Covenant Church
Christmas Cantata"
“LOVE TRANSCENDING”
By John Poierson
Wednesday, Dec. t7 — 7:30 pan.
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Ladies Trio.Patricia Nelson, Erma Johnson, Gertrude Fondell
Lore Transcending .... Choir
In flie Beginning Was the Word ... Solo by Ernie Hanson
Ho Shall Bo Groat . Frances Johnson, Fred SaTok, Choir
And of His Kingdom There Shall Be No End.Choir
Down from His Glory.. Solo by James Oksoktaruk
The Birthday of the King . Solo by Patricia Nelson, Choir
In the Manger See Him Sleeping .. Ladies
Hare You Room for Jesus? . Choir
Where Is He That Is Born the King of Jows? ... Mon
We Three Kings ... Mon
Fear Not: for. Behold, I Bring You Good Tidings
Solo by Erma Johnson
Glory to God in the Highest . Choir
O Holy Night . Solo by Ernie Hanson, Choir
Finale ... Choir
Directors: H. R. Amundsen, Ruth Towner
Accompanists: Jeanette Amundsen, Erma Johnson
Narrator: Ralph Fondell
CHOIR
Sporanos: Patricia Nelson, Dorothy Lee, Minnie Fagerstrom, Gloria Carlson,
Jennie Oksoktaruk, Esther Charles, Elsie Okltkon, Edith Sagoonik, Ruth Towner
Agnes Komakhuk, Marilyn Lavender, Erma Johnson
Altos: Alma Tungwenuk, Harriet Amundsen, Irene Otton, Frances Johnson,
Annie Adams, Mary Walker, Mollie Curran, Charlotte Parkmen
Tenors: Howie Nelson, Fred Savok, Gabriel Okltkon, Henry Adams
Basses: James Oksoktaruk, Pete Curran, Ernie Hanaon, August Omegechawk
Mysteries of
Heaven Surround
Star of Bethlehem
In the mysteries of the heavens
lie three possible explanations
from modern astronimers for the
dazzling Star of Bethlehem.
The Bible says the star appear
ed suddenly and led the Magi to
the manger in Bethlehem.
If the star was not super
natural, it might be explained by
apy one of three natural stellar
events. The three are all possible
explanations produced in years
of study by astronomers consider
ing the Christmas story.
Three Natural Possibilities
One, it might have been a su
pernova. Suddenly a faint or even
invisible star explodes in force
equal to billions of atom bombs.
The exploding star glows brilli
antly for a time, then slowly dies
down to its former insignificance
or less.
Two, it might have been a
comet, a speeding visitor from
outer space.
Three, it could have been an
unusual conjunction or apparent
nearness of two or even three
planets, which shone brilliantly
for a time, and which seemingly
moved across the skies.
Plenty of Argument
Historically, astronomers have
produced arguments for and
against each of these possibilities.
New-born stars and super
novae are not uncommon among
the billions of billions of stars
in the universe. They appear sud
denly to our vision, when the
light from the cosmic explosion
reaches earth, and could be in
terpreted as a new and entirely
strange and meaningful star. But a
supernovae would be relatively
fixed in the background of stars,
not move as readily or rapidly
as the Star of Bethlehem moved. I
A new and brilliant comet,
brighter than the Arend-Roland
comet of last spring, could have
been the Bethlehem Star. But
such comets are generally seen
widely over the world, not merely
in one quarter or area. The arri
val of a new comet probably
would have been recorded by as
tronomers of the day somewhere
in the world. Too, comets gen
erally are popularly thought to
be omens of disaster rather than
of joyous events.
Triple Display?
Perhaps, say the astronomers,
the star could have been a con
junction of the planets Jupiter
and Saturn as they passed one
another in our skies. Even Mars,
the red planet, could have joined
them at the time of the birth of
Christ in a close configuration for
a brilliant triple display and
seemingly new phenomenam.
Knowledge and concepts of as
tronomy in times long past, and
some beliefs then in astrology, all
complicate efforts fully to explain
the Star of Bethlehem as natural
or supernatural.
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"FAMILY NIGHT" OF
BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY
A “Family Night” of basketball
is slated for Wednesday night at
Nome School. Regular admission
prices will be charged except that
If mother, dad, and the kids all
show up at the ticket office at the j
tame time, $1 will see them all in.
The first game will start at 6:30
with three Little League fracases
scheduled. The big game of the
evening will pit the Nome High
School Nanooks against a make
up team of vacationing college
boys — all of wham, are former
Nanooks.
(Dial 2831 for
Arctic Sanitary
Service
Community Methodist Church
Christmas Concert
Dec. 24 — 7:00 p.m.
Prelude . Mr. Robert Baldwin
Hymn No. 88 "Hark the Herald Angels Slag".. Congregation
Star of the Midnight . Choir
He Became Poor .... Allayne Dinkel, Opal Baldwin. Juanita Huffar
Christmas Lullaby . Choir
"O Come All Ye Faithful". Trumpet Duet by
R. Lahti, H. Johnson, Jr.
"If It Hadn't Boon for Josus" ... Trio
O Holy Might . Solo by Mrs. C. McLain
Off or story
No Room for the Savior .... Duet by Opal Baldwin, Jaunita Huffar
Violin Solo .. Richard Lao
Birthday of a King . Choir
"Joy to the World" . Congregation
Benediction . Gerald McCray
Postlude . Organist
Mr. Russell Lahti is the director and Mr. Robert Baldwin
is the organist. The other members are: Cookie Johnson, Mrs.
H. Huffar, Mrs. R. Baldwin, Rev. Gerald McCray. Eddie Gungek,
Miss Lillie Tungwenuk, Miss Ann Chambers. Mrs. Carrie Me*
Lain, Mrs. Charles Reader, Mrs. Walter Atuk.
The Candle Light Service will replace our Evening Worship
at 7*00. A 8:00 we will have a 16 mm film entitled "The Spirit
of Christmas." The MYF will go Christmas caroling at 9:00 and
have refreshments at the LWY.
TO WISH YOU A
MEM
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