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Christmas DayTuesday 25 December 2012 • 11 a.m.

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Welcome to Grace Cathedral during this holiday season. The staff and people of this cathedral join me in wishing you a very merry Christmas. We hope that our Christmas services will inspire you, and that we will have the opportunity to welcome you back in the new year. This is a house of prayer for all people, which means it is your cathedral. Please come back and enjoy this sacred space and our worship, and spend some time with us. We will be delighted to see you again. To learn more about our worship services and cathedral events, as well as our work in the community and city, please see our website, www.gracecathedral.org.

— The Very Reverend Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean

welcome from the Dean

Christmas is the center of the most sublime time in the year, running from St. Andrew’s Day on November 30 through the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. In this season we learn again to see the enormous importance of the small and the defenseless in our lives — both in our inner lives and in the world of our experiences. It is in the small and the defenseless that true life, divinity, and love are to be found.

— The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop

Christmas message from the Bishop

Worshipping with us

The words and music of our Christmas services speak from our ancient tradition and perhaps also give voice to what is waiting to be expressed in our own hearts. They announce both God’s promises and their fulfillment‚ something we can never earn or work for. They come as pure gift.

We celebrate here our outrageous but firm belief that God yearns to be part of our lives and world. We believe that this really has happened in the person of Jesus the Christ and continues to happen in us. Coming together in this great cathedral cave, we recall the little cave of Bethlehem where this mysterious truth about God-with-us was so tenderly made known.

Some of our services include Holy Communion. You are most welcome to follow the guiding of the ushers to receive the bread and wine, which we believe, by the power of God’s Holy Spirit, do not just recall and point to God’s presence with and for us, but also contain and really make present this divine gift. If you do not wish to receive either the wine or the bread, cross your arms in front of you, touching your shoulders, and simply say, “Amen.” Again, we welcome you among us and wish you the blessings of a merry Christmas.

The Holy EucharistThe Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ: Christmas Day • 25 December 2012 • 11:00 am

Please silence any audible electronic devices. Restrooms are located on the lower level. Ask an usher about wheelchair seating, hearing assistance devices, or large-print leaflets.

All who seek God and are drawn to Christ are welcome at God’s table.

Voluntary La Nativité Jean Langlais

The GatheringIntroit The people stand as the procession enters. F. Bainton

Choir A babe is born I wys † this world to joy and bliss, [quickly, instantly]

his joy shall never fade and miss, and Jesus is his Name. On Christmas Day at morn, this little child was born

to save us all that were forlorn, and Jesus is his Name. – Anon, 15th cent. Westminster Abbey Library

Station at the Creche The procession stops before the crèche.

Presider The glory of the Lord has been revealed; People and all flesh shall see the salvation of our God.

Let us pray. O God our Creator, to restore our fallen race you spoke the effectual word, and the Eternal Word became flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Mercifully grant that as he humbled himself to be clothed with our humanity, so we may be found worthy, in him, to be clothed with his divinity; who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

Hymn 83 Adeste Fideles

1 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; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

2 God from God, Light from Light eternal, lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; only-begotten Son of the Father; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; glory to God, glory in the highest; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

6 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be glory giv’n; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

text: John Francis Wade (1711-1786); tr. Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) and others; music: present form of melody att. John Francis Wade (1711-1786); harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

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Presider Blessed be the one, holy and living God. People Glory to God for ever and ever.

Gloria in excelsis Sung in Latin. Bob Chilcott An ancient hymn inspired by the angels' song over Bethlehem. A Little Jazz Mass

Choir Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to all those of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we worship you, we glorify you, we give thanks to you because of your great glory, Lord God, King of heaven, God the Father almighty. Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son: Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are holy, you alone are the Lord. You alone are the most high, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Collect of the Day

Presider May God be with you. People And also with you.

Let us pray. After the prayer Amen.

The Word of GodThe First Lesson Please sit. Isaiah 52: 7–10

After the reading Thanks be to God.

Psalm 8 The antiphon is sung first by the choir, then repeated by all. chant: Matthew Camidge

Antiphon

Choir Out of the mouths of infants and children * your majesty is praised above the heavens.

You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, * to quell the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, * the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,

What is man that you should be mindful of him? * the son of man that you should seek him out?

All Antiphon You have made him but little lower than the angels; *

you adorn him with glory and honor; You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *

you put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, *

even the wild beasts of the field, The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *

and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea. All Antiphon

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The Second Lesson Hebrews 1: 1–4

After the reading Thanks be to God.

Hymn 82 Sung by all, standing. Divinum Mysterium

text: Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-410?); tr. John Mason Neale (1818-1866) and Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877), alt.;

music: Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582; acc. Bruce Neswick (b. 1956)

The Holy Gospel The choir alone sings the first alleluia, then the people join in. John 1: 1–14

The choir alone sings the first Alleluia, then the people join in.

Choir The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us;

People

All repeat the three alleluias.

Before the Gospel The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to John. All Glory to you, Lord Christ.

After the Gospel Praise to you, Lord Christ.

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The Homily The people sit. The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe Canon to the Bishop and Canon Residentiary

The Nicene Creed The people stand.

All We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: [All may bow]

by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Prayers of the People Remain standing.

After each petition God, grant us peace.

The Peace

Presider The peace of Christ be always with you. All And also with you.

All may greet each other in the name of Christ.

Welcome

The Holy CommunionOffertory Sentence

An offering will be received for the ministries of Grace Cathedral. Thank you for your generosity.

Anthem Sung in Latin. Richard Wayne Dirksen

Choir Born today, Christ is born today, Alleluya. Born today, Now a Savior born today, Alleluya.

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On this day in highest heaven Archangels sing; on earth their praise resounding. Alleluya. Noel. On this day exult the righteous, proclaiming: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Alleluya.

The people stand as representatives of the congregation bring the people’s offerings of bread, wine, and money to be placed on the Altar.

The wine offered at this Eucharist includes Cremisan Cellars wine from Bethlehem in the Holy Land, given by Elias D'Eis of Holy Land Trust. http://www.cremisan.org

Hymn 96 Sung by all, standing. Gloria

1 Angels we have heard on high, singing sweetly through the night, and the mountains in reply echoing their brave delight.

Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why these songs of happy cheer? What great brightness did you see? What glad tidings did you hear?

Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

3 Come to Bethlehem and see him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

4 See him in a manger laid whom the angels praise above; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while we raise our hearts in love.

Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

text: French carol; tr. James Chadwick (1813-1882), alt.; music: French carol; arr. Edward Shippen Barnes (1887-1958)

The Great Thanksgiving

Presider, continuing ...who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your name:

Sanctus Chilcott

Choir Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Presider, continuing ...Through Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever.

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The Lord's Prayer

Presider And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, All Our Father,

who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread The Bread is broken. Silence follows.

The choir alone sings the first Alleluia, then the people join in.

Choir

People

All repeat the three Alleluias.

Invitation to Communion

The Presider invites the people to Communion. All who seek God and are drawn to Christ are welcome at God’s table.

Gluten-free Communion wafers can be requested at the north (far right side) altar rail.

It is our custom to consume the Bread and drink the Wine directly from the cup. If you choose not to receive either the Bread or the Wine, simply cross your

arms over your chest and respond “Amen” when it is presented.

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Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.

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Therefore let us keep the feast.

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Therefore let us keep the feast.

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Agnus Dei Chilcott

Choir Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

Motet John Joubert

Choir Christo paremus cantica, in excelsis gloria. [We offer songs to Christ: Glory in the highest.]

When Christ was born of Mary free in Bethlehem that fair city. angels sang with mirth and glee, In excelsis gloria!

Herdsmen beheld these angels bright- to them appeared with great light, and said, God’s son is born this night: In excelsis gloria!

This King is come to save his kind, in the scripture as we find; therefore this song we have in mind: In excelsis gloria!

Then, dear Lord, for thy great grace, grant us bliss to see thy face, where we may sing to thy solace: In excelsis gloria! – 15th century

Post-Communion Prayer After all have received Communion, the people stand.

Presider Let us pray. All Radiant God,

with our eyes we have seen your salvation, and in this meal we have feasted on your grace. May your Word take flesh in us, that we may be your holy people, revealing your glory made known to us in Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

The Sending Forth Hymn 100 Sung by all, standing. Antioch

All Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing...

2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; let us our songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains repeat the sounding joy...

3 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...

4 He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love...

text: Isaac Watts (1674-1748), alt.; music: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759); adapt. and arr. Lowell Mason (1792-1872)

The Blessing and Dismissal

Presider May almighty God, who sent the Son to take our nature upon him, bless you in this holy season, scatter the darkness of sin, and brighten your heart with the light of holiness. Amen.

May God, who sent the angels to proclaim the glad news of the Savior’s birth, fill you with joy, and make you heralds of the Gospel. Amen.

May God, who in the Word made flesh joined heaven to earth and earth to heaven, give you the peace and favor of this holy feast. Amen.

And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you for ever. Amen.

Deacon Let us go forth in the name of Christ. People Thanks be to God.

Voluntary Postlude on ‘Mendelssohn’ David Willcocks

✮ ✮ ✮Serving the assembly: Presider The Rev. Jude Harmon, Minor Canon Homilist The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Canon to the Bishop and Canon Residentiary , Deacon The Rev. Nina L. Pickerrell, Cathedral Deacon Lay Assistant Roberta Sautter Lectors Alma Robinson Moses Jose-Manuel Pacheco Musicians The Men of the Cathedral Choir Canon Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music Lawrence Thain, Assistant Director of Music

Copyrights: 'O come, all ye faithful' (Hymn EH1982-083): (public domain); 'Of the Father's love begotten' (Hymn EH1982-082): ; music: Harmonization ©1984, Bruce Neswick; 'Angels we have heard on high' (Hymn EH1982-096): words: By permission of Fleming H. Revell Company; 'Joy to the world' (Hymn EH1982-100): (public domain); 'O come, all ye faithful' (Hymn EH1982-083): (public domain); 'The Lord be with you' (Hymn EH1982-s120): ; music: setting copyrighted by the Church Pension Fund; 'Amen' (Hymn EH1982-s118): ; music: setting copyrighted by the Church Pension Fund; Post-Communion Prayer (“Radiant God” from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, prayer 248): originally from Sundays and Seasons © 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 by Augsburg Fortress; Hymns and Service Music reprinted under OneLicense.net #611612, All Rights Reserved.

Christmas flowers and foliage are given to the glory of God and with our thanks.

The high altar flowers are given by Lucy Buchanan to the glory of God and in loving memory of John Edward Buchanan, Jr. (1953-2011).

An Evening of Silent Films Saturday, January 26, 2013Dorothy Papadakos accompanies iconic films on the great Aeolian-Skinner organ.

7 p.m. The Battleship Potemkin (1925) 9 p.m. Nosferatu (1922)

Single Tickets: $10 – $20 Cathedral Pass (both films with priority seating): $17 – $34

www.cityboxoffice.com, 415-392-4400

JANUARY 20 Dr. Sarah Ogilvie,

linguist and lexicographer with Anna Deavere Smith, actor and playwright

Words of the WorldJANUARY 27 Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano The Next Generation of Opera

FEBRUARY 3 The Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of

Magdalene & Thistle Farms

FEBRUARY 10 Linda Ronstadt, Grammy winner and arts advocate The Power of Music

FEBRUARY 17 The Rev. Rosa Lee Harden and

Kevin Jones, Co-founders of SOCAP Money and Meaning

FEBRUARY 24 The Very Rev. June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury Medieval Cathedrals

MARCH 10 Anne Patterson, Grace Cathedral’s 2013

Artist in Residence Music and the Visual Arts

MARCH 17 Rob Bell, author and founder of Mars Hill Bible Church

THE FORUM I WINTER 2013

JANUARY 13 The Rt. Rev. Dr. David Stancliffe, former Bishop of Salisbury Music and Theology

Sunday mornings, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., in Gresham Hall. Hosted by the Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw. Free and open to all. www.gracecathedral.org/forum.

“Come to Bethlehem and see ...” Holy Land Pilgrimage Oct. 31 - Nov. 13, 2013

Experience the biblical and cultural sites relating to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, his ministry in Galilee and his death and resurrection in Jerusalem. Led by the Rev.

Canon Mark Stanger and a local Palestinian Christian licensed tour guide, Canon Iyad Qumri. Information session following Thursday Evensong, January 17th, at 6 p.m. Contact the Rev. Mark Stanger at marks@gracecathedral.org.

In Honor Of:Josephine Weiner Coe

In Memory Of:Roy AshleyAnna Marguerite deGroot BarteMartha Barte BovardAnna Marguerite Barte BrennaJohn BrittonLitsa D. ContoulesVivian L. ContoulesJane CrockerThe Rev. Paul C. DeckenbachDorothy’s mom, dad, & brother (Chicago)Tom DrossArchdeacon Thomas Dyson, grandfather of Nicholas, Edward, & JulianHerbert H. GeePatricia C. GeorgantasPaul HalleyArnold & Harriet HouckGoon Yan JeongYin Ming JeongHarold & Rosalie JohnsonCary & Agnes Reynolds JonesKazuhiro’s mom, dad, & brother (Tokyo)Gerard & Irene LaneFred & Jacqueline LazarSunny deGroot ManahanHelen MavromatisOur fathers, Allison “Bud” Decker & Farrar “Ark” CarruthAlicia ParletteTed N. PoulosPaul W. Poynter

David G. RodgersAnna SourisDean J. StevensMary C. Stevens

Thank you to:AnonymousRichard & Alice AlsterbergBarbara BelloliRebecca BowmanJ. M. Xena BrennaThomas Cantrell & Robert LaneGabriel & Nancy CarruthVirginia & Michael CoeSamuel CrockerDiocesan Altar GuildJerome EnglebardtVirginia C. GeeAristides GeorgantasPeter GettnerPeter GraceGary Jennings & John PoynterHerbert L. JeongDr. Ronald C. JohnsonThe Rev. Vern E. JonesJuliana Dyson SmithCatherine StevensDr. Dorothy Tsuruta & Kazuhiro TsurutaThe Ven. Anthony Turney

Listen to sermons and services online You can hear the 11 a.m. Sunday Eucharist and 5:15 p.m. Thursday Evensong on our website for a week after each service. The sermons from our 11 a.m. Sunday Eucharist are also available as podcasts. Subscribe to the sermons through iTunes, or listen to the sermons and recent services on our website at www.gracecathedral.org/listen/.

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Cathedral Clergy and Program Staff The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop, Diocese of California • bishopmarc@diocal.org • (415) 673-0606 The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean • janes@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6321 The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger, Canon Precentor • marks@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6318 The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Canon to the Bishop and Canon Residentiary • michaelb@diocal.org • (415) 869-7825 The Rev. Jude Harmon, Minor Canon • judeh@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6314 The Rev. Andy Lobban, Minor Canon • andyl@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6364 The Rev. Nina Pickerrell, Cathedral Deacon • ninap@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6391 The Ven. Anthony Turney, Deacon for the Arts • anthonyt@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6351 Ms. Carren Sheldon, Associate for Family Ministries • carrens@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6369 Canon Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music • benb@gracecathedral.org • (415) 749-6334 The Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus

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Grace Cathedral is an Episcopal Church, a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

We believe in one God, known to us in Jesus Christ, also known by different names in different traditions. We seek to challenge and transform the world, beginning with ourselves, and to celebrate the image of God in every person. We are a house of prayer, worship and service for everyone, welcoming all who seek an inclusive community of love.

SundayNursery 8 a.m.–1 p.m.

Eucharist 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

Choral Eucharist 11 a.m. Choral Evensong 3 p.m.

Contemplative Eucharist 6 p.m.

Monday - FridayMorning Prayer 9 a.m.

Holy Eucharist 12:10 p.m.

Evening Prayer 5:15 p.m.

Thursday Holy Eucharist 7:30 a.m.

Choral Evensong 5:15 p.m.

SaturdayMorning Prayer 9 a.m.

Evening Prayer 3 p.m.

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