Holiday Season Scheduling/Cantata

Hello all,

We're gearing up for the Christmas season in the SOJ Music Ministries.

We will start instrumental practices this week for the cantata on Thurs. nights at 6:15-6:50. The last portion of praise band will be dedicated to this.

Cantata Choir practice is on Thurs. nights from 7-8pm. It's not too late to join yet.

Our Sat. practices will be coming up and will include the cantata choir, narrators and the instrumentalists:

Sat. Nov. 21 10am-12
Sat. Dec. 5 10am -12

Our Christmas party will be on Dec. 5 at 7pm. Miss Dawn Theurer has graciously offered her home for this event. This is open to all of music ministry and we are asked to bring heavy hors d'oeuvres and our own drinks. Great to time to fellowship.

Thurs. Dec. 10 we plan to present our Christmas Cantata at the Weddington Park (by the Siskey Y) Nursing Home at 7pm.

Sun. Dec. 13 at the 11am service will be the Christmas Cantata "Only Love" invite friends and relatives.

Dec. 19 we have been invited to sing some of our Christmas Cantata selections at the Billy Graham "live nativity". We will not have narration in this presentation. We will also have time to do some carols as well as possibly doing some of your Christmas Eve selections if you'd like.

Sun. Dec. 20 the choir will be off for church services, but we have been invited to Carol at the Monroe Soup Kitchen. This will be a great outreach, but can be done with a small group if folks are already out of town. We have been asked to collect toiletries for small gift bags for these folks. You can bring anything you've collected to choir or instrumental practices between now and Dec.

Thurs. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve services -if you'd like to sing a special offering for the Christmas Eve services let me know what music you're doing so I can get it to Ian. We need to set up times that you and Ian can get together to prepare these pieces. You don't have to be in choir to participate in this offering.

Fri. Dec. 25 Christmas Day- Paul Thomas has again agreed to do the Christmas Service for us this year. He will have some special music for anyone who would like to participate again. I'll let you know when his practice to prepare this music will be. This is also open to anyone who would like to participate, not just choir members.


Thank you all for sharing your gifts and spreading the love of God in our telling of the Christmas Story!

God bless,
Rhonda