Week 6 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Week 6 Walk to Bethlehem PA Fitness Challenge - O Come All Ye Faithful

Welcome to Week 6 of the Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge sponsored by the Woodleaf UMC health ministry program. This week includes Thanksgiving for those of us in the United States. Despite difficulties, we all have much for which to be grateful!

This week features "O Come, All Ye Faithful." Those who have sung with a choir or know Latin might recognize the song as "Adeste Fidelis." John Frances Wade penned the words that first appeared in a collection of his Cantus Diversi in 1751. Frederick Oakley and William Thomas Brooke translated "O Come, All Ye Faithful" into English in 1852.

I am struck by how many of these beloved songs have continued to speak to generations hundreds of years later. I have played for quite a few Christmas programs, and "O Come, All Ye Faithful" is almost always a favorite to sing and play. Take a few minutes to click on and listen to these great versions of this week's Christmas carol: Luciano Pavarotti, Casting Crowns, and Celtic Woman.

"And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger." Luke 2:15-16