It's Christmas time

Already? But it's only September! There aren't even decorations in the stores yet - it can't be time to think about Christmas time!!


Well, while all of you have been thinking about BBQs, picnics and preparing for back-to-school, I, like my fellow music directors, have been busy making plans for our Christmas program. I really want this year to be different. We are a small church, less than 100 people in attendance, but I feel that God is calling us to reach out to our church family and our community in a special way. I know that we can't compete with the Christmas spectaculars put on by the mega-churches in and around our community but there has to be a way that we can offer our friends a program that is warm, inviting and intimate - something that will make their Christmas season extra special.

We don't have professional singers hired specially for the program, camels/sheep/donkeys, or 30 piece orchestra...we are just a small choir singing to a sound track. But we do things that are very unique for a church of this size. We have liturgical dancers and a youth sign choir that add a very visual interpretation of the message in music. We have people with excellent speaking ability who can add warmth to narration. And I am counting on people within the congregation to help by sharing their God given gifts of hospitality, child care, creativity and organization to help with all the many other tasks that need to be done.

There is no charge for admission but my hope is that we can ask each person to bring a gift for the community, specifically items that can be provided to those in need through Westerville Area Resource Ministry.

Please pray for us as we engage in this program. May we be blessed individually, as a family, as a church and as a community. May this be one step in the process of becoming "the Lord's beacon on Oak Hill."

Amen!