The Ripon Oratorio Society will be celebrating the Christmas season with the 69th presentation of Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, Dec. 7. The program will begin at 3 p.m. in the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church at Fourth and Orange streets in Ripon.

Rehearsals will be held on the following Sunday afternoons: Nov. 9, 16, 23, and 30 at the Immanuel Church. Singers are needed and are welcome to join. Those who want to join and sing with the group must b ring their Messiah Score, F. Schrimer edition. Singers are asked to contribute a small membership fee.