New Bethlehem Area Community Choir

10/08/2025

🎄✨ Join Us for Christmas Music & Fellowship! ✨🎄

Celebrate the season at the 2025 Redbank Valley Church Association Christmas Festival of Carols! 🎶🙌 Gather with friends, family, and neighbors as we lift our voices in praise, share the warmth of the holidays, and celebrate the birth of Christ through beautiful carols and candlelight. 🕯️❤️

📅 Date: Sunday, December 7, 2025 🕖 Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Oakland Church of God, 122 Kohlersburg Road, Distant

Let the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with joy, peace, and love. 🌟 All are welcome to attend - come and be part of this treasured community tradition! 🎁

04/26/2025

🎶 EXTRA! EXTRA! Sing All About It! 🎶

Get ready for a night of incredible music and memories! Join us for the 67th Annual Parade of Barbershop Harmony, featuring the amazing NBC Chorus!

🗓️ Saturday, April 26, 2025
🕖 Curtain rises at 7:00 PM
📍 Redbank Valley High School
🎟️ $12 Advance Sale | $15 At The Door

Don’t miss this unforgettable celebration of harmony, tradition, and talent! Grab your tickets, bring your friends, and experience a night you’ll be singing about all year long!

04/18/2025

Celebrate Easter Weekend with Us! ✝️🌅🐣

EASTER:Join us for a meaningful and spirit-filled Easter weekend across the Redbank Valley community!

Friday, April 18th (Good Friday)
⛪ 12 PM - Good Friday Service
Hawthorn Nazarene Church | Rev. John Phillips speaking
Theme: “Love That Is Finished” - John 19:30 (No luncheon)

✝️ 1 PM - Annual Community Cross Walk
Starting at First Fellowship Church, 234 Penn St., New Bethlehem
“They led Him away to crucify Him.” - Matthew 27:31

🎶 7 PM - Community Easter Cantata
Oakland Church of God, Distant, PA

Sunday, April 20th (Easter Sunday)
🌅 7 AM - Easter Sunrise Service
First Church of God, New Bethlehem | Rev. Zach Lays speaking
Theme: “His Cup Poured Out” - Luke 22:20
Breakfast will follow

Let’s walk together in faith, hope, and resurrection joy this Easter!

04/14/2025

What a Beautiful Afternoon of Song & Praise! ✝️🎶🌿

PHOTOS: A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who attended today’s Come, Touch the Robe Easter concert, presented by the New Bethlehem Area Community Choir! Your presence made this Palm Sunday celebration extra special as we reflected on powerful moments through song and scripture. 📖🎵

Special thanks to our amazing director Bill Young for leading with passion and purpose, and to the Oakland Church of God in Distant for graciously hosting us in their warm and welcoming sanctuary. 🕊️⛪

*Photos courtesy of Liz Harmon of TechReady Professionals & RedbankValley.org 📸

What a Beautiful Afternoon of Song & Praise! ✝️🎶🌿

PHOTOS: A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who attended today’s Come, Touch the Robe Easter concert, presented by the New Bethlehem Area Community Choir! Your presence made this Palm Sunday celebration extra special as we reflected on powerful moments through song and scripture. 📖🎵

Special thanks to our amazing director Bill Young for leading with passion and purpose, and to the Oakland Church of God in Distant for graciously hosting us in their warm and welcoming sanctuary. 🕊️⛪

Blessings to all who shared their voices, their hearts, and their faith today! 💛

*Photos courtesy of Liz Harmon of TechReady Professionals & RedbankValley.org 📸

04/14/2025

What a Beautiful Afternoon of Song & Praise! ✝️🎶🌿

PHOTOS: A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who attended today’s Come, Touch the Robe Easter concert, presented by the New Bethlehem Area Community Choir! Your presence made this Palm Sunday celebration extra special as we reflected on powerful moments through song and scripture. 📖🎵

Special thanks to our amazing director Bill Young for leading with passion and purpose, and to the Oakland Church of God in Distant for graciously hosting us in their warm and welcoming sanctuary. 🕊️⛪

*Photos courtesy of Liz Harmon of TechReady Professionals & RedbankValley.org 📸

04/13/2025

TODAY: Palm Sunday Events You Won’t Want to Miss! ✝️🎶🍝
Make the most of this special day with faith, food, and fellowship across our community!

1️⃣ Easter Cantata - “Come, Touch the Robe”
Presented by the New Bethlehem Area Community Choir
📍Oakland Church of God, 122 Kohlersburg Rd, Distant
🗓️ Sunday, April 13 | ⏰ 2:00 PM
🎶 A soul-stirring musical journey through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus under the direction of Bill Young.

2️⃣ Spaghetti Dinner at St. Nicholas Church
📍3028 Shannondale Rd, Mayport (Crates Social Hall)
🗓️ Sunday, April 13 | ⏰ 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
🍝 Adults $10 | Kids under 12 $5 | Under 5 eat FREE
🧵 Enjoy a quilt raffle & country store while you dine in or take out!

3️⃣ Penn View Choir & Symphonic Ensemble
📍Cottage Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, 21 Champion Rd, New Bethlehem
🗓️ Sunday, April 13 | ⏰ 6:30 PM
🎺 Come hear this incredible choir and orchestra ensemble for an uplifting evening of music and praise!

04/11/2025

Easter Cantata to be performed in Distant

EXPERIENCE THE JOY and spirit of Easter with the New Bethlehem Area Community Choir as it presents the Easter cantata, “Come, Touch the Robe.”

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EXPERIENCE THE JOY and spirit of Easter with the New Bethlehem Area Community Choir as it presents the Easter cantata, “Come, Touch the Robe.” Presentations will take place at the

12/10/2024

PHOTOS: Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2024 New Bethlehem Area Community Choir Christmas Cantata, Joy Has Dawned! Your support and presence made this celebration of Christ’s birth truly special. 🌟🎄

A heartfelt thanks to all the talented choir members, our director Bill Young, narrator RoxAnn Henry, pianist Debbie Green, organist Dave Green, and sound technician Melodye Buzzard for their dedication and effort. 🎤🎹

*Photos courtesy of Liz Harmon of TechReady Professionals & RedbankValley.org! 📸💕



02/04/2023

TOMORROW: The New Bethlehem Area Community Choir will begin practicing for the Easter 2023 cantata on February 5th at 2 PM. All are welcome to join the choir!

Presentations of the cantata are
Palm Sunday, April 2, 2 pm
Good Friday, April 7, 7 pm
at the First Church of God
418 Brian Lane, New Bethlehem

01/22/2023

PRACTICE: The New Bethlehem Area Community Choir will begin practicing for the Easter 2023 cantata on February 5th at 2 PM. All are welcome to join the choir!

Presentations of the cantata are
Palm Sunday, April 2, 2 pm
Good Friday, April 7, 7 pm
at the First Church of God
418 Brian Lane, New Bethlehem