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WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM First-Plymouth Church, Union Bank and Trust, Jon and Joan Michelsen, the estate of Norma Somerheiser, the Nebraska Arts Council, and the Conant Family Endowment. With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Christmas with Abendmusik SPONSORED BY Lorraine Lau Linda Schwartzkopf and Mike Fultz PLYMOUTH CHOIR PLYMOUTH RINGERS Ariel Merivil and Christopher Boilesen, directors ABENDMUSIK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Suzanne Jouvenat, narrator Rev. Juan Carlos Huertas, narrator Ariel Merivil, conductor and organist Tom Trenney, conductor and organist Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Welcome Scripture Collage Come, Renew Us Eleanor Daley (Text by David Adam) Come, Lord, come to us. Enter our darkness with your light; Fill our emptiness with your presence. Come, refresh, restore, renew us. In our sadness come as joy; in our troubles, come as peace, In our fearfulness, come as hope; in our darkness, come as light, In our frailty, come as strength; in our loneliness, come as love. Come, refresh, restore, renew us. A reading from Luke 1: 26-33; Luke 2: 1-5 (underscored by “Gabriel’s Oboe”- Ennio Morricone) One Sweet Little Baby Glenn McClure and Wes Kinneson/ arr. Shawn Kirchner (Text by Wes Kinneson and Glenn McClure) Refrain: All for the love of one sweet little baby, All for the love of one sweet baby child, All for the love of one sweet little baby, we have come so far. Oh Mary, shining glory! The Lord smiles upon you. What a blessing is this little baby that you brought to our world. O, a good old man named Simeon said, “I’m never gonna rest till I see that Messiah child, and hold him to my breast.” Many gonna speak against you, child. They’ll crucify all that’s true. And your mother Mary she will bear a pain that will pierce her heart through. Oh Jerusalem, your children are so tired of war. My Lord, it’s time to walk with your children once more. (Refrain) A reading from Luke 2: 6-10

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! The Angels and the Shepherds Moravian melody/arr. Stephen Paulus (Text: Bohemian traditional/ adapted by Helen A. Dickenson) Shepherds, O hark ye, glad tidings we bring, Peace and goodwill to the world now we sing; See in a manger Christ the Anointed, Whom for your Saviour God hath appointed. Alleluia. In yonder manger behold now he lies, Whom angel voices foretold from the skies. Seeking thy mercy, we kneel before thee, Singing thy praises, humbly adore thee. Alleluia. Still through the ages the song doth resound, Peace and goodwill on the earth shall abound. Bear we the tidings to every nation, Born is the Christ Child for our salvation. Alleluia. A reading from Isaiah 9: 6 and Luke 2: 11-12 Silent Night STILLE NACHT/ arr. Shawn Kirchner (Text by Joseph Mohr) Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright ‘round yon virgin mother and child! Holy infant, so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night! Son of God, Love’s pure light, radiant, beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Silent night, holy night! Wondrous star, lend thy light. With the angels, let us sing “Alleluia” to our King. Christ the Savior is born. A reading from Luke 2: 13-14

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Please rise in body or spirit and join in singing. Carol: SUSSEX CAROL/ arr. Paul Manz; adapted by David Cherwien On Christmas Night Please be seated. Slava v v uishñikh Bog u (from Vespers) Sergei Rachmaninoff Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace. Goodwill to all. Open thy lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. A reading from Luke 2: 15

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Please rise in body or spirit and join in singing. GLORIA/ arr. Julian Wachner Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High Please be seated.

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! How Lovely are the Messengers Felix Mendelssohn (Text: Isaiah 52:7) How lovely are the Messengers that preach us the gospel of Peace. To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words. To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words, Throughout all the lands their glad tidings. How lovely are the Messengers that preach us the gospel of Peace. A reading from Isaiah 60: 1-3

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Please rise in body or spirit and join in singing. ADESTE FIDELES/ arr. David Willcocks Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful Please be seated. A reading from Luke 2: 15-17

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! See dat Babe African-American spiritual/ arr. Stacey V. Gibbs See that babe in the lowly manger, He gon’ take all my sin away. He gon’ reign with my God in glory one of these days. He was born of the Virgin Mary to bring peace to a weary land. He come down from the God in heaven, oh, behold the Son of Man. Was no room in the inn, they told him, and they sent my Lord away. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes and He was born in a manger hay. A reading from Luke 2: 18-20 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty arr. F. Melius Christiansen (Text: Joachim Neander, translated by Catherine Winkworth) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near, Join me in glad adoration. Hallelujah! Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee; Ponder anew what the Almighty can do If with His love He befriend thee. Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him! Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him! Alleluia! Scripture Collage

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Please remain seated until invited to rise and join in singing near the end of this piece. H y mn-Anthem: We Sing with Choirs of Angels Tom Trenney (Text: Tom Trenney, incorporating texts by Edmund Hamilton Sears and Charles Wesley) Be not afraid. Joy to the world! Hark! The angels sing. For unto us a child is born, behold the newborn king. We sing with choirs of angels, “Glory to the Lord above whom angels greet with anthems sweet.” We sing the wonders of Christ’s love. 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 we, entrenched at war, hear not the love song that they bring; O hush the noise and end the strife, and with the angels sing! We sing with choirs of angels, “Glory to the Lord above whom angels greet with anthems sweet.” We sing the wonders of Christ’s love! We sing with choirs of angels,“Glory to the Lord above.”

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Plymouth Choir Alto II Bass I Adrienne Dickson Alex Wachman Soprano I Alison F. Knudsen Chase Crispin Andrea Krill Ayndrea Cannon Jacob Mason Deanne Hyde Boilesen Catherine Corbet John Heineman Denise Cotton Christina Emra Buchholz Marques Garrett Diane Dinnel Jane Mehrens Jennifer Rutt Paul Madvig Jessica Rajewich Linda Zabel Tom Lesiak Lorraine Beadell-Love Trey Meyer Michelle A. Lisec-Talarico Lydia Fry Molly Mellinger Patricia Miller Regina Meyer Peggy Campbell Bass II Susan Goodrich Austin Reinke Soprano II Susan Stuart Charlie Horner Abi Shelbourn David Crews Anne Elizabeth Gray Tenor I Foster Collins Cynthia Stadler Mohr Brock Denton Jason J. Hellmuth Ina Sivits Luhring Corbyn Mellinger Jason Seger Krista Lawrence Matthew Clegg Kristin Clark Michael Jensen Jeff Keele Linda Trone Purno Sangma Ken Winston Paula Rhian Timothy Johnson Kyle Sandall Sarah Gauger Randy Dinsdale Stephanie Meredith Rob McMaster Susan Dinsdale Tenor II Andy Miller Ariel Merivil Alto I Christopher Boilesen Amy Wright David Shipley Ann Finkner Ed Holbrook Dori Bush John W. Reinert Jessica Brauer Echtenkamp Michael Richter Kathryn Boilesen Rich York Loretta Hellmuth Sebastian Sorensen Mary Fischer Stephen V. Talarico Maureen Ose Megan Holley Megan Rothenberger Phyllis Owen Rebecca Shane Renee Alexander Rhonda Neely Shannon Huertas Shelby White Vickie Ehly

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Plymouth Ringers Christopher Boilesen and Ariel Merivil, directors Aaron Boilesen Erin Hodge Joan Michelsen Amanda Messersmith Gene Boilesen Linda Kroon Jane Boilesen Carol Wells Jane Mehrens Michelle Lisec-Talarico Deanne Boilesen Nancy Leavitt Diane Dunkerson Jenn Rutt Abendmusik Chamber Orchestra Violin Flute Trombone Michael Keelan Betsy Bobenhouse Luke Thallas Kim Salistean Oboe Tuba Viola William McMullen Steve Steager Clark Potter Trumpet Timpani Cello Tom Kelly Tony Falcone Karen Becker Debbie Bouffard Percussion Jeremy Spale Bass French Horn Stephen Cantarero Alan Mattingly

With the Angels, Let Us Sing! Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE