St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 6807 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville, will hold a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in celebration of Christmas at 4 p.m. Saturday, December 23. An organ prelude will begin at 3:30 p.m.
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a service that tells the story beginning with Adam’s expulsion from the garden, to the promise of a Messiah, culminating in the birth of Jesus and ending with the revelation of the mystery of the incarnation, reported church treasurer Ellen Kirby. This story is told through the reading of passages from the Bible interspersed with the singing of carols…