"Welcome all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span. Summer in winter, day in night, heaven in earth, and God in man. Great little one whose all-embracing birth brings earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth.
- from the Order for Christmas Vespers, Book of Common Prayer
A small band of disciples gathered in the sanctuary late this afternoon, leaving the festivities of home, family, and general merriment to gather as have generations before us, for a service of evening prayer. This service comes from the Book of Common Prayer, the prayer book that ordered the lives of the Wesleys and continues to do so in the churches of the Anglican Communion.
Tonight's service included scripture lessons, prayers of confession and intercession, the Nicene Creed, and communion.
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