A range of interesting and uplifting musical pieces, from Gloria (Rutter) to the Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) with audience participation, along with familiar holiday songs, including Sleigh Ride (Anderson) and The Christmas Song (Torme/Wells), will help you kick off your holiday season. Tickets ($15 general admission, $10 seniors and students, children under 10 free) are available online:

Tickets are also available by calling 301-781-6539, by mail (send check payable to “Hughes UMC – Holiday Concert” indicating number and type of tickets to Hughes UMC, 10700 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902), or at the door on December 6.

The charity selected to receive financial support from the concert is the American Red Cross at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, for its program of caring for wounded warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan.