Another Christmas Eve is under the belt and as usual it was a high point of the year for me. The services were all well attended and the spirit of people participating, leading, and responding was absolutely great. Over the last several years we have transitioned the Christmas Eve services from a production to more of a worship service done in creative ways. It has been a good shift. The numbers are down some over the years but I do believe that people are getting the intent and meaning of Christmas in the midst of it as well. It has become a little less stressful as well for those of us leading the service.
The music last night was absolutely wonderful. The song "The Unaccepted Gift " while probably never heard by most if at all any of the people was for me the lynch pin in bringing the meaning of the service together.
There was just a bit of drama to finish out the evening as Shannon had the shock of seeing her oldest son faint while she was reading the Gospel lesson. She recovered fairly well and he seems to be ok now, but not one that I think she will forget soon. (I'm guessing that there will be others of us who won't let her forget either :-) ).
Today though will be a day of quiet recovery as everyone in this house rests from a busy day and enjoys the quiet and the food that my son and his fiance are preparing.
In other news my daughter is safely on the ground in Germany now and is reporting a good start to her European adventure.
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