Arrangements are in process for the first area Messiah Sing In sponsored by the Harmonia Music Association in conjunction with the Lebanon Valley College Music Department. This presentation of Handel’s major work will be held in Miller Chapel on the LVC Campus on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 3 PM. Dr. Mark Mecham, former past Chair of the Music Department will conduct with Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman, Organist and Chairman of LVC’s Organ Department. Soloists are Jessica Weidman, Soprano; Amy Yovanovich, Mezzo/Alto; Jonathan Walker-Vankuren, Tenor; Jason Widney, Bass/Baritone and Christopher Campbell, Trumpet. A donation will be accepted in support of Harmonia’s Scholarship Fund. $2000 Scholarships are awarded annually to Lebanon County seniors who plan to be active in music in college.

Singers are cordially invited to join the chorus, No rehearsals. Just join the group and spend the afternoon singing Handel’s Messiah. To register and for more information, please email messiahsingin2023@gmail.com or by U.S. mail to Messiah Sing In, 1051 English Drive, Lebanon, PA 17042.

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on Isaiah 9:6.

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.”

The birth of Jesus to the world 2,000 years ago means that we were offered a gift. Jesus is God’s gift to the world to free us from the penalty of sin and to give us a new place in His family of believers. Fear of death or the future no longer has to paralyze us from enjoying life today. Eternal life is the promise of hope for everyone who receives the gift that God offered on that first Christmas morning.

Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death….” That is what we deserve by our disobedient actions. But when grace enters the picture, our sins are no longer counted against us. The second part of Romans 6:23 says, “But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Receiving the gift of Jesus as Lord and Savior is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com