University of Mount Olive prepares for program
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Published in News on November 19, 2014 1:46 PM
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The University of Mount Olive is getting ready for its annual "Christmas by Candlelight" program, which is scheduled for Dec. 6.
MOUNT OLIVE -- The University of Mount Olive will host the sixth annual "Christmas by Candlelight" on Saturday, Dec. 6.
There will be two services with the first beginning at 2:30 p.m. and the second at 6:30 p.m. in the Mount Olive Assembly Hall, 207 Wooten St.
The services will be patterned after the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a traditional English evening service which began in Cambridge in 1918, and will include Scripture lessons and tracing salvation history. Each reading will be followed by a carol.
Music for the service will be provided by the University of Mount Olive Music Department and other local choirs including the Mount Olive Middle School Choir and the Mount Olive First Pentecostal Holiness Church.
"Christmas by Candlelight is a great way to recognize the Advent season, said the Rev. Carla Williamson, campus chaplain, and coordinator of the event. "As we prepare for the service we are reminded of our Christian values which serve as the very foundation of our university.
"We are also reminded that at the foundation of our Christian beliefs is the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. With all of that in mind and with the wonderful history of working together with our community, we prepare this evening as a gift to the community, a way that the University of Mount Olive can give back to those who mean so much to us."
Both services are free and open to the public, but general admission tickets are required because of limited seating.