Courtyard Apartments Christmas Party

The Courtyard Apartments in Elizabethton has been a regular carolling stop for Calvary Baptist Church each Christmas. This year the church decided to do something a little different for the apartment's over seventy-five elderly residents. Pastor Joe Sorah told us about the decision, "Two years ago when we came and we sang out here and we saw folks on each level and I said to myself, 'We need to do something for these folks. We need to do something for Christmas.'" That is just what they did. They held a Christmas party Wednesday at the Courtyard Apartments. The party included many festivities. The most notable was the singing of Christmas carols. In addition to various carols, there was food, a trivia game, and the giving of gifts. Pastor Sorah told us that the church had given much more for the gifts than expected by more than doubling the goal and giving $50. Courtyard Apartments resident Lucy Davis said, "It really was a blessing...That's the true meaning of Christmas, when we love one another." After opening her gift she was very excited and said that she thought it was wonderful. Other residents were said to have been seen crying or trembling.

WCYB's Meet News 5 Night Postponed

After huge amounts of snow last Monday, WCYB’s “Meet News 5 Night” at Speedway in Lights has been postponed to January 3. Every Monday night at Speedway in Lights is sponsored by WCYB, and you can get a two dollar off coupon for any Monday night online at www.wcyb.com.

Christmas Programs at Local Church

The children and teens of Calvary Baptist Church performed their Christmas programmes on Sunday. The children had a musical entitled, “Arrest These Merry Gentlemen”. In the evening, the teens performed the drama, “The Angels’ Return”.

Upcoming Christmas Events

This month is full of events to celebrate Christ’s birthday.

On Mondays, at Speedway in Lights, you can get two dollars off the normal price when you print a coupon off of wcyb.com. Speedway is from 6pm to 10pm.
At Calvary Baptist Church, the Children’s Choir will be having their performance on Sunday at 6:30 entitled, “Arrest These Merry Gentlemen”.
Calvary’s Youth will be performing their Christmas play on the 19th at 6:30. It is “The Angels’ Return”.
Calvary’s Christmas Eve Service will be at 10 o’clock on the 24th.

Ivory Coast Election Crisis

The African country of Ivory Coast is in turmoil after results of the presidential election was prevented from being announced by supporters of the incumbent. Both candidates believe that they are the winner. The United Nations has accepted the challenging candidate as the winner.

Christian Woman on Death Row in Pakistan

A Christian woman in Pakistan has been sentenced to death after being accused of blaspheming Islam. Her family has gone into hiding for the risk of also being attacked. The woman was said to have insulted the prophet Muhammad. She denies the charges.