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From Reverend Don Crissinger-Clark |
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Don is on vacation but will be back next month. |
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Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Don told the story of The Christmas Angel. It was a story he first told in 1988, and it came from a group of stories collected by Jack London who was the preacher at his home church when he was growing up. The story was about a mother spider that gave a Christmas gift which was at first thought to be "ugly", but because the gift of her web on a tree was given in love, it turned into something beautiful. A lesson that can be a gift to all of us. We enter a year that is filled with so many questions and so many fears about tomorrow, as long as we move ahead with love and with Jesus as our guide, we can accomplish great things.
The first service was definitely filled to the brim with about 240 people in attendance. The second service had fewer but was equally a blessing. The choir sang "O Holy Night? at both services. Mary Meyer sang the solo at the first service and Tory Clark sang it at the second service. A mens group sang a beautiful rendition of "What Child Is This", Susie Clark and Peter Johnson sang a beautiful duet, "Jesu Bambino".
With the beautiful tree provided by Paul and Mardele Nelson, and the beautiful poinsettias, the church was a wonderful reminder of the beauty of God's word.
As we closed each service with the lighting of the candles as a reminder that Jesus is the "light of the world", we know that there is hope for the future, as we celebrated the birth of the Christ Child. .
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