Published on
June 1, 2005
An index of service outlines from past Lessons and Carols services, performed by Calvin University ensembles.

The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols was first sung at the Cathedral of Truro, England, and was later adapted for use in , Cambridge, where the service has been sung each Christmas since 1918. 

This service of Christian worship recounts the birth of Jesus, the fall of humanity, and the promise of the Messiah in short Bible readings from Genesis through the prophets and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carolshymns and choral music.

The service has been sung by the since 1974 at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in downtown Grand Rapids. Since 2003, the has joined the Campus Choir for this service. 

These worship service programs are available:

Until Justice and Peace Embrace (2023)
For God So Loved the Cosmos (2022)
(2021)
Healer of Our Every Ill (2020)
 (2019)
Reconciling All Things (2018)
Born to Die, Born to Rise (2017)
Angels, from the Realms of Glory (2016)
 (2015)
(2014)
(2013)
(2012)
(2011)
(2010)
(2009)
 (2008)
(2007)
(2006)
(2005) 
(2004) 
(2003) 
(2002) 
(2001) 
(2000) 
(1999) 
(1998) 
(1997)
(1993-1996)