In that night in Bethlehem
while the angels sang
the shepherds on the hillside
the babe, the son, born
as Micah had prophesied
The promise of God
fulfilling his birth foretold
the savior of the earth
not in a palace or to royalty revealed
born in the humble stable
laid in a manger bed
December 27, 2009
Lighting of the Advent wreath liturgy,
and lessons and carol service,
an adaptation of a service of carols by Reverend Richard J. Fairchild
and Taffy Cole, 2001 and 2004
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson and Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December 27, 2009
1st Sunday after Christmas
(Raymond A. Foss)
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