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164: St. Jerome (Lion)
The Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 15
8 AM — Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite I
9 AM — Outdoor Holy Eucharist Rite II
9-11 AM — Child Care
10 AM — Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite II & Live Stream (with choir)
10 AM — Church School
11 AM — World’s Greatest Coffee Hour with Advent Wreathmaking
5 PM — Indoor Holy Eucharist
Special Announcements
Rehearsal for The World’s Greatest Christmas Pageant!
11:30AM – about 12:15PM in the Sanctuary
(3rd – 7th graders only)
A Service of Nine Lessons & Carols for Christmas at 5PM
Now a perennial favorite, uniting the St. Mark’s Choir, Choristers, and Soloists. The story of our redemption is told – both in word and song – from the story of Adam & Eve to the arrival of the Magi at the Manger. Carols and hymns are sung by the Choir and by all. Dr. Michael Burnette will accompany the service. This service of worship is open to all. A reception follows in Morrill Hall.
2025 Annual Campaign
Together We Power the Mission! We invite you to join us as we pledge our support of the 2025 Annual Fund. Our goals this year are: 1.85M, 325 pledges and 100% participation from every household. As of this week we have 230 pledges for a total of $1,416,677. Nearly 75% there!
Interested in learning more? Visit our table at Coffee Hour or please contact Nancy Walton, Director of Stewardship & Development at (203) 966-4515 or nwalton@stmarksnewcanaan.org.
138: Dialogue between Faith and Science (Maltese Cross and Atom)
Sunday’s Music
Sunday, December 15
No Advent/Christmas season would be complete without movements from Handel’s immortal Messiah, which first appeared in 1741. For our Offertory Solo, Mary Petro Noonan offers Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, a movement from “Part the First” of Messiah. As for our Communion Anthem, a number of our favorite Advent and Christmas hymns/carols have their origins in France; for example, Angels we have heard on high is an adaptation of Les anges dans nos campagnes (“The angels in our fields” – the angels seen by the shepherds announcing Christ’s birth). O come, divine Messiah is adapted from Laissez paître vos bêtes (“Let your animals graze, shepherds, in the mountains and valleys, and come sing of Christmas!”), later set with an Advent text, Venez, divin Messie! (“Come, Divine Messiah!”). It is that English text which I set for our Choir in 2019.
