Maybe you wonder why the Wise Ones went home. Well, the story had to be told. Life was forever changed. They went home as different people. Bethlehem is not the END point of the journey, but simply a turning point.

• Prelude: Various (Buxtehude; J.S. Bach; Manz; Wood)
• Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12
• Anthems
  • Gems of Day (French carol)
  • Verbum caro factum est (15th c. English carol)
• Sermon: "Bethlehem - Then What?"  (Rev. Mark Aitchison)
• Postlude: In Thee is Gladness (J.S. Bach)