'Tis the night before Jesus when all through the earth,

Every creature is stirring for a new baby's birth.

Here is a Christmas Eve service that persons of all ages will enjoy. It may easily be presented by the younger members of your congregation.

It includes a complete order of service with:

- Suggested music for children's choir

- Hymns for the entire congregation

- Parts for a speaking choir

- A brief monolgue by Mary

- One page listing additional hymns that could be used with the service

Robert Mueller is a native of Arkansas and has been pastor of Lutheran congregations in Louisiana, Kansas, and Iowa. He is presently a free-lance writer living near Ponchatoula, Louisiana. His other CSS books include For People Just Like Us, Seven Tell Their Story, and Good Morning, Jersalem