The Bishop’s Christmas Pageant Christmas Eve Monday 24 December 2012 • 11 a.m.
welcome to grace
It’s Christmas.
Christmas message from the Bishop Christmas is the center of the most sublime time in the year, running from St. Andrew’s Day on November 30 through the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. In this season we learn again to see the enormous importance of the small and the defenseless in our lives — both in our inner lives and in the world of our experiences. It is in the small and the defenseless that true life, divinity, and love are to be found.
— The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop
welcome from the Dean Welcome to Grace Cathedral during this holiday season. The staff and people of this cathedral join me in wishing you a very merry Christmas. We hope that our Christmas services will inspire you, and that we will have the opportunity to welcome you back in the new year. This is a house of prayer for all people, which means it is your cathedral. Please come back and enjoy this sacred space and our worship, and spend some time with us. We will be delighted to see you again. To learn more about our worship services and cathedral events, as well as our work in the community and city, please see our website, www.gracecathedral.org.
— The Very Reverend Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean
Worshipping with us The words and music of our Christmas services speak from our ancient tradition and perhaps also give voice to what is waiting to be expressed in our own hearts. They announce both God’s promises and their fulfillment‚ something we can never earn or work for. They come as pure gift. We celebrate here our outrageous but firm belief that God yearns to be part of our lives and world. We believe that this really has happened in the person of Jesus the Christ and continues to happen in us. Coming together in this great cathedral cave, we recall the little cave of Bethlehem where this mysterious truth about God-with-us was so tenderly made known. Some of our services include Holy Communion. You are most welcome to follow the guiding of the ushers to receive the bread and wine, which we believe, by the power of God’s Holy Spirit, do not just recall and point to God’s presence with and for us, but also contain and really make present this divine gift. If you do not wish to receive either the wine or the bread, cross your arms in front of you, touching your shoulders, and simply say, “Amen.” Again, we welcome you among us and wish you the blessings of a merry Christmas.
Th e B i s h o p’s Ch rist m a s Pa g ea n t fo r Ch il d re n Christmas Eve • Monday 24 December 2012 • 11:00 am
Hymn
The people stand. All
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
The Bishop’s Greeting The Story Begins
Adeste fideles
The people sit.
Mary and Joseph are on the road to Bethlehem.
Hymn
The people stand. All
Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep in the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus no crying he makes. I love, Thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky, and stay right beside me ‘til morning is nigh.
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The Story Continues
The people sit.
  The shepherds see a great light and hear singing.
Hymn
The people stand. All
Angels we have heard on high, singing sweetly through the night, and the mountains in reply echoing their brave delight.
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why these songs of happy cheer? What great brightness did you see? What glad tidings did you hear?
Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem and see him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo. G loria in excelsis Deo.
See him in a manger laid whom the angels praise above; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while we raise our hearts in love.
Gloria
Gloria in excelsis Deo. G loria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo. G loria in excelsis Deo.
The Story Continues
The people sit.   A host of angels and magi come to Bethlehem to see the child.
Hymn
Three Kings of Orient
All
We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star. O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright; westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light!
Glorious now behold him arise, King and God and Sacrifice; heaven sings alleluia; alleluia the earth replies. O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright; westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light!
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The Story Concludes
The people sit.
...or does it?
Prayers
The people stand.
The Lord’s Prayer
All
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Dean’s Greeting
A collection is received. Thank you for your generosity.
Hymn
The people sit.
The people stand. All
Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; let us our songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love.
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Joy to the World
Blessing and Dismissal During the following carol, the Bishop and the Dean lead the children in procession to the back of the cathedral. Please meet them there to help them hang up their costumes.
Hymn
Mendelssohn All
Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! Joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies; with th’ angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem! “Hark!” the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”
Christ, by highest heav’n adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; late in time behold him come, offspring of the Virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail th’incarnate Deity. Pleased as man with us to dwell; Jesus, our Emmanuel! “Hark!” the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”
Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. Ris’n with healing in his wings, light and life to all he brings, hail, the Sun of Righteousness! hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace! “Hark!” the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”
We give thanks for all the volunteers who make this service possible, especially the children who gather around the manger as shepherds, angels and Magi.
Bishop Dean Organist Animal handlers Illustrators
The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw Lawrence Thain, Assistant Director of Music Victoria Fashion Stables Grayce Cheng Fritz Krombach
Copyrights: ‘O come, all ye faithful’ (Hymn EH1982-083): (public domain); text: John Francis Wade (1711-1786); tr. Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) and others; music: present form of melody att. John Francis Wade (1711-1786); harm. The English Hymnal, 1906; ‘Away in a manger’ (Hymn EH1982-101): text: Traditional carol; ‘Angels we have heard on high’ (Hymn EH1982-096): words: By permission of Fleming H. Revell Company; text: French carol; tr. James Chadwick (1813-1882), alt.; music: French carol; arr. Edward Shippen Barnes (1887-1958); ‘We three kings’ (Hymn EH1982-128): (public domain); text: John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820-1891), alt.; music: John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820-1891); ‘Joy to the world’ (Hymn EH1982-100): (public domain); text: Isaac Watts (1674-1748), alt.; music: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759); adapt. and arr. Lowell Mason (1792-1872); ‘Hark! the herald angels sing’ (Hymn EH1982-087): (public domain); text: Charles Wesley (1707-1788), alt.; music: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847); adapt. William H. Cummings (1831-1915); Hymns and Service Music reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-709351, All Rights Reserved; Used with permission.
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Christmas flowers and foliage are given to the glory of God and with our thanks. In Honor Of:
Josephine Weiner Coe
Sunday mornings, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., in Gresham Hall. Hosted by the Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw. Free and open to all. www.gracecathedral.org/forum.
In Memory Of:
Roy Ashley Anna Marguerite deGroot Barte Martha Barte Bovard Anna Marguerite Barte Brenna John Britton Litsa D. Contoules Vivian L. Contoules Jane Crocker The Rev. Paul C. Deckenbach Dorothy’s mom, dad, & brother (Chicago) Tom Dross Archdeacon Thomas Dyson, grandfather of Nicholas, Edward, & Julian Herbert H. Gee Patricia C. Georgantas Paul Halley Arnold & Harriet Houck Goon Yan Jeong Yin Ming Jeong Harold & Rosalie Johnson Cary & Agnes Reynolds Jones Kazuhiro’s mom, dad, & brother (Tokyo) Gerard & Irene Lane Fred & Jacqueline Lazar Sunny deGroot Manahan Helen Mavromatis Our fathers, Allison “Bud” Decker & Farrar “Ark” Carruth Alicia Parlette Ted N. Poulos Paul W. Poynter
THE FORUM I WINTER 2013
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David G. Rodgers Anna Souris Dean J. Stevens Mary C. Stevens
Thank you to:
Anonymous Richard & Alice Alsterberg Barbara Belloli Rebecca Bowman J. M. Xena Brenna Thomas Cantrell & Robert Lane Gabriel & Nancy Carruth Virginia & Michael Coe Samuel Crocker Diocesan Altar Guild Jerome Englebardt Virginia C. Gee Aristides Georgantas Peter Gettner Peter Grace Gary Jennings & John Poynter Herbert L. Jeong Dr. Ronald C. Johnson The Rev. Vern E. Jones Juliana Dyson Smith Catherine Stevens Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta & Kazuhiro Tsuruta The Ven. Anthony Turney
The high altar flowers are given by Lucy Buchanan to the glory of God and in loving memory of John Edward Buchanan, Jr. (1953-2011). An Evening of Silent Films Saturday, January 26, 2013 Dorothy Papadakos accompanies iconic films on the great Aeolian-Skinner organ.
7 p.m. The Battleship Potemkin (1925) 9 p.m. Nosferatu (1922) Single Tickets: $10 – $20 Cathedral Pass (both films with priority seating): $17 – $34 www.cityboxoffice.com, 415-392-4400
The Rt. Rev. Dr. David Stancliffe, former Bishop of Salisbury Music and Theology JA N UA RY 2 0
Dr. Sarah Ogilvie, linguist and lexicographer with Anna Deavere Smith, actor and playwright Words of the World JA N UA RY 2 7
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano The Next Generation of Opera F E B R UA RY 3
The Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Magdalene & Thistle Farms F E B R UA RY 1 0
Linda Ronstadt, Grammy winner and arts advocate The Power of Music F E B R UA RY 1 7
The Rev. Rosa Lee Harden and Kevin Jones, Co-founders of SOCAP Money and Meaning F E B R UA RY 24
The Very Rev. June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury Medieval Cathedrals
MARCH 10
Anne Patterson, Grace Cathedral’s 2013 Artist in Residence Music and the Visual Arts MARCH 17
Rob Bell, author and founder of Mars Hill Bible Church
“Come to Bethlehem and see ...” Holy Land Pilgrimage Oct. 31 - Nov. 13, 2013 Experience the biblical and cultural sites relating to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, his ministry in Galilee and his death and resurrection in Jerusalem. Led by the Rev. Canon Mark Stanger and a local Palestinian Christian licensed tour guide, Canon Iyad Qumri. Information session following Thursday Evensong, January 17th, at 6 p.m. Contact the Rev. Mark Stanger at marks@gracecathedral.org.
cathedral worship
Christmas services
Sunday Nursery 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Eucharist 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Choral Eucharist 11 a.m. Evensong 3 p.m. Contemplative Eucharist 6 p.m.
Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve Bishop’s Christmas Pageant, 11 a.m.
Monday - Friday Morning Prayer Holy Eucharist Evening Prayer
Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Holy Eucharist Choral Evensong Saturday Morning Prayer Evening Prayer
Christmas Lessons & Carols, 4 p.m.
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The Choir of Men & Boys. Capacity crowd; come early.
9 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.
Sung by the Cathedral Camerata
7:30 a.m. 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day Christmas Day Choral Eucharist, 11 a.m.
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
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Children in costume help enact the Christmas story
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Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist, 11 p.m. The Choir of Men & Boys and orchestra. Capacity crowd; come early.
The cathedral will be open from 8 am. 4 p.m. on December 25 and December 26.
COME DINE AND CELEBRATE AT A GALA TO BENEFIT GRACE CATHEDRAL Distinguished guest speaker Linda Ronstadt Distinguished guest performer Suzanne Mentzer
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