A program for this service may be found here.

Join us for our traditional Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. This community celebration of Christmas features the First Church Choir, First Church Ringers, Brass, Percussion, and organ. We also welcome readers from our congregation and from the greater Columbus community, including Dr. Melanie Corn, President of Columbus College of Art and Design; Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, Ohio House of Representatives, First District; Brooke A. Minto, Executive Director and CEO of the Columbus Museum of Art; and Zach Klein, Columbus City Attorney. A free-will offering will be shared by First Church Arts and the YWCA Family Center, which provides emergency shelter and critical services to stabilize homeless families in central Ohio.

Choral works include:
William Bradley Roberts- What Sweeter Musick
Carson Cooman- Adam Lay Ybounden
Dale Adelmann- Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
David Hurd- Tell Out, My Soul
Bob Chilcott- The Shepherd's Carol
Paul Edwards- No Small Wonder
Richard Dirksen- Welcome, All Wonders