BY VIRGINIA DENMARK
Hope Baptist Church
Hope Baptist Church hosted its Christmas music and drama program, “The LAST First Christmas,” on Dec. 18. The cast included children, youth and adults who told the birth-of-Christ story as shared in the Bible.
The premise was with all the uncertainties we are living in today, what if this holiday season is the last time — the last year — we could have the opportunity to share the true story of Christmas — Jesus’ birth?
The setting began with a shopping mall scenario featuring an entrance for holiday pictures. That scene quickly transformed into the Nativity. The “Ho, Ho, Ho” above the arch became “Holy, Holy, Holy.”
Singing a total of 10 featured songs were Tara and Paul Ritchie, Brandi Hillhouse, Ernie Triest, Justin Feagle, Terry and Virginia Denmark. Scripture Narrator was Chris Lowry. Lead actors were Pat Waldrop and Virginia Denmark.
