Christmas Church Service

!!!!MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Yea! It's Christmas! And what a Christmas Day this has been!!! I can't imagine a better one. The church service was so great! The praise & worship was beautiful, and that was followed by all the Christmas programs.

First the kids did their stuff. They did a couple of songs and a small skit in which numerous of them repeated lines about different people in different jobs and how they can offer what they do and are to Jesus. It was so cute!

Singing Away in a Manger

Luis reciting his lines before he gives his gift to the baby Jesus. Daniela is playing Mary

Then the older kids recited a Christmas poem. They each took a stanza and did a wonderful job with it.

The older kids reciting their Christmas poem

Sandy and I watching and waiting for our cue to send in the youth

The last program was the youth drama. As I said a couple of posts ago, God pulled something marvelous out of his hat! Everyone showed up ON TIME, LINES MEMORIZED, and ready to go! The play went great, and it ended with the whole church singing Away in a Manger together while the youth stayed posed in the nativity scene. It gave me goose bumps at the end, and I was so proud of them despite the headaches they gave me along the way! I just love these teens to death, and I'm so thankful for them!

Getting into costume and last minute review of lines

Mily and Julio, the angel narrators

Julio announces Jesus birth to Cecilia who is playing Mary

Ruben, the donkey, giving Mary a piggyback ride to Bethlehem

The shepherds and their sheep worshiping the baby Jesus

The Living Nativity

The service ended with a short message from the Arrayanes pastor, Horacio, and then everyone had a good time greeting each other and chitchatting for a few minutes before they headed home! What a precious morning, and a beautiful way to celebrate the Lord's birth!