Sunday December 31, 2017
A Service of Lessons & Carols
FIRST READING Genesis 1:26-31 (God makes and blesses humankind)
SECOND READING Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 (Christ’s birth and kingdom are foretold)
THIRD READING Isaiah 11:1-3a; 4a; 6-9 (The peace that Christ will bring)
FOURTH READING Micah 5:2-5a (The King shall come from Bethlehem, the City of David)
FIFTH READING Luke 1:26-35, 38 (The Annunciation)
SIXTH READING Matthew 1:18-25 (Joseph receives a messenger)
SEVENTH READING Luke 2:1-20 (Luke tells the birth of Jesus)
EIGHTH READING Matthew 2:1-11 (The wise men are led by the star)
NINTH READING John 1:1-14 (The mystery of the incarnation)