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PACIFIC CROSSROADS CHURCH | Sunday, December 20, 2015 | Lyrics
O Come All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
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
The first Noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds
In fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay
Keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Words and Music: John F. Wade, trans. Frederick Oakeley
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O come, let us adore Him (3x)
Christ the Lord.
Words & Music: Traditional English carol
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God
Glory in the highest
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the East, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
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Yea, Lord, we greet Thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing
This star drew nigh to the northwest,
Over Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
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True God of true God
Light from Light eternal
Lo, He shuns not the virgin’s womb
Son of the Father
Begotten not created
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PACIFIC CROSSROADS CHURCH | Sunday, December 20, 2015 | Lyrics
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day;
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray.
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Words and Music: Traditional English
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy!
O tidings of comfort and joy.
In Bethlehem, in Israel,
This blessed babe was born,
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn;
Of which His mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn.
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From God our heavenly Father
A blessed angel came;
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same;
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name.
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Now to the Lord sing praises
All you within this place
And with a kindred fellowship
Each other now embrace
This holy tide of Christmas
Is filled with love and grace
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Words and Music: Traditional English
I thought how, as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
And in despair I bowed my head
“There is no peace on earth” I said
“For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men”
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PACIFIC CROSSROADS CHURCH | Sunday, December 20, 2015 | Lyrics
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
We Three Kings
It came upon a midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From heaven’s all gracious King!”
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Words: Edmund Sears; Music: Richard Willis
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled
And still their heavenly music floats
O’er all the weary world
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing
And ever over its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long
Beneath the angel strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love song which they bring;
O hush the noise, you men of strife
And hear the angels sing
And you, beneath life’s crushing load
Whose forms are bending low
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow
Take heart for comfort, love and hope
Come swiftly on the wing
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing
For lo, the days are hastening
By prophet bards foretold
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling
And all the world give back the song
Which now the angels sing
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Words and Music: John Hopkins, Jr.
Born a king on Bethlehem’s plain.
Gold I bring to crown Him again.
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.
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O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still
proceeding,
Guide us to Thy perfect light!
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom.
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in a stone-cold tomb.
Glorious now, behold Him arise,
King and God, and sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia
Sounds through the earth and skies.
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PACIFIC CROSSROADS CHURCH | Sunday, December 20, 2015 | Lyrics
Joy to the World
Words: Isaac Watts; Music: G.F. Handel
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing (2x)
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods,
Rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy (2x)
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found (2x)
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love (2x)
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
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Musicians (9:00 am & 11:00 am)
Gavin Salmon – Drums
Daniel Rhine – Bass
Daniel Shin – Electric Guitar
John Krovoza – Cello
Craig Paddock – Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Alex Fleeman – Vocals
Nate Miller – Vocals
Chris Weldon – Keys/Vocals
Musicians (5:00 pm)
Gavin Salmon – Drums
Stephan Hovsepian – Violin/Mandolin
Corey Fleeman – Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Alex Fleeman – Vocals
Nate Miller – Vocals
Chris Weldon – Keys/Vocals
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