Music director celebrates 30 years at church

Scott Stevenson, director of music at the United Methodist Church of Geneva, is celebrating 30 years of music ministry at the church this fall.

The occasion will be marked by "30 Years with Scott Stevenson: A Celebration of Thanks' at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, in the sanctuary.

Under Stevenson's direction, the choir has performed a cantata every Christmas. Stevenson has composed six Christmas cantatas: Signs of Christmas, which they will perform again this year at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10; People Look East; A Joyful Noise (jazz); Dulcimer Carols (written the year the congregation moved into their new sanctuary and didn't yet have an organ); A Quiet Christmas; and Waiting - An Advent Cantata.