Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols
December 24 , 2025 | 10:00am
Rev. Mark Poyner, Pastor | Larry J. Carey, Director of Music
GATHERING
Prelude Carol Medley | Woods
Welcome & Introduction to the Evening
Call to Worship
Votum
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Amen
The Lord be with you
And also with you.
Darkness is all around,
but great things happen in the dark.
Seeds planted in the dark bloom into flowers.
Humans formed in the dark are born.
From within the night we see a great light.
That light is the presence of God.
We greet a child, Emmanuel, God with us.
Let us live in the light of the coming of Christ.
Let us worship God!
THE WORD OF GOD
Carol O Come All Ye Faithful 41
First Lesson Genesis 3:8-15
Anthem How Sweet Was the Garden, Fertile and Fair Edwards
Carol Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 2
Second Lesson Genesis 22:15-18
Anthem I Will Bring Your God arr. Evans
Carol O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 9
Third Lesson Isaiah 9: 2 -7
Anthem The Holly and the Ivy arr. Jaques
Carol Of the Father’s Love Begotten 309
Fourth Lesson Isaiah 11:1-9
Anthem Creation Will Be at Peace Page
Carol In the Bleak Mid-Winter 36
Fifth Lesson Luke: 1:26-38
Carol The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came 16
Anthem O Holy Night Adams/Rutter
Sixth Lesson Matthew: 1: 18-23
Anthem Ding Dong! Merrily on High arr. Wood
Carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 31
Seventh Lesson Luke 2: 1-7
Anthem Sussex Carol arr. Willcocks
Carol Angels We Have Heard on High 23
Eighth Lesson Matthew 2:1-11
Anthem Three Kings of Orient Hopkins/Rutter
Carol As With Gladness Men of Old 63
Ninth Lesson John 1:1-14
Anthem Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Holst
Carol What Child is This? 53
Presentation of the Christ Candle
Passing of the Light
Carol Silent Night 60
SENDING
Benediction and Merry Christmas!
Carol Good Christian Friends, Rejoice 28
DEAR FRIENDS
Welcome to worship here at Peapack Reformed Church! If you are visiting with us, welcome! If you are a member, welcome back! Our mission is to be a congregation called by God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and committed to being the very presence of Jesus Christ in the world. This mission is the catalyst for all that we do, and is our aim for who we want to be.
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FOOD PANTRY NEWS
Many thanks for all those who have shared their abundance with neighbors in need.
Our church refrigerators have plenty of space to hold even more!
Please consider making a weekly donation of eggs or milk to the P-G Food Pantry.
Peapack Reformed Church is a congregation called by God, empowered by the Holy Spirit and committed to being the very presence of Jesus Christ in the world.
CALLED • EMPOWERED • COMMITTED