> <p>Exhortation and Lord's Prayer</p> <p>First Lesson: &nbsp;Genesis 3:8-15</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: #125, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”</strong></em></p> <p>Second Lesson: Genesis 22:15-18</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: #154, “Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord”</strong></em></p> <p>Third Lesson: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7</p> <p><em><strong>&nbsp;Hymn: "O How Beautiful the Sky"</strong></em></p> <p>Fourth Lesson: Micah 5:2-5a.</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: # 137, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”</strong></em></p> <p>Fifth Lesson: St. Luke 1:26-35, 38.&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: #123, “From Heaven Above to Earth I Come”</strong></em></p> <p>Sixth Lesson: St. Luke 2:1-7</p> <p><strong>Hymn: </strong><em><strong>#119, “Away in a Manger”</strong></em></p> <p>Seventh Lesson: St. Luke 2:8-14</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: #116, “Angels We Have Heard on High”</strong></em></p> <p>Eighth Lesson: St. Luke 2:15-20</p> <p><em><strong>&nbsp;Hymn: #144, “Thy Little Ones Dear Lord Are We”</strong></em></p> <p>Ninth Lesson: Matthew 2:1-12</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: #145, “What Child is This?”</strong></em></p> <p><strong>PRAYER</strong></p> <p><strong>BENEDICTION</strong></p> <p>Tenth Lesson: St. John 1:1-14</p> <p><em><strong>Hymn: # 140, &nbsp;“Silent Night”</strong></em></p> <p><br></p>