Previous to Sunday’s performances, the welcome was by Sally and Erik Parmenter, who served as narrators, with an invocation by Daniel Cross. Displays happen at First Christian/Residing Hope Church, 546 North Sixth, Watseka. Pastors are Roy Johnson and Ben Stone.

Directorship of the choir this 12 months was divided amongst Denise Kosik and Pat Neal, with Jessica Fehland main the youth choir, “Joyful Noyz.”

Members of “Joyful Noyz” are Ellie Simpson, Olivia Ladd, Emersyn Kingdon, Seth Wittenborn, Jasmine Schroeder, Sydney Nuss, Kade Legan, Blakely Henneike, Kolbee Shoufler and Seth Wittenborn.

Because the choir entered the church, the viewers was invited to sing alongside “Gloria in Excelsis Deo!” The presentation opened with the cantata choir and Joyful Noyz singing “Let There be Pleasure,” adopted by a solo efficiency by Jessica Fehland of “When the Little Child Boy was Born.” That solo will probably be sung by Kena Clark for the 2 remaining shows.

Mendi Wolfe was the featured soloist of “Hope of the Damaged World,” with Jordyn Ward performig a solo throughout “The Nice I Am.” Throughout “A King Is Coming To City,” Earl Kroll was the soloist with a particular efficiency by the Reward Workforce, which is made up of Deb Monk, Jani Massey, Larry Buess, Andrew Buess, Dale Weaver and Jeff Petersen. All the choir then sang “Sing We Gloria!”

The Cantata choir sang “For All to See,” with “Household Indicators” “signing” the tune. Joyful Noyz carried out “A Unusual Strategy to Save the World,” which featured Religion Aaron and Payton Anderson as soloists and a quintet made up of Raegan Gooding, Dale Weaver, Kimra Anderson, Samantha Gooding and David Nagele.

The congregation joined the cantata choir in the course of the singing of “Silent Night time,” adopted by the cantata choir singing “O Holy Night time.” Calley Kaeb was the featured soloist throughout “Who May Think about a King,” Kassidy Crabtree was the featured soloist throughout “Whereas You Have been Sleeping,” and Jayne Henrichs and Gary Cahoe sang a duet throughout “Let There Be Gentle.” The cantata choir and Joyful Noyz closed the presentation with “Let There Be Pleasure.”

“Hope of the Damaged World” was created by David T. Clydesdale and David Clark.

Cantata choir members are: Dr. David Nagele of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Kentland, IN; Kena Clark, Jayne Henrichs, Denise Kosik, Ruth Newman and Megan Schippert of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Woodworth; Gloria Huizenga of Danforth Reformed Church; Pam Kissack and Shirley Redeker of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Crescent Metropolis; Sharon Hoy and Cathy Shide of Milford Christian Church; and Tyler Robinson of Residing Phrase Church, Roberts.

Different cantata choir members are Andrew Buess and Larry Buess of St. James Lutheran of Lafayette, Ind.; Pat Ward of Immaculate Conception, Gilman; Suzanne Gentle of Darrow Church of Christ, Deb Monk of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Gilman; Dale Weaver of Bethel Baptist, Bourbonnais; Jeanne Brown, Bob Burd, Amy Dickte, Jessica Fehland, Pastor Darla Holden, Lyle Kofoot, Hannah Mitchello, Jeff Petersen and Mary Thrall, all the United Methodist Church, Watseka.

Different singers are: Jordyn Ward of Asbury Methodist, Kankakee; Calley Kaeb of Grace Bible Church, Cissna Park; Kade Legan of Calvary Lutheran Church; Kassidy Crabtree and Jani Massey of Cornerstone Church; and Kimra Anderson, Payton Anderson, Trey Bruens, Gary Cahoe, Raegan Gooding and Samantha Gooding of St. Edmund’s Catholic Church, Watseka.

The remaining singers are: Pam Cross, Anna Parmenter, Erik Parmenter, Sally Parmenter, Leah Renee Pettry, Abby Stone and Abby Tindle of Residing Hope Church; Religion Aaron, Sydney Nuss, Jeff Shaner, Mandi Shaner and Ellie Simpson of Trinity Church; and Kelly Berry, Blakely Heinneike, Earl Kroll, Greg Muehling, Linda Muehling, Pat Neal, Jasmine Schroeder, Pryscilla Stam, Tod Waters and Mendi Wolfe, of First Christian Church, Watseka.

Pianists for the cantata are Anna Parmenter, Kelsey Gioja and Mitchell Galyen, with Cathy Shide in control of multimedia, Chris Meredith in control of sound, David Parmenter in control of the highlight, and Kelsey Gioja manning the lights.