Come enjoy an afternoon of Christmas and holiday favorites presented by various Bethany musical groups including: the Bethany Orchestra, All God’s People Chimes, PURE SOUND, JuBELLation, Journeymen, Hallelujah Ringers, Grace Notes and Bethany Bells.  This is the perfect time to invite your friends to visit Bethany.

The Chancel Choir, Bethany Orchestra, and PURE SOUND will present A Child Is Born a cantata by Mary McDonald directed by Curt Olson, with narration by Pam Mitchell and Grant Kail.  The most significant aspect of Christmas is the birth of the Christ Child.  Recognizing Jesus’ birth as the coming of the Christ-Light offers us hope, peace, love and new life. Blending together familiar carols and praise choruses along with new songs A Child is Born conveys the significance of God’s incredible gift and is truly a joyous worship experience that will touch hearts and enrich your Christmas celebration.

Messengers of Grace will present songs from Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God – the TRUE tale of the coming of Christ.  Come and enjoy the telling of the Great Story in song and reading, what C.S. Lewis called the “true myth”; the Story that is bigger than life, but is astoundingly true.

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a worship service celebrating the birth of Jesus.  The format was conceived by E. W. Benson, later Archbishop of Canterbury, for Christmas Eve 1880 in Truro, England.  In 1918 it was adapted for the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, by its Dean, Eric Milner-White.  The service weaves together scripture and song in a progression that carries us from prophecy to fulfillment, from Old Testament foretelling to a birthday celebration.  While this Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols has been edited for United Methodist congregations, a version of this service is used in many different church denominations around the world.  Join us for this special worship celebration.