A holiday tradition continues at Westminster College with the annual Christmas Vesper service Sunday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.

The service, which annually attracts nearly 2,000 visitors, includes traditional Christmas music, sung by the audience and various Westminster choirs. The Westminster Brass Quintet will provide prelude music. Dr. Robin Lind will direct the Concert Choir, the Chamber Choir, and the Men's Choir, while Sharon Rotuna will direct the Women's Choir. The Handbell Choir is under the direction of Anne Bruening. Elizabeth Harrison, college organist, will perform several numbers on the pipe organ, and the Rev. James R. Mohr II, college chaplain, will deliver the sermon.

The Christmas gifts displayed in Orr Lobby were purchased by members of the College Community for needy families and foster children in Lawrence County - an annual project coordinated by the Chapel staff led by Keturah Laney, chapel assistant. Campus luminaries, which provide a lighted path to the event, were purchased by the Residence Life staff.

The evening's offering is designated for the Westminster College Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity International. The chapter is attempting to raise $5,000 this year in an effort to build housing in our region and around the world. In the past 11 years, the Westminster's chapter has raised over $124,000 to support the work of Habitat.

For more information, contact Mohr at (724) 946-7116 or e-mail mohrjr@westminster.edu.

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