Shopping is done, almost everything is wrapped, trees are up, lights are glowing, meals have been planned, stockings are ready to be hung with care.
It’s so easy to get caught up in the holiday rush. Take the time to pause and think of the real gifts this season. And listen for angels to be heard on high.
Music at Trinity
Tirinity Lutheran Church in Freeland will present a Christmas concert for flute and harpsichord with Jeffrey Cohan, flutist and George Shangrow, harpsichordist, Sunday, Dec. 23, at 2 p.m. An offering will be taken.
The duo will perform holiday arrangements including “Greensleeves,” “Silver Bells,” Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Corette’s “A German Noel,” Dandrieu’s “The Bells” and other carol arrangements.
Special music
this Sunday
Sunday morning worship services on Dec. 23 are at 8 and 10:30 a.m.
Both services will include music by a women’s sextet and a string quartet.
The quartet includes Marjorie McNae on viola, Dottie Chapman and Sherri Henderson on violins and Terry Keane on cello. Sunday School for children is at 9:15 a.m. All are welcome. The church is located on NW 2nd Avenue off Heller Street, near Oak Harbor High School.
Children’s program
Concordia Lutheran Church’s children’s program will be at 11 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 23. The church is at 590 N Oak Harbor Street.
Christmas service
Unitarian Universalists will have their Christmas service at 4 p.m, Sunday Dec. 23. The congregation’s choir will sing and their will be an instrumental ensemble. There will be carols and readings. Nursery provided for infants through age 4. Unitarian Universalits meet at Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland.
Hope For Humanity
The Seventh Day Adventist Church will be singing Christmas carols and collecting funds for the poor and needy from 6-8 p.m., Dec. 22. Carolers will provide receipts upon request as well as offer literature about Hope For Humanity, which is the charitable organization involveds. Part of these funds will be used locally, and part will be used to assist in national and international disasters.
‘Welcome
to our world’
Whidbey Evangelical Free Church in Greenbank will present their Christmas cantata, “Welcome to our world!” at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 23. The church is at 3770 Highway 525 in Greenbank.
‘Rejoice in
His coming’
Whidbey Presbyterian Church, 1148 SE 8th Ave. in Oak Harbor, will present the cantata “Rejoice in His coming” on Sunday Dec. 23 during the 9:30 and the 11 a.m. worship services. New songs and familiar carols are blended with narration.
Bible lesson-sermons
Christian Science Bible lesson-sermons for December are: Dec. 23 Is the Universe Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?; Dec. 30, Christian Science. The service begins at 10 a.m. The church is at 721 SW 20th Court off Scenic Heights Road.
A Shepherd’s Christmas
Family Bible Church, 2760 Heller Road, will host performances of A Shepherd’s Christmas on Dec. 23, beginning at 9 and 10:45 a.m. A Shepherd’s Christmas tells the story of the birth of Jesus through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy, who remained with the sheep when the shepherds went to Bethlehem. Dr. Alan R. Niquette, director of Dramatic Difference Ministries, wrote the program. Niquette, his wife Beth and their daughter Kyndi will perform, as will church members.
