No-Rehearsal Holiday Pageant “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” with Rev. Susan Panttaja and DRE Ginger Fisher
Holidays got you down? Feeling a little Grinch-like? Need to find some Christmas spirit or holiday magic? Come lose your blues as you enjoy our intergenerational no-rehearsal holiday pageant, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” Who knows? Your heart may just grow three sizes!
Meeting ID: 965 8475 4060
Passcode: 218531
Call-in #: (669) 900-9128
Order of Service
Welcome
Opening Music — “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson (With Iggy)
Chalice Lighting
Announcements
Sharing of Joys and Concerns and Pastoral Prayer
Offering — “Once Upon a December” (from Anastasia) with Iggy
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Part 1
Singing Together — #235 “Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly” with Iggy
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Part 2
Sing Together — “We Wish You a Merry Christmas!” (with Iggy)
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Oh bring us some tofu pudding…
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Part 3
Singing Together — #131 “Love Will Guide Us”
Appreciations
Closing Hymn — Hark the Herald Angels Sing (with Iggy)
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the new-born king
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled”
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic host proclaim
“Christ is born in Bethlehem”
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the new-born king”
Extinguishing the Chalice
We extinguish this chalice, but not the light of truth, the warmth of love, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts out into the world, until we meet again.
Benediction
*Based on the book by Dr. Seuss. Adaptation and Script by Barb Friedland, Rachel Friedland, and Beth Havlik. Adapted by Era Capone with inspiration from the screenplay “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Adapted further by Ginger Fisher and Susan Panttaja.
