Advent Anthem
In this installment of United Methodist Communications' modern animated series which features the brothers who founded Methodism, John Wesley tells his brother Charles that the “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”Christmas carol he is writing will never catch on. (Spoiler alert: More than 250 years later, the hymn is an Advent staple in United Methodist churches.)
The characters of John and Charles are from "Wesley Bros," the popular cartoon series produced by the Rev. Charlie Baber. Wesley Bros appears weekly on United Methodist Insight.
In his own announcement of the episode, Rev. Baber credits the UMCom team: "Thanks to Fran Walsh and her team for imagining and producing the videos, and the voices of John & Charles: Henry Haggard and Josh Childs (The Chuck Knows Church guy!), and the amazing animators Johnathan Richter and Beaux Latham."