MADELYN P. HASTINGS | The vindicator

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | The vindicator

Margie Burnett, music director at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church in Youngstown, directs the adult choir in a rehearsal for Christmas vesper service planned at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The service, in its 65th year at the church, is a Mahoning Valley tradition and signals the start of Christmas for many.