Opening Voluntaries include:
Angel’s Carol – John Rutter
Candlelight Carol – John Rutter

Welcome & Intimations

GWA 99 / MP 1314: Joy has dawned upon the world
CCLI Song # 5580534 – Josiah Booth | Priscilla J. Owens
© Words & Music: Public Domain

Prayer

Nativity Play
a) Song: Born in a stable

c) CH4 312: Away in a manger
CCLI Song # 322031 – John Thomas McFarland | Martin Luther | William James
Kirkpatrick© Words & Music: Public Domain

Offering: Sans Day Carol

Reading: Romans 4: 9-12

CH4 304: O Little Town of Bethlehem
CCLI Song # 1741697 – Phillips Brooks | Ralph Vaughan Williams
© Words & Music: Public Domain

Sermon: The gift of righteousness – Faith before the manger

CH4 294: On Christmas night all Christians singCCLI Song # 2403494 – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Words: Public Domain; Music: 1919 Stainer & Bell Ltd

Prayer

CH4 301: Hark! The herald angels sing
CCLI Song # 27738 – Charles Wesley | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
© Words & Music: Public Domain

Benediction
Closing Voluntary: Hark the Herald Angels – Gert van Hoef

Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LE-0037137. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.

Sunday Service - 21st December 2025