Welcome to Advent! As you might expect from someone like me, this season and the upcoming Christmas festivities have me thinking about music. This year, I decided to go searching for carols much beloved by this community and those who are affiliated with it, asking for the stories about why they are so beloved, and having that most precious blessing of the season, which is to sing (together!) before the newborn King in our beautifully preserved Woodward's creche.

Here is the first video in the series, featuring Lauren Odile Pinkney (missioner for youth in the Diocese of New Westminster) sharing her beautiful memories of Christmas with her family and singing the lovely Forest Green setting of "O Little Town of Bethlehem."