The details
Rehearsals started Sept. 20.
“It’s amazing to me that after 10 years, so many people are not familiar with this great concert that has been happening at the Jerry Faye Wilhelm Performing Arts Center for so long,” Paula Davis Clark, who sings with the group, said in an email to Community Impact.
Although there is no upfront ticket charge to enter the event, a donation is encouraged.
Some background
The Rev. Phil Woods and Joyce Lukrofka of Bastrop First Assembly of God established “A Joyous Christmas” in 2016.
There are now more than 20 participating churches from Bastrop and beyond under the Direction of Brad Nix, the choir director at First Baptist Church, including:
- Ascension Catholic Church
- Bastrop Bible Church
- Bastrop Christian Church
- Bastrop First Assembly of God
- Calvary Baptist Church
- Calvary Chapel
- Calvary Episcopal Church
- Cedar Valley Baptist Church
- First Baptist Church
- First United Methodist Church
- Mt. Rose Baptist Church
- New Covenant Church
- Timberline Family Fellowship
The annual event raises funds for a local charity or nonprofit organization each year.
Past recipients include:
- Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center
- Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry
- Bastrop Opera House Youth Academy
- Next Step Trade START
- Hope House
- New Hope Academy
- Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center
- In the Streets-Hands Up High Ministry
- Bastrop Long-Term Recovery Team
Pattie Nix, Brad Nix’s wife, noted that this year’s collected donations will be directed to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bastrop, Fayette and Lee Counties—a nonprofit organization composed of staff and volunteers who are trained to support abused and neglected children in foster care.
In case you missed it
- Dec. 19, 7 p.m.
- Free (admission, monetary donations accepted)
- Jerry Faye Wilhelm Performing Arts Center, 1401 Cedar St., Bastrop
- www.ajoyouschristmasbastrop.com
