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Today’s post is from\u00a0Lydia Posselt, Pastor at Family of God in\u00a0in Buckingham, PA. This is the second of two posts about how congregations will be worshipping this year when the fourth Sunday of Advent falls on Christmas Eve.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"I\u2019m coming to the end of my first year as pastor in my congregation, and Christmas is the last \u201cfirst\u201d of the list. This also happens to be the year when Advent 4 is Christmas Eve. Since the day is so full, I decided to concentrate on Christmas Eve and\u00a0to adapt an \u201cAdvent Lessons and Carols\u201d service from Sundays and Seasons for the morning service. The\u00a0result is a relaxed service that recognizes Advent 4. Since I know that many of my members will likely come to both the morning service and also one of the two Christmas Eve services we offer (at 4 and 8p.m.), this is a way we can give attention to both celebrations.<\/p>\n

This particular Sundays and Seasons template we\u2019re using is called \u201cSavior of the Nations Come\u201d and highlights Advent hymns from around the world. \u00a0For the most part I’m using the hymns S&S recommends, like “Come Now, O Prince of Peace” (ELW 247) and “He Came Down” (ELW 253), but I made a few small changes to the liturgy: I took out the opening dialogue so that we can still light the 4th candle on the Advent wreath and do our usual lighting liturgy, and I added where each of the hymns come from next to where they are listed in the bulletin. I also swapped out “The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came” (ELW 265) for the “Canticle of the Turning” (ELW 723) which happens right after the annunciation reading from Luke 1:26-38. That way we hear the text of the annunciation and then we get to sing a version of the Magnificat “along with” Mary.<\/p>\n

After I came back from a trip to Namibia in May\u00a0to preach at the Lutheran World Federation Assembly, I have been introducing a few of the hymns I learned while there in our worship, and my congregation has enjoyed learning them. I think it\u2019s important to highlight that Lutherans come from all over the world, as do great hymns. There are just too many good Advent hymns to include during any given Advent season, and I think this service is a great way to enjoy ones that might not otherwise make it into the rotation this year. Even though they may not be all that familiar to my congregation, they are catchy tunes that are easy to learn and very singable. If this goes over well, it will be something we can keep \u201cin our back pocket\u201d whenever the next time Advent 4 is also Christmas Eve\u2026 or really at any point during Advent we want to do something a little different!<\/p>\n

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Pictures are of members of Family of God\u00a0painting the back glass wall of our sanctuary, which separates the sanctuary from the narthex (above) and the finished painting all ready for Advent (below).<\/em><\/p>\n

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