‘Mithril’ combines Celtic and World music sounds to take listeners on a soothing journey into the past while stimulating the present and future. Submitted photo Music at Christ Church will present the Gulf Coast’s favorite Celtic/World Music band, Mithril, in concert on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public; a $10 donation is suggested.

Mithril is fast becoming one of the most sought after Celtic/World music groups on the concert series scene. The band’s unique progressive style has its roots in traditional Celtic music but moves far beyond that, weaving such diverse influences as American folk, classical, and Middle Eastern melodies into their full tapestry of sound.

The four musicians – Andra Bohnet, Tom Morley, Ben Harper, and guest percussionist Andy Kruspe – perform their Holiday concert on a wide array of traditional instruments, including Irish flute, whistle, fife, Celtic harp, fiddle, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, bodhran (Irish frame drum), and harmonium, playing with the precision of their classical training and the enthusiasm that springs from their love of the music.

To learn more, visit www.christchurch.net or call Ken Karadin at (850) 432-5115.

GBUMC Women’s Luncheon

The Women’s Christmas Celebration Luncheon of the Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Soundside Campus in Midway.

The program with guest speaker Rev. Janeese Spencer will begin at 11 a.m. A catered lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and there will be plenty of white elephant Christmas items for sale. Donations are currently being accepted at the Fairpoint Campus church office.

Tickets are $12 and are available for sale after worship services at all three. Please get your ticket early as tickets will not be available at the door. Please bring a new unwrapped toy for the Dumas Wesley Community Center.

Childcare will be provided with reservations to Kris Angles, 916-1660. For more information about the luncheon, contact Joan Simmons, 934-5483, cell 206-9074, joan@militaryspot.com.

Traveling this week? You won’t be alone

Thanksgiving travel was projected to increase 4 percent this year from 2010, with more than 42.5 million Americans taking a trip of 50 miles or more away from home between Wednesday and Sunday. Auto travel remains the preferred method of travel this Thanksgiving with 38.2 million Americans traveling via automobile, also up 4 percent from last year.

GOD’S WORD

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.

– John 14:12-13