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Lindsey Wilson University Community Celebrates Christmas Season

Semester's final chapel service features 'Scriptures & Songs of Christmas'; 'Holiday Cabaret' opens Thursday night.

by Duane Bonifer

COLUMBIA, Ky. (12/04/2025) — The Christmas season unofficially opened on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Lindsey Wilson University as one event celebrated the meaning of the season while another prepared to serve the community a big helping of holiday cheer.

At the final weekly chapel service of the 2025 fall semester, held Wednesday morning in the John B. Begley Chapel, Lindsey Wilson Chaplain the Rev. Tyler Brumfield led the community in "Scriptures & Songs of Christmas."

In addition Brumfield's thoughtful and uplifting homily about the Christmas season, the service included scripture readings by LWU students, as well as performances of seasonal and sacred pieces by the Lindsey Wilson Handbell Choir, under the direction of musical professor Gerald Chafin, and the Lindsey Wilson Singers, under the direction of music professor and Director of Choral Activities Jennifer Bersaglia.

Then on Wednesday evening, the cast of Holiday Cabaret held its final rehearsal before preparing to stage three public productions: 7 p.m. CT Thursday, Dec. 4, and Friday, Dec. 5, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. Admission to the 70-minute review of Christmas music by the LWU Department of Theatre is a canned food item. The show features performances by LWU students, LWU employees and area residents. It is directed by graduate assistant Kassidy Phelps '24, who also appears in several musical numbers.

Lindsey Wilson University is a vibrant liberal arts university in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey Wilson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The university's 29 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.

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Lindsey Wilson University Chaplain the Rev. Tyler Brumfield leads “Scriptures & Songs of Christmas” on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the John B. Begley Chapel.

Lindsey Wilson University music professor and Director of Choral Activities Jennifer Bersaglia leads the Lindsey Wilson Singers and audience members in singing the Christmas carol “O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles).”

Performers and crew members of the Lindsey Wilson University Department of Theatre’s production of “Holiday Cabaret” gather following their final rehearsal on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in V.P. Henry Auditorium. The review of Christmas music will be presented Dec. 4-5, 7.

Four performers of the Lindsey Wilson University Department of Theatre’s production of “Holiday Cabaret” rehearse on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in V.P. Henry Auditorium. The review of Christmas music will be presented Dec. 4-5, 7. From left: Kayla Koerner ’24 of Columbia, graduate assistant Kassidy Phelps ’24, Leeshawn Johnson ’26 of Louisville, Kentucky, and Aubrey Dale of Columbia.

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