Here's where to find all the fun tonight!
Schedule of Events
6:00 - Arrive
- Hang your ornament on the tree
- Get some cocoa or decaf coffee
6:15 - Countdown to lighting
- Carols
6:25 - Activities start:
- Cookies, Cocoa, & Decaf Coffee
- Live Nativity Petting Zoo
- Bingo
- Craft
- Game Room
- Clothes Closet
Carols
Joy to the World
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the world! the Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Silent Night
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
'Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing, "Alleluia"
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth
The First Noel
The first Noel, the angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
In fields where they lay, they were keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night that was so deep
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel
The shepherds looked up, and they saw a bright star
Shining there in the East, beyond them far
And to the darkened earth, it gave a great light
And so it continued through day and through night
Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel
Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel
Born is the King of Israel
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King,
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with th’ angelic host proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Christ, by highest heaven adored;
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
late in time behold him come,
offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th’ incarnate Deity,
pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that man no more may die,
born to raise the sons of earth,
born to give us second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Bingo Rules
Each player gets 2 bingo cards for the night.
Use crayons to mark off your called out numbers.
Win with 5 in a row: vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.
When you have 5 in a row, call out BINGO!
If multiple people get a BINGO at the same time, prizes will be chosen in order of who called out "BINGO" first.
Come up to the prize table to have your numbers verified.
Once verified, you may choose one prize.
Each player may win only 1 prize for the night.
For our beautiful tree: Whispering Ridge Tree Farm
For helping set it up: Marble Tree Service
For cocoa & cups: Hammer's Auto Repair
For bingo prizes: Gg's House, Scoggins Creek Coffee, and Scentsy by Jehnna Pitts
For the straw in the nativity: Begert Family
For loaning us petting zoo animals: VanDerEems Family & Martha Walden
To our Gaston Community: You make this event amazing!