Friends & Neighbours Evening 2025

Hello Friends, welcome to this year’s Friends and Neighbours Evening! (The 2024/2025 version) This fourth annual video grew out of a tradition that some Hutterite Communities have of inviting their friends and neighbours for an evening of singing, food and fellowship. Tune in for an evening of beautiful music, messages and artwork from your Hutterite friends. Please share this link so that others can enjoy the program. We wish you a blessed 2025.

–Program–

Kyle Boller and Tom McAdams (Crystal Spring)
“Bluegrass Christmas Medley.”

Welcome Message
Julian Waldner (Decker); Hadassah Maendel (Baker); Jenna Waldner (Crystal Spring).

Trileaf Children’s Choir
“More About Jesus,” Shawna Edwards and Carrie Yost.

Theron and Kelly Waldner (Decker)
“Drive out the Darkness,” The Porter's Gate.

Concord Men’s Choir
“Touched by a Fire,” The Emerging Sound.

Elm River Youth Choir
“Sing we the Song of Emmanuel,” Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Stuart Townend, and Keith Getty.

Wingham/Fairholme/Trileaf Ensemble
“He will Hold me Fast,” Ada R.Habershon, Keith & Kristyn Getty.

Adrian Hofer (Silverwinds)
A Message: “Enduring Hope.”
“Amazing Grace,” performed by Grace Kleinsasser (Silverwinds).

Green Acres Volunteer Choir
“Ancient of Days,” Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, Michael Farren, and Jesse Reeves.

Sunnyside Girl’s Choir
“A Hallelujah Christmas,” Leonard Cohen, text: Cloverton.
Courtney Kleinsasser, piano.

Oak River Youth Choir
“What Child Is This/Child Of The Poor,” Greensleeves, William C. Dix, and Scott Soper; arr. The Hound + The Fox.

Crystal Spring Children's Choir
“If I Were There,” Monica Scott and Angie Killian.

Keystone Youth Choir
“Come, Lord Jesus,” Lee Langdon; arr. Shane Coffman.

Kara Waldner (Crystal Spring)
A Message: “The Sufficiency of Christ”
“Auld Lang Syne,” performed by Gabriel Waldner (Odanah).

Jediah Hofer (Netley), Erin Kleinsasser (Crystal Spring), Kirsten Maendel (Oak Bluff)
“Licht dieser Welt (Ich will dich anbeten),” Tim Hughes; Deutsch: Andreas Waldmann.

Belle Plaine Youth Choir
“Elohim,” Marty Sampson.

Silverwinds Handbell Ensemble
“Come, thou Long Expected Jesus,” Rowland H. Prichard, arr. Susan E. Geschke.

Cara, Aaron, and Levi Waldner (Fairway)
“C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S,” Eddy Arnold and Jenny Lou Carson.

Millshof Youth Choir
“Manger Throne,” Tony Wood, Phil Wickham, and Jonathan Smith; arr. Erik Foster.

A Prayer
“The Prayer of Francis of Assisi.”
“Goodness of God,” performed by Kara Waldner (Crystal Spring)

McAdams Family (Crystal Spring)
“The Kingdom is Yours,” Dee Wilson, Brittney Spencer, Micah Massey, and Aaron Keyes.

Fairholme Quartet
“Wretched Man,” Jordan Coning.

Spring Hill Youth Choir
“O Children Come,” Keith & Kristyn Getty, arr. Shane Coffman.

Winding River Youth Choir
“I saw a Man,” Arthur Smith.

Oak Bluff Volunteer Choir
“Emmanuel, God with us,” Chris Tomlin and Jason Ingram.

New Rosedale Youth Choir
“Deinen Königsthron,” Ira D. Sankey.

Leah Maendel (Oak Bluff)
A Message: “The Power of Forgiveness”
“Silent Night,” performed by Grace Kleinsasser (Silverwinds).

Laura, Abigail, and Ty Waldner (Wingham)
“Come Unto Jesus,” Matt Merker, Laura Story, and Jordan Kauflin.

Baker Choir
“We are going Down the Valley,” James Henry Fillmore, Sr.
Rhonda Wieler, piano; Jonathan Bauch, cello.

Crystal Men’s Choir
“The Nazarene,” Michael Card.

Acadia Children’s Choir
“This I Believe (The Creed),” Hillsong Worship.

Boundary Lane Choir
“Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich,” I.H. Kurzenknabe.

Lowell Hofer (Acadia)
A Message: “Created from Nothing.”
“Come Thou Long Expected,” performed by Grace Kleinsasser and Daniel Hofer (Silverwinds)

Marcel and Barbara Wollman (Ridgeland)
“Made for More,” Blake Wiggins, Jessie Early, Jonathan Smith, and Josh Baldwin.

Silverwinds Diene Choir
“Our God is For Us,” CityAlight.

Crystal Spring/Windy Bay Quartet
“Come Make a Place,” Joel Lindsey and Sue C. Smith.

Baker Children’s Choir
“Ihr Kinderlein Kommet,” Johann Abraham Peter Schulz.

Decker Choir
“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” arr. Dave Williamson

Tamara Wollman (Poplar Point)
A Message: “God in the Ordinary”
“We Three Kings,” performed by Marcus Waldner (Baker)

Willa and Taliya Hofer (Netley)
“I Haven’t Turned out Yet,” Chuck Fulmore.
Jediah Hofer (Netley), guitar.

Spring Hill Quartet
“Silent Night (Lord of My Life),” traditional; arr. Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and David Garcia.
Taiylor, Isabella, Gabriel, and Emily Hofer, vocals.

End Credits Music
“Silent Night,” performed by Kyle Boller and Markus McAdams (Crystal Spring).
“Joyful Joyful,” performed by Jessica Maendel (Oak Bluff).
“Make Room in Your Heart,” performed by Hanna Hofer (Trileaf) and Kara Waldner (Crystal Spring).