A Festival of Lessons and Carols to be presented

Bill and Linda Poplin Contributor A Festival of Lessons and Carols will be presented at Covenant First Presbyterian Church, located at 421 White Ave., in Live Oak, at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14. The cantata, "Sing Noel" by Hal Hopson, will be sung. The congregation will join in singing some of the carols. Lessons and Carols had its origin at Truro Cathedral in England on Christmas Eve 1880, when a service of scripture and supporting carols was developed by F. W. Benson, the Bishop of Truro. Some 38 years later, in 1918, this format was adapted for Christmas Eve at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England. The BBC broadcast from King’s College helped to popularize the Service of Lessons