Radio Ulster Carol Service

Carol: Once in Royal David’s City - Choir of St. Polycarp’s Church, Belfast

Welcome and Bidding Prayer- Canon Noel Battye

Carol: O Holy Night! - Choir of Grosvenor Grammar School

First Lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-15, 17-19 -read by Keith Crawford

Carol: Ding! Dong! Merrily on High -Omagh Integrated Primary School

Second Lesson: Genesis 22, vv 15-18 – read by Anne Morrison-Smyth

Carol: O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Choir of St. Polycarp’s Church, Belfast

Third Lesson: Isaiah 9, vv 2, 6, 7 - read by Brian Mullen

Carol: Oiche Chiúin (Silent Night) – Róisín Elsafty and Ronan Brown

Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11, vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 - read by Joel Taggart

Carol: Do You Hear What I Hear - St Joseph’s Primary School , Newcastle

Fifth Lesson: Luke 1, vv 26-35, 38 - read by Wendy Austin

Carol: The Annunciation - Choir of St. Polycarp’s Church, Belfast

Sixth Lesson: Luke 2, vv 1, 3-7 - read by Jessie Yu

Carol: Away in a Manger – The Choirs of Inch and Kilmore Parish Churches

Seventh Lesson: Luke 2, vv 8-16 - read by Stephen McAuley

Carol: Child In A Manger Born - Lisnasharragh Primary School, Belfast

Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2, vv 1-12 - read by Audrey Carville

Carol: We Three Kings - Choir of St. Polycarp’s Church, Belfast

Ninth Lesson: John 1, vv 1-14 - read by Walter Love

Carol: The Truth from Above – Choir of St. Mark’s, Portadown

Poem: The Guest (anon.) – Canon Noel Battye

Carol: In the Bleak Mid-winter – Ruth Trimble

Prayers and Blessing – Canon Noel Battye

Carol: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Choir of St. Polycarp’s Church, Belfast