Join the festive Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist at St. James Episcopal church online via Facebook or YouTube, or if you are near Hendersonville, NC, join in person. The 8 p.m. EST service will be a traditional festal Eucharist with choir, trumpet, handbells, sung liturgy, incense, and candlelight.
This service will include a Willis Bodine original composition: a new arrangement of “Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming” for six handbells and solo flute. The Handbell Choir is directed by Linda Hill, the flautist is Paul Doebler (Juilliard graduate and church choir member) and the presentation will be conducted by Brad Gee, director of music ministries.