Breaking News: Love Has Come, the headline that shook Bethlehem echoed just as powerfully through the Calvary Convention Centre this Christmas. From Saturday to Sunday, 13 - 14 December 2025, the Music & Creative Arts Ministry presented a captivating musical that transported audiences into a bustling first-century newsroom, where five spirited reporters, the daughters of Ezra, covered the greatest story ever told: the birth of Jesus Christ and the restoration He brings to a broken humanity.

Through this production, the musical brought a modern twist to the ancient narrative. With vibrant choreography, creative staging, and joyful energy, the Bethlehem Beat captured attention from the onset.

Yet beneath the sisters’ chase of the biggest story of their lives, the musical captured the weight of Bethlehem’s historical reality. They were a community hard-pressed by Roman rule, economic pressure, and the constant uncertainty of life under occupation. This tension drew a strong parallel to the challenges society continues to face today. Exhausting busyness, pressures that stretch us thin, and the quiet ache for a Saviour amid the noise. The question woven through both Bethlehem and our present day felt strikingly similar: When will hope come?

Then the sisters met Mary and Joseph whose testimony of angelic encounters, divine promises, and courageous obedience pierced through the surrounding turmoil. Mary’s quiet strength and Joseph’s steady  faith portrayed a shared trust in God’s calling, one far larger than themselves. This deepened as shepherds arrived with their account of angelic worship, followed by kings from the East who had journeyed for months guided by a single star. Diverse in origin but aligned with purpose, each found themselves drawn to the same place and the same birth.

Pastor David Seah’s message that followed carried this truth into personal focus with clarity and compassion. Drawing from Scripture and real-life testimonies, he addressed the hidden unrest many carry today: loneliness, emptiness, fear, disappointment, and the sense that even our strongest efforts sometimes fail to bring the peace we seek. He explained that sin is not just the wrong we occasionally do, but a deeper fracture within the human heart. It is this brokenness that leaves us continually striving, yet never satisfied. And it is this very condition — the woundedness of the human spirit — that Jesus came to heal.

The audience was reminded that Jesus entered the world not merely as a historical figure but as God’s answer to the human need for love, peace, purpose, and reconciliation. His birth in Bethlehem marked the beginning of God’s plan to restore what humanity could never fix on its own.

This message was embodied not only in words but also in the dedication of the cast and crew. Ranging in age from 6 to 73, the production cast served with excellence and joy, supported by more than 320 ministry workers across music, wardrobe, stage, hospitality, intercession, and technical teams. Their willingness and commitment were evident before, during and after the Musical, reflecting months of preparation, teamwork, and prayer.

Across both presentations, the Musical welcomed approximately 5308 attendees. Most importantly, we rejoice with heaven for the 33 individuals who received Jesus as Saviour, and the 20 who rededicated their lives to Him. Their decisions are the unmistakable headline of this year’s presentation, a resounding testimony that the perennial message of Christmas continues to transform lives.

Truly, Love has come through Calvary Church and continues to come to every heart willing to receive Him. To God be the glory!