Cheerful singing filled the Oak Harbor Senior Center Monday as sixth-grade students from North Whidbey Middle School brought the holidays to life in song.
North Whidbey Middle School choral director Linda McLean used to take the seventh and eighth-grade choirs to sing for the seniors and is working to make this an annual event again. This was the first time she took the sixth-grade choir.
Each Christmas I crave gingerbread and I’m not sure why. I make gingerbread pancakes, cake and dip, gingerbread lattes, houses and people.
Next week most rooms in our house will be filled with blow-up beds as family members gather to celebrate the holiday together. While considering some group activities, I checked out a gingerbread house kit that included a gingerbread family. It looked like fun, but absent was the enticing aroma. I also imagined chewing with extreme care and calling out for an emergency glass of cold milk to subdue the dusty burn of powdered ginger.
Whidbey Presbyterians will worship together Sunday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m.
At Coupeville United Methodist Church Sunday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. the popular choir will offer their annual Christmas Cantata, a full hour of music and special readings.
Discover how to feel peaceful even when your “to-do” list seems a mile long, and how prayer can help you feel God’s presence in times of frustration and weariness.
Angeli vocalists will hold their CHRISTMAS CONCERT at Regency on Whidbey Sunday, Dec. 18.
Get ready to audition for “Wish Upon a Star,” a musical revue celebrating the child in everyone, at the Whidbey Playhouse.
Whidbey Island Orchetras will be hosting a holiday concert and community party Friday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Langley United Methodist Church.
There will be music by the Whidbey Island Youth Orchestra, Whidbey Island Community Orchestra and by small ensembles from within the orchestras and their friends, as well as a holiday carol sing along.
Refreshments will be provided. Admission is free.
Give the gift of horsemanship lessons, from getting back on a horse for the first time in 30 years to learning vaulting. Equestrian Crossings is accepting applications for winter riding lessons.
Registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 23.
Chris Spencer of Langley is the grand prize winner of the 2011 Spirit of Writing competition.
Oak Harbor Lutheran Church will host Christmas worship services on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Gratitude is a good thing; it calms us and softens our hearts. But what happens when we are hurting and we can’t get to gratitude? Is gratitude possible in those circumstances?
The Bible makes clear that God is the God of hope. Under his care, hearts have been uplifted, hopeless conditions have been reversed, bodies have ben healed and lives have been regenerated.
