Worship Service - December 16, 2006
The Music of the Bells - The Sligo Ringers, Ardyce Griswold, director
Sean Tillery, tenor
Music of God's Love:
Overture from MESSIAH/Handel
Comfort Ye from MESSIAH/Handel
Every Valley from MESSIAH/Handel
Ev'ry Valley/Beck
Lloyd Mallory, Jr., director of the Sligo Church Orchestra and Choir
Lighting of the Advent Candle - Luke 1:39-55 read by the Halvorsen Family
Bruce Bean, tenor
Music of Adoration: My Soul Doth Magnify from CHRISTMAS ORATORIO/Saint-Saen
Trio:
Sean Tillery, tenor
Debra Thurlow, soprano
Larry Vaughn, baritone
Sligo Church Choir & Orchestra
Wise men and shepherds
Portrayal of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus
Ron Halvorsen, Jr., with the message entitled: "The Cost of Christmas"
Photos courtesy of:
Cheerie Lou Capman & Gary Lunsford
Music for the Children sung by Lloyd Mallory, Jr. and Brandy Sutton and a
story for the children told by Melody Trauthwein and Sligo School students
and faculty
Joanna Kimura, soprano
Marilyn Dimas, mezzo soprano
Music of Jesus' Birth:
O Holy Night/ traditional
He Shall Feed His Flock from MESSIAH/Handel
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion from MESSIAH/Handel
Many Moods of Christmas / arr. Shaw
Debra Thurlow, soprano, Jon Gilbertson, tenor, and Kali Wilder, soprano
Debra Thurlow, soprano
Giving
our gifts to Jesus while praising Him with music:All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Hallelujah Chorus from MESSIAH/Handel