Confluence Ministries

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Joy to the World

Joy to the world the Lord is come

Let earth receive her King

Let every heart prepare Him room

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven, and heaven and nature sing

Gloria, Gloria

In excelsis Deo

Joy to the world the Savior reigns

Let men their songs employ

While fields and floods

Rocks hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

Gloria, Gloria

In excelsis Deo

He rules the world with truth and grace

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness

And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love

And wonders, and wonders of His love

Gloria, Gloria

In excelsis Deo

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O Come Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
And drive away the shades of night
And pierce the clouds and bring us light.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, desire of nations, bind
All people in one heart and mind
Bid envy, strife and quarrels cease
Fill all the world with heaven’s peace.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

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Mary Did You Know

Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water

Mary did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters

Did you know that baby boy has come to make you new

This child that you delivered will soon deliver you

Mary did you know

Mary did you know that your baby boy would give sight to a blind man

Mary did you know that your baby boy would calm a storm with his hand

Did you know that your baby boy would walk where angels trod

And when you kiss your baby boy you’ve kissed the face of God

Oh Mary did you know

The blind will see the deaf will hear the dead will live again

The lame will leap the dumb will speak

The praises of the Lamb

Mary did you that your baby boy is the Lord of all creation

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations

Did you know that your baby boy was heaven’s perfect Lamb

And the sleeping child your holding is the great I Am

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What Child Is This?

What child is this, Who laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping

This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring him laud
The babe, the son of Mary

So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh
Come peasant, king to own him
The King of Kings salvation brings
Let loving hearts enthrone him

This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring him laud
The babe, the son of Mary

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O Holy Night

O Holy Night the stars a brightly shining

It is the night of our dear Saviors birth

Long lay the world in sin and error pining

Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees, oh hear the angels’ voices

O Night divine, O night when Christ was born

O night divine, o night, o night divine

Truly He taught us to love one another

His law is love and His gospel is peace

Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother

And in His name all oppression shall cease

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise thee

With all that’s in us we praise His holy name

Christ is the Lord, Oh Praise His name forever

His Power and glory evermore proclaim

His power and glory evermore proclaim

Fall on your knees, oh hear the angels’ voices

O Night divine, O night when Christ was born

O night divine, o night, o night divine

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We Three Kings

We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star.