"... sometimes with the bustling shopping, the headaches, the last minute preparations and package wrapping our Christmas celebration, our Noel, becomes sort of Neon. But we pause, we listen once again to the story and something is reborn in us. That's Hope".

Journeying back to the first Christmas through the eyes of witnesses is a shared desire of us all. We want to see the ways God went about fulfilling His promise of bringing a new hope to mankind - a Messiah. Through the words of such men as Zechariah (John the Baptist's father), Joseph, the Innkeeper and Luke (writer and physician), we can hear the story retold as they experienced it. With the aid of makeup costume and some imagination, Phil Nash will move from one character to the next to tell us the Christmas story and even a little more.

This story, which has brought hope to people throughout the years, is also a reminder of the new hope we have today of Christ's return. There is yet a promise to be fulfilled, and this special Christmas presentation recalls to us the assurance that this time is coming.

Because this message is so important in our lives today, it is applicable and appropriate for any season.