Luke 2:8-14

READER 1: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flock by night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

READER 2: This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

TOGETHER: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.

Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echo back their joyous strains

Chorus
Gloria
In excelsis Deo
Gloria
In excelsis Deo

Verse 2
Shepherds why this jubilee
Why your joyous strains prolong
Say, what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song

Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
him whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord the newborn King

Verse 4
See within a manger laid
Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
Sing with us our Savior’s birth

Edward Shippen Barnes, James Chadwick CCLI Song #27721 © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License #400166

Verse 1
Angels from the realms of glory
Wing your flight o’er all the earth
Ye who sang creation’s story
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth

Chorus
Come and worship come and worship
Worship Christ the newborn King

Verse 2
Shepherds in the field abiding
Watching o’er your flocks by night
God with us is now residing
Yonder shines the infant light

Verse 3
Sages leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar
Seek the great Desire of nations
Ye have seen His natal star

Bridge 1
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry these bones will sing
Great are You Lord

Chorus 2
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only

Henry Thomas Smart, James Montgomery CCLI Song #31669 © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License #400166
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Verse 1
Infant holy infant lowly
For His bed a cattle stall
Oxen lowing little knowing
Christ the babe is Lord of all
Swift are winging angels singing
Noels ringing tidings bringing
Christ the babe is Lord of all

Verse 2
Flocks were sleeping
Shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new
Saw the glory heard the story
Tidings of a gospel true
Thus rejoicing free from sorrow
Praises voicing greet the morrow
Christ the babe was born for you

Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed, Piotrowi Skardze CCLI Song #162538 © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License #400166

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Verse 1
Joy has dawned upon the world
Promised from creation
God’s salvation now unfurled
Hope for every nation
Not with fanfares from above
Not with scenes of glory
But a humble gift of love
Jesus born of Mary

Verse 2
Sounds of wonder fill the sky
With the songs of angels
As the mighty Prince of Life
Shelters in a stable
Hands that set each star in place
Shaped the earth in darkness
Cling now to a mother’s breast
Vulnerable and helpless

Verse 3
Shepherds bow before the Lamb
Gazing at the glory
Gifts of men from distant lands
Prophesy the story
Gold a King is born today
Incense God is with us
Myrrh His death will make a way
By His blood He’ll win us

Verse 4
Son of Adam Son of heaven
Given as a ransom
Reconciling God and man
Christ our mighty Champion
What a Savior what a Friend
What a glorious mystery
Once a babe in Bethlehem
Now the Lord of history

Keith Getty, Stuart Townend CCLI Song #4408246 © 2004 Thankyou Music For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License #400166

Verse 1
O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels

Chorus
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

Verse 2
Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God
All glory in the highest

Verse 3
Yea Lord we greet Thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be all glory given
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing

Verse 1 (original)
Adeste, fideles, laeti, triumphantes,
[Be present, people of faith, glad, triumphant ones]
venite, venite in Bethlehem;
[come, come to Bethlehem]
natum videte regem angelorum:
[Behold the newborn king of angels]

Chorus (original)
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
[Come let us adore, Come let us adore]
venite, adoremus Dominum.
[Come let us adore the Lord]

C. Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade, William Henry Monk CCLI Song #4758525 © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License #400166

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Praise him all creatures here below;
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Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.