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Materials for
ADVENT & CHRISTMAS
Scriptures | Carols | New Music | Dramas | Liturgies | Traditions | Other Resources

Scriptures
  • Daily Advent Readings, 1998
  • Weekly Lectionary Readings, 1998
  • Daily Advent devotional

    Traditional Music/Carols
  • Alphabetical index to 40+ songs --lyrics, midifiles and printable scores
  • "An Online Christmas Songbook" by Christopher Baker features printable scores, various arrangments, original language versions, and information on many of the authors and composers. A real treat!
  • History of the Sacred Carol (NPR documentary in Real Audio)

    Stories Behind Carols
  • As with Gladness Men of Old
  • Away in a Manger
  • In the Bleak Midwinter
  • I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  • Joy to the World
  • Lo, How A Rose, E'er Blooming
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful
  • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  • Silent Night
  • Twelve Days of Christmas

    Handel's Messiah
  • Text (complete, with Scripture references)
  • Music: midifiles (complete)

    New Music
    M. McCawley (liturgical)
  • O'er the Silence of the Fields
  • When Will the Savior Come
  • more songs
    Bruce L. Johnson (Worship Map)
  • On a Winter's Morn
  • Hosanna! Blessed is He!(with Real Audio)
  • In Bethelehem
  • God of Glory So Bright
    Songs by Gilberto Barreto & friends

    Dramas
  • Not So Long Ago, a Christmas pageant by Jim Hatfield

    Liturgies for Advent
  • Advent Candle lighting

    Traditions: Origins, Ideas
  • Advent wreath...colors
  • Origins of the Christmas Tree

    Other Resources
  • A Holy Christmas 1998 by Richard & Charlene Fairchild

    Worship Map Home (Frames)

    • ©1998 Bruce L.Johnson