THE MUSIC BOX
January 9, 2022 Epiphany
Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano & organ
Prelude:
Pastoral Symphony from Messiah . . . G. F. Handel
How Brightly Shines the Morning Star . . . P. Nicolai, har. J. S. Bach
How Far Is It To Bethlehem? . . . Czech Carol, arr. Bruce Greer
Noël Dijonnais – Entrons tous dans l’étable (Let us all go into the stable)
. . . arr. Olive Russell
We Three Kings . . . John Hopkins, arr. Jeanine Yeager
Offertory:
Away in a Manger . . . traditional, arr. Randall Hartsell
Postlude:
March of the Three Kings . . . 13th C. Provençal Carol
BABY:
Bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God.
— Lawrence Barretto
An angel whose wings decrees as his legs increase.
— French proverb
A mother’s anchor. She cannot swing far from her moorings.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A little rivet in the bonds of matrimony.
— Arthur Gordon
God’s opinion that the world should go on.
— Carl Sandburg
