by Kaelah Monroe on 2013-12-18
The Moreno Valley United Methodist Church (MVUMC) held a Children's Christmas Pageant on Dec. 15, planned and hosted by the children's ministry. The event, called "Celebration of the Christ Child," highlighted the importance of the Christmas holiday as a time to remember the day Jesus was born to Mary in Christian belief.
Event organizer Katrina Pahulu explained, “The pageant is to entertain the kids but most of all it's also to educate them in why we celebrate Christmas. That is why the day is named after Jesus.”
About 60 children were part of this year’s pageant. Pahulu gave a special thank you to those who contributed to the production, including Grace Youngston on the piano and Brian Fish for donating his father's spotlight before the show began.
Each child was dressed up as a Biblical character and the story began with the virgin Mary in Galilee of Nazareth as she was being told by an angel that she was to conceive a son by the Holy Spirit. The angel told her the child would be a son of God.
When Mary told Joseph, her fiancé, he was a little discouraged but was accepting of Mary. The play then depicted Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. This triggered a symphony of kids to begin singing a melody of numerous hallelujahs.
For the closing act, the actors and actresses got together onstage and began to sing a mixture of verses from songs such as "Amazing Grace" and "Deck the Halls" to throw in a little Christmas spirit. Rows of parents and relatives stood up and gave a round of applause to the kids.
Pastor Finau then gave another thank you to those who helped put together the show.
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Children's Christmas Pageant
Date: Sunday, December 15, 2013
Time: 10:30 a.m.
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Event Location: MV United Methodist Church
Address: 10271 Heacock Street Moreno Valley CA 92557
Description: Followed by a Pizza Party for all!
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
Many people know Christmas as the day Christ was born to the Virgin Mary. The Moreno Valley United Methodist Church held a children’s Christmas pageant on Sunday the 15th showing all its guests the value of Christmas and how it came about. It was called Celebration of the Christ Child. The show was put together by the children’s ministry. Katrina Pahulu explained, “The pageant is entertain the kids, but most of all educate them in why we celebrate Christmas. That is why the day is named after Jesus.”
Katrina started the pageant off with a short story of how the pageant came about. At first she didn’t even know what a pageant was until other members of the church explained it to her. Ever since then, the church has been holding them every year. 60 kids were in this year’s pageant and were all very excited to participate. She described the pageant as “the bomb.com” after she told of how hard everyone practiced for it. Afterward, she was kind enough to announce all of the people who made their contributions to the play, such as Grace Youngston on the piano and Brian Fish for donating his father’s spotlight, and then signaled for the show to start.
Each child was dressed up as a character from the bible. The story started off with the Virgin Mary in Galilee of Nazareth as she was being told by an angel that she was to conceive a son by the Holy Spirit. She began to question how before the angel told her that the child would be a son of God. “Nothing is impossible with god.”
When Mary told Joseph, her fiancée, he was a little discourage, but was accepting of Mary. The play then depicted Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. This triggered a symphony of kids to begin singing a melody of numerous hallelujahs.
For the closing act, every one of the actors and actresses got together on stage and began to sing a mixture of verses from songs such as Amazing Grace and Deck the Halls to throw in a little Christmas spirit. Rows of parents and relatives stood up and gave a round of applause to the kids.
Pastor Finau gave another thank you to those who helped put together the show. All together, the show was a success with many people filling up seats to watch the children perform. Many people were happy to see the kids do so well at performing this famous traditional story