What is the role of the choir or parish music ministry during a Christmas Carol Festival event?
Our aim during a Christmas Carol Festival event is to help people encounter God through SINGING Christmas carols about the Good News of the birth of Jesus. We provide the opportunity to experience God’s healing and reassuring presence as we sing carols. Music can also convert and renew us as we offer a simple “Yes” to the message contained in the lyrics. If there are choir members or music ministers who are comfortable with this evangelizing focus, they are welcome. Their expertise in leading congregational prayer through music would be a valuable addition. That being said, everyone involved should lay aside the goal of offering a concert, as inspiring as that may be. We are encouraging the discovery and rediscovery of God’s message through singing. In any case, you should be in contact with music ministries and choirs about what you are doing. It might also be helpful to request a list of traditional Jesus-centered carols that will be used on Christmas, so that these same carols could
