Lessons and Carols - 15/01/2017
Locatie: Nieuwe KerkAanvang: 17:00
Aanvullende informatie:
Voor het vierde jaar op rij: de Lessons & Carols voor Epifanie met het koor Choral Voices o.l.v. Daniël Rouwkema! Een dienst met afwisselend lezingen en gezongen carols.
In Groot Brittannië worden ze gehouden in Advent, tijdens de Kerstdagen en in de periode van Epifanie. Dat de hemel popelend voor ons open gaat, dat feest is te groot voor alleen de kerstdagen.
Kom en geniet van de prachtige koorzang en van de goede woorden van het Evangelie. En zing nog even die prachtige melodieën mee.
Voorganger is ds. Evert Jan Veldman.
Epiphany Carol Service
sung by Choral Voices
Choir-master: Organist: Officiant:
Daniël Rouwkema Mattijs de Vreugd Evert Jan Veldman
Nieuwe Kerk Groningen, Sunday 15th of January 2017
EPIPHANY
Epiphany celebrates the appearance of God’s glory in the world through the birth of Jesus, our Emmanuel (‘God with us’), and the revelation of the incarnation to the Gentiles, and indeed the whole of creation. It has been marked since the 3rd century with a Feast Day on the 6th of January and celebrated in both East and West in a rich variety of ways. In the Western Church, the emphasis has been on the nativity itself and the acknowledgement of Christ’s sovereignty over all through the visit of the Magi bringing their gifts of frankincense, gold and myrrh. The revelation of his true nature is echoed by the words of the prophet Simeon, the Nunc Dimittis, at the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (February 2nd) that marks the end of the season of Epiphany.
The Greek word epiphany (έπιφάνεια) means literally ‘sudden appearance’ and refers above all to the ‘manifestation’ of a god. It is the moment and the means by which we see that Jesus is so much more than a good human being, a wise teacher and a moral example but in fact God made man, the Word become flesh. It is in this sense that Simeon declares him to be ‘salvation’ and ‘a light to lighten the Gentiles’ and that later Jesus calls himself ‘the Light of the World’, and so the symbolism of light pervades both this season and our service. Christ calls us out of darkness and into light, so that we may recognise the imprints of his divine fashioning in all creation. We pray that our eyes may be opened to see his glory: to have reverence for the whole of creation and respect for every person, for all are made in the image and likeness of God.
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