SKU: LX.239327

UPC: 821617010806.

In this short musical play, you'll join the Ponder family as they invite a young boy, Mike, to share Christmas with them. Through their family traditions, including the reading of the Christmas story, the gospel comes alive. The music, a blend of traditional carols and new compositions, is carefully crafted for success with young singers. Fourteen characters have costumed speaking roles, and up to 28 different narrators can be used to give everyone in your church, school, or homeschool group an opportunity to participate. This program is designed as a Sunday school program with sections for the preschool children, K-3rd graders, and 4-6th graders. The age categories are flexible. Many small speaking parts allow a large number of children to participate. In a smaller church, more than one narrator part can be given to each child.

SKU: JX.00-22799

English.

Join us as we turn back the clock to a time long before the first Christmas. As the clock ticks and the years pass, we hear the stories of Isaiah and Zechariah. We watch with amazement as the old, childless couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth, are blessed with the birth of their son, John. We gaze in wonder upon the scene as Mary receives the news that she is chosen to carry God's Son into the world. And we look with tenderness upon the manger scene as Jesus, the Messiah, is born in a humble cattle stall in Bethlehem. Both charming and humorous, 'Twas the Year Before Christmas is the perfect choice for church children's choirs, Christian schools or Sunday schools. Flexible and easy to teach. Approximately 20 minutes.

SKU: LO.65-1966S

UPC: 000308098303.

The birth of the Holy Child is gently recalled in this serene and contemplative mini-cantata. This composer's familiar hallmarks of colorful organ sounds and expressive choral writing shine throughout this luminous work. An original, flowing setting of Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus leads off the Bethlehem journey, followed by the well-known Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming. The very first awe-filled visitors are in attendance with While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, and all adore the new-born King with a sumptuous choral arrangement of Away in a Manger, weaving both familiar melodies together in simple tranquility. A sensitive setting of the Christina Rossetti poem, Love Came Down at Christmas brings the entire work together, quietly heralding Jesus' peaceful arrival on earth. The narrator comments throughout with the familiar Christmas story from St. Luke. You will find this work to be suitable for the Sundays before Christmas, on Christmas Day, and especially, on Christmas Eve.

SKU: MQ.60-8005-E

Commissioned for the 2001 Reformation Festival in Catawba County, North Carolina, this expanded setting on the tune Ein feste Burg was first performed in remembrance of 9/11 by adult and children's choirs, brass, and percussion (Timpani and Gong). Using Luther's own vigorous rhythms and a grand choral refrain from Psalm 46, this setting engages the singers and assembly in an exciting and dramatic experience. Verse 3 includes the choirs echoing each other in playful fashion while the accompaniment introduces Luther's Christmas hymn, From Heaven Above, all to portray God's victory over evil with one little Word, Jesus Christ. This stunning work can be performed with organ alone (Organ plays from Choral score) or with organ and brass (Organ plays from Full Score or Organ Part included in Instrumental Parts packet). When performed with organ and brass Organist plays from Full Score or Organ Part included in Instrumental Parts packet.