The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 400 S. 13th St.

The upcoming concert will be the 21st time that Williamson, a Christian music singer, has come to Fort Dodge for a Christmas show.

“We are so looking forward to this Friday,” she said during a phone interview.

She added that it is “crazy” to realize that the upcoming show will be her 21st Christmas concert in Fort Dodge.

Williamson has released 12 CDs since 2004. Her husband, Brian, is a Fort Dodge native who attended St. Paul Lutheran Church.

They live in Perry County, Missouri, where they are ambassadors for the Saxon Lutheran Memorial, a historic site honoring German Lutheran immigrants that consists of cabins and other structures dating to the 1830s.

While Friday’s concert will be at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamson said it is for “anybody and everybody.”

She added that she wants to create a concert atmosphere that “feels like family.”

“We want it to be relaxed,” she said. “We want to be filled with hope. We want to return to simple things.”

“We want to celebrate the birth of Jesus and why he came,” she added.

She hasn’t finalized the list of songs she will be singing, but she said the audience will be hearing “We Will Worship the Newborn King” from her latest CD of Christian music for children called “God Is Great 8.”

She added that children in the audience will be invited to come up front and sing along with her.

If you go

What: Jennie Williamson Christmas concert

When: 6:30 p.m. Friday

Where: St. Paul Lutheran Church, 400 S. 13th St.