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The Living Christmas Tree has been presented by Severns Valley Baptist Church of Elizabethtown, KY, for these 23 years as a Christmas gift to the community. While it is intended to be entertaining and to help set the mood for the holiday season, these are not the primary reasons for doing this production. The LCT is dedicated as a gift to God, to tell the story of the coming of Gods Son Jesus, the Messiah, who was born as one of us, lived a perfect life here on earth, and died for our sins. But he did not stay dead He arose and lives today, to give us forgiveness from our sins and eternal life if we will only accept it The LCT attempts to present this story in music and drama. For the first ten years of the Living Christmas Tree, the program consisted of only the Sanctuary Choir singing from the tree. Since then, a drama telling about the life of Jesus has been included. The program touches on the entire life of Christ. Its a Christmas program, so the first 80 minutes are about his birth including some prophecies and the political situation in Israel. This is followed by about eight minutes of his ministry and 20 minutes of his death, resurrection, and ascension. The entire program runs approximately one hour and 50 minutes, includes some 16 songs the number may vary slightly year to year, and approximately onethird of the music each year is new, and seventeen drama scenes. In addition, a light show using the hundreds of computercontrolled lights on the tree adds additional color during certain songs click on the technical page picture below for more on the lighting. The auditorium seats about 800 people and is usually completely full each evening; ten performances each year means that only about 8000 people are able to attend. A brief survey is taken at the beginning of each performance. Each time, over 50 of those attending are seeing it for the first time It is hard to believe that, after 20+ years, there are still this many firsttime visitors. The music and drama require nearly two hours, with no intermissions. It is not recommended for children younger than about 5 years of age due to its length and also because of the intensity of some of the scenes and sound effects. Child care facilities are provided. If you have tickets, plan to arrive 30 minutes before the performance. See below for ticket information.

 

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