The virtual choir cantata is now live on the Conference's YouTube Channel! We hope this brings joy to you and your church this Advent and Christmas season. There is no limit to the number of times it can be played from YouTube for the next six months, so feel free to play them as much as you would like as part of your worship services or special events.

There are multiple ways to use this video offering. You can play the full cantata video, available here. You can also use individual piece for the Sundays through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Playlist with each piece as its own video available here.

If you would like to download them instead of playing from YouTube, please contact Julie Holm.

The Full running time is about 35 minutes. Individual pieces are:

My Lord What A Morning: 6:55

Mary Had A Baby: 4:33

Messiah Now Has Come: 5:40

Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow 3:29

Behold the Star: 5:08

Jesus, the Light of the World: 7:15

Go, Tell It on the Mountain: 4:38

 

Each segment has a hymn, a Christmas poem by Howard Thurman, and some artwork. If you use the individual segments, they each have credits after the artwork. If you use the full Cantata all the credits are at the end. There is a cantata guide available here.

Penn Central Conference wants to give a big "thank you" to Julie Holm for all of her hard work in bringing this together! We also want to thank each choir member and the other volunteers who worked hard to bring this beautiful music to the Conference.