KNIGHTS HELP SERVE UP CHRISTMAS CONCERT ON RACINE MONUMENT SQUARE

Knights from Msgr. Stanley B. Witkowiak Council 697 handed out free Christmas cookies, kringle and hot chocolate on Racine’s Monument Square in the glow of the Nativity creche.

About 40 people came out on a windy, cold evening to pray, sing Christmas carols and celebrate the public display recalling Christ’s birth in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago.

Members of the St. Rita Catholic Church sang while Pastor Glenn Lawson of Plymouth Congregational Church played keyboard during the singalong portion of the event. Members of the Horlick High School Band played Christmas carols later in the program.

The event was notable because Catholics and other Christians came together to celebrate the birth of Christ on common ground. The Christmas Coalition of Churches, which co-sponsors the concert and the creche, is made up of more than 20 area Christian churches, the K of C and the Dominican nuns at Siena Center. Leaders at 105 area churches have expressed support for the public display of the creche.

It was the fourth year the Knights of Columbus has co-sponsored the event with the Christmas Coalition of Churches, comprised of more than 20 Christian churches in the Racine area. Knights installed the newly expanded creche display on Dec. 7.

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