50th Annual Candlelight Carol Service Will Feature Choirs, Brass and Handbells

Washington, D.C. - The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., will host the 50th annual Candlelight Carol Service beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, with instrumental music, the church's chancel choir, the Friday Morning Music Club Chorale and the Runnymede Singers.

The audience will be invited to join in carol singing when the choirs, introduced by a brass fanfare and led by the First Baptist Church Handbells, begin their procession at 4:30 p.m. Webster Alexander Rogers Jr., Music Director of the Friday Morning Music Club Chorale, will lead the combined choirs in concert.

The program will be held in the First Baptist Church sanctuary, 1328 16th St. NW. The sanctuary was completed in 1956, and the Church invited district choirs to join the first Candlelight Carol Service the following year. The service has continued without interruption on the second Sunday of each December since then.

The program is free of charge, but donations will be received to help defray expenses.

For more information, contact First Baptist Church at 202-387-2206.

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