One of my favorite times during the Christmas season is when “A Charlie Brown Christmas” comes on television. It is such a great reminder to me what Christmas is all about. In the midst of the “gang” sending Christmas cards, making their Christmas lists and decorating for the holiday, Linus reminds us all by reciting the Christmas story what Christmas is all about! Perhaps you need to buy the cartoon now to help prepare for CHRISTmas this year!
I love the month of December for so many reasons. The month is filled with all kinds of fun activities and great worship times with our church family and friends. Let me highlight a few of those for you.
Wednesday night, December 7th, we are privileged to be hosting the Ugandan Orphans Choir. These children will be singing and sharing with us beginning at 6:30. Come and have dinner at 5:30 and enjoy the choir. We will take a love offering for the choir that evening to support this ministry.
Sunday, December 11th, will be a great day at our church. Our Children’s Day Out kids will be singing at the 11:00 am service. Later that afternoon children (up to 5th grade) and their families are invited to Deck the Halls at FBC from 4:00-6:00 pm. This will be a time of baking cookies, hearing the Christmas story, making crafts and celebrating Christmas! That evening at 6:00 the ministerial staff would like to invite you to our Annual Christmas Dinner. As a staff we are blessed by you throughout the year . . . either by your willingness to serve or your generosity and this is our way of saying thanks! I hope you will make sure to plan on spending the day at FBC on the 11th!
Christmas Eve means so much to some many people but for me it includes the Candlelight Lord’s Supper! If you have never attended a Christmas Eve service before, you have missed out. This is one of the most intimate and personal times of worship we have all year as we focus on the birth of the Savior of the World! The service will start at 6:00 pm.
This year Christmas falls on Sunday morning. We will have a combined service at 10:00 am on Christmas morning. It will be a special time for us to sing carols and perhaps share what gifts we have already received! I know many of you will be traveling this day, but perhaps some of you will have family visiting you that you could bring to church.
On a final note and completely off subject I believe we all received our first “gift” a few weeks ago. I am so excited about Preston and his family coming to Grandview to do ministry. If you haven’t had a chance to meet him or his precious family, I hope you will stop by after the first of the year and give them a warm Grandview welcome!
I encourage you to remember that Christ is the reason we celebrate Christmas and to keep Him in the middle of all you do this holiday season!
Merry Christmas!
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