Sunday Service – 21st December 2025
Sunday Service, including Nativity Play, for 21st December 2025 with Rev Nigel Chikanya
Opening Voluntaries include:
Prelude on Away in a Manger – Stephen Barber
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
b) It ws on a starry night
c) CH4 312: Away in a manger
Offering: The First Noel
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 sing
CCLI 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.
