Many times each day, I think, come Lord Jesus.

And it's interesting, the directing team and the production staff, we're in the back singing, you know, as much as anyone.

Come Lord Jesus to the manger. Come Lord Jesus to the wounded. It's an amazing thing. The Ascension angel stands there

and tells the apostles, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus whom you saw go shall come

in like manner as you have seen him go. And this idea that there's this whole group of people

now, us, who are waiting for the Savior to come.

And I recognize that in this production of Savior the world, we get an opportunity to come

and demonstrate who we are. And maybe when I come to him, I will be like a little child,

just wanting to be near him. And it gives me faith and hope as a father and as a husband that I will continue

to grow brighter and brighter until the perfect day that I can become someone who could stand

before the Savior like a little child. This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News.

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The church's sacred musical drama, Savior of the World, His Birth and Resurrection, premiered on

November 28, 2000 at the Conference Center Theater on Temple

Square in Salt Lake City.

For nearly a quarter century, Savior of the World has been performed annually around Christmas

and follows the scriptural accounts surrounding Jesus Christ's birth and resurrection.

Each year, a cast of hundreds of performers and production and technical teams, present the two-act

musical as a testimony of Jesus Christ and his divine mission as the Savior and Redeemer

of the world.

On this episode of the Church News podcast, we sit down with members of the 2024 production

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