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On Dec. 26 the Spokane Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present its third “Christmas Church Walk and Carol Sing,” hosted by three South Hill and downtown churches.

At this event guests can hear Christmas organ music, sing carols, enjoy festive decorations, and experience relaxed day-after-Christmas hospitality, according to a press release.

It will begin at 2 p.m. at Manito Presbyterian Church, 401 East 30th Avenue, with organist Helen Byrne, along with Leonard Byrne on euphonium, playing preludes, postlude, and accompanying the carol sing. At approximately 2:30 p.m.  participants will drive to Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ, 411 South Washington, where Verne Windham, the church’s music director will lead the singing and Janet Satre Ahrend will be the organist. At 3:15 p.m. the program moves to Central Lutheran Church, 512 South Bernard, where music will be led by Paul Brueggemeier, with Alice Hostetter at the organ.

The program is free and open to the public.

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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