Welcome to our Lay-led service of ‘Lessons and Carols’ for Christmas Morning, December 25, 2025, with Music Director Zacharia Dekker, and Lay Reader and Intercessor Kirk Hearder. Our order of Lessons and Carols: ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ (#89 in Common Praise); First Lesson Isaiah 52:7-10 (read by Eubert Isaacs) ; ‘People, Look East! The Time Is Near’ (#91); Second Lesson Luke 1:26-38 (Christine Cox); ‘Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming’ (#117); Third Lesson Matthew 1:18-24 (Todd Hillhouse); ”Twas in the Moon of Wintertime’ (#146); Fourth Lesson Luke 1:39-45 (Zacharia Dekker); ‘Angels, from the Realms of Glory’ (#143); Fifth Lesson Luke 1:46-56 (Patricia Finlayson); ‘Of Eternal Love Begotten’ (#132); Sixth Lesson Luke 2:1-7 (Audi Geadah Ogley); ‘Silent Night’ (#119); Seventh Lesson Luke 2:8-20 (Jim Hodder); ‘While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks’ (#136); Eighth Lesson Hebrews 1:1-13 (Greg Finlayson); ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ (#122); Ninth Lesson John 1:1-17 (Reverend Dr. Connie Phillipson); ‘See Amid the Winter’s Snow’ #148).
St. John’s, East Orangeville is located in Caledon, Ontario Canada, and is a parish within the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. It is a ground-level fully accessible church and hall. Please visit our website at stjohnsorangeville.ca, where you will find links to our extensive recording archives (the ‘Recent Recordings’ heading on our homepage, and earlier recordings in ‘All Recordings’ under the Menu), as well as the opportunity to make a donation to support this Outreach Ministry. We thank you for your interest and for joining us.