Get With the Program

Sunday was the Mount Zion Community Church’s Christmas program. It was a dramatization of the biblical story of the Wisemen who came seeking the newborn King of the Jews. The story consisted of several acts, scene changes, and changes of actors. The different scenes were interspaced by songs sung by the entire choir, a song sung by our men’s group, and a song sung by the ladies of the choir.

Our younger members played the chimes and the congregation sang with the ringing of the hymn. I’m not entirely sure where our church got the costumes this year, but they were more realistic than the usual bathrobes and towel wrapped heads. The Roman guards are part on the costumes that our church had because of past dramatizations of Easter and for use in our other presentations.

The costumes of the Wiseman, King Herod, and the Jewish prophets were really impressive with bright colors and splashes of gold jewelry. The reading of selected Scripture set the scenes for each act. The stage crew arranged the props for each scene in readiness for the actors to take their places on the stage and to share the story of Wiremen seeking the Messiah.

As with most church programs, some small mistakes may creep in and Sunday’s performance was no exception. We made it through the entirety of the program. The congregation was singing the final hymn and the Kawi electronic piano emitted a loud sounding squawk and died. It was an awkward moment, but there was no real interruption and the congregation continued singing the hymn a carpella without a pause or break in the hymn. Even more unusual was that the hymn wasn’t a hymn that was usual to sing for the Christmas season.

And yes, I the old crow was a part of the choir and the men’s group singing. If you would like to see and hear the presentation you can view it by going to www.mtzionacme.org on the internet to enjoy the biblical story of the Wiseman and why wise people still seek Christ today.