Christmas Musicals for Church
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The Simply Word Series, from Word Music & Church Resources, is fast becoming the go-to source for those who wish to achieve a "big choir sound" with easily attainable and creatively accessible vocal part writing. Within that framework we announce the release of the latest Simply Word Christmas musical: O NIGHT DIVINE… Dawn of Love's Pure Light! From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!… Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin… comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O NIGHT DIVINE compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. For those who longed for His coming, the events surrounding His holy birth were cause for exuberant expressions of great joy and thankfulness to God for the gift of His Son, our long-awaited Savior. More than 2000 years later, we still find cause for celebration! He is Lord. He is our Savior. Our remembrance and reverence of the story of His blessed birth releases within the heart of every believer a desire to rejoice with exceeding great joy! For those who waited for the Messiah to be born, that divine night in Bethlehem was confirmation that the time had come for God's promise to come to fruition. Today we ring the bells of Christmas in celebration of that night divine, and in celebration of the profound impact it has on our lives still today. He is born… the divine Christ Child! O NIGHT DIVINE features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O NIGHT DIVINE, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas! 0 80689 55617 3 O NIGHT DIVINE Arr. Mauldin, S. W. SATB a division of wordmusic.com RING THE BELLS GLORIA (EMMANUEL HAS COME) CAROL HYMN MEDLEY (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) THE TIME HAS COME HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS A CHRISTMAS ALLELUIA O NIGHT DIVINE with A Christmas Alleluia FINALE with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise)