Wednesday, December 24,2025, Christmas Eve – 5:00pm
Welcome and Mission Statement
Rev. John Morehouse
Together, we transform lives through love, service, and our welcoming faith.
Prelude
MLUC Bell Choir; David Brown, conductor
Still, Still, Still arr. Cathy Moklebust
Chalice Lighting
Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt
Christmas Proclaims by Kendyl Gibbons
Carol
David Brown & Jodie Brown and the Congregation
#231 Angels We Have Heard on High
Offering
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Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Offertory
MLUC Bell Choir
David Brown, conductor
Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
arr. Susan T. Nelson
Pageant
Narrated by Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt
Carols:
Joy to the World
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Jesus, Our Brother
MLUC Bell Choir:
Patapan, arr. Hart Morris
Carols:
We Three Kings of Orient Are
On This Day Everywhere
Silent Night
Benediction
Rev. John Morehouse
Wednesday, December 24,2025, Christmas Eve – 7:00pm
Order of Service
Fanfare
Jonathan Schmid, trombone
David Brown, tuba
Processional
MLUC Choir; Kaitlyn Waterson, soprano;
David Brown, conductor
Suantraí ár Slánaitheora
arr. Fintan O’Carroll
Welcome
Rev John Morehouse
For So the Children Come – Sophie Lyons Fahs
Prelude
MLUC Band
Henry Zink, banjo/vocals; Anna & Teresa Zink, vocals
David Brown, fiddle; Jansen Wendell, mandolin
Brian Warren, dobro; Michael Zink, guitar
Elisa Lang, bass; Jodie Brown, piano
A Very Banjo Christmas by Henry Zink
Chalice Lighting
Bob Barker, Worship Associate
On Christmas Eve by Bob Barker
Opening Hymn
David & Jodie Brown and the Congregation
#253 O Come, All Ye Faithful
Music
MLUC Choir; David Brown, conductor
Wassail Song
by Gustav Holst
Reading
Rev. John Morehouse
From the Gospel of Luke 2:1-20
Hymn
David Brown & Jodie Brown and the Congregation
#244 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Offering Outreach
Bob Barker
Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Offertory
Kaitlyn Waterson, soprano; Jodie Brown, piano
Mystic Night
by David Brown
Hymn
David Brown & Jodie Brown and The Congregation
#246 O Little Town of Bethlehem
Music
MLUC Choir; David Brown, conductor
O Magnum Mysterium
by Tomás Luis de Victoria
Reading
Tina Adams
“Let Us Be That Stable” by Patrick Murfin
Music
MLUC Band; Kaitlyn Waterson, voice
Angels Among Us
by Don Goodman & Becky Hobbs
Homily
Rev. John Morehouse
Angels Among Us
Hymn
David Brown & Jodie Brown and the Congregation
#237 The First Nowell
Meditation
Rev. John Morehouse
Hymn
MLUC Choir; David Brown, violin
Jodie Brown, piano; Kaitlyn Waterson, conductor and the Congregation
#249 On This Day Everywhere
arr. David Brown
Benediction
Rev. John Morehouse
Closing Hymn
David Brown & Jodie Brown and the Congregation
#251 Silent Night, Holy Night
