The 2006 Folk Carol Service

Sunday 10th December, 6.30 p.m. Wesley Methodist Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

Play-in: The Famous Potatoes  (Folk carol tunes)

Introit  and Reading:  Isaiah 7:14;  9:6-7: Peter Monk

Welcome, and bidding prayer: Rev Margaret Millar

11    Sussex Carol

Solo: Roy Brown: Sans Day Carol ( 3 )

     Carol: Bethlehem then and now  (on hymn sheets)

Solo:  Sunny Bank ( 18 ) - John Coppins

31    Lo he comes, an infant stranger

Reading: Peter Monk (Verses from Protevangelion of James, Infancy Gospel of Jesus Christ)

Chorale: Honeygales: Quelle est cette odeur agreable?; Huron Carol

     34 A Child in Bethlehem

Solo:     Suzanne Higgins: Sir Christèmas

    10 Sun of Righteousness

Announcements, Offertory (Famine and homeless charities, church funds) Famous Potatoes playing Wren’s carol ( 27 )

Collect for Christmas and Lord’s Prayer: Ken MacKinnon

Solo: Roy Brown: Holly and Ivy ( 8 )

*  42 This new Christmas carol

Solo:  Cherry Tree Carol Part I  -  John Coppins

   15 Cherry Tree Carol Part II

Enaction / readings / poems:  Peter Monk

*  45 Christmas Day is Come (Wexford Carol)

Solo: Suzanne Higgins: Cornish Christmas Carol (on hymn sheets)

*  7 In Bethlehem City

Chorale: Honeygales: Chiming Bells

Address : Rev Margaret Millar

Instrumental: John Smith: The Surge of the Sea

Solo: Padstow Farewell Shanty (49)  - John Coppins

Blessing : Ken MacKinnon

    47 While Shepherds Watched

Playout:  The Famous Potatoes (Carol medley)

(* These carols were scheduled but not sung due to overrunning)