00:00 INVOCATION: Tovis Page
00:33 WELCOME AND LIGHTING THE CHALICE: Rev. Brian Ferguson
02:42 Prophecy of a New Age – READING: Isaiah 9:2-7 Tovis Page
04:03 Prophecy of a New Age – REFLECTION: Rev. Brian Ferguson
08:00 Jesus’ Conception and Angel’s Appearance to Joseph – READING: Matthew 1:18-25 Rev. Brian Ferguson
09:17 Jesus’ Conception and Angel’s Appearance to Joseph – REFLECTION: Tovis Page
12:30 The Birth of Jesus – READING: Luke 2:1-7 Tovis Page
13:24 The Birth of Jesus – REFLECTION: Rev. Brian Ferguson
17:05 Annunciation to the Shepherds and Their Visit – READING: Luke 2:8-20 Rev. Brian Ferguson
18:45 Annunciation to the Shepherds and Their Visit – REFLECTION: Tovis Page
21:36 King Herod and the Magi – READING: Matthew 2:1-12 Tovis Page
23:28 King Herod and the Magi – REFLECTION: Rev. Brian Ferguson
28:49 CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY – Meditation: Tovis Page, Prayer: Rev. Brian Ferguson
On this Christmas Eve, we will honor the Christian story of the birth of Jesus. Many of us feel the Christmas story is so familiar that new meaning can seem hard to find. Perhaps much of the comfort of the Christmas story is its familiarity. This inter-generational Christmas Eve service will explore and honor the Christian story of the birth of Jesus with a Unitarian Universalist twist.