Merry Christmas! I just love to say Merry Christmas during the Christmas season, don’t you?  Of course, I would say Merry Christmas all year long, but I think they might take me away in a strait jacket. Whoever “they” are. This Sunday December 24th at 10:30am is going to be a very special Christmas service.

Our big Christmas event is Christmas Lights the Night on Saturday, the 23rd. That is where we will have the Christmas train that takes the kids on a fun train ride. There will be s’mores while people wait. And then a live manger scene, with actors and animals playing their roles while being backed by beautiful music from our worship band. I don’t know if you know it, but the amazing worship band means that Eliot’s dad, a professional guitarist back in the day is there with their family friends to just lift the bar from a great worship band to a sensational worship band! The church and campus will be decorated to the hilt and our animals include a new camel named Hank the Tank.  We have a professional jazz trio opening the service to put a touch of class to our service. The choir will be there, and you will be able to hear a dynamic Christmas message from Pastor Mark Nsimbi. And then there is the “Oh Holy Night” moment when two Ballet dancers lead the tiny cherubs in an explosion of joy and beauty toward the end of the service, followed by singing “Silent Night” with our lights.

There is a hot chocolate bar like you’ve never seen before and Christmas cookie paradise to enjoy after the service. This may be the greatest Christmas spectacular that our church has ever put on in 40 years. You can get free tickets for the 4:00PM and 6:30PM at wacathedral.org or christmaslightsthenight.com.

The next day at our Sunday Christmas Eve morning worship service we will have our beloved Vanessa here for a mini-Christmas concert. The kids will have an old-fashioned Christmas story and I have the opportunity to share a special message/story on The Gift of Christmas Love. 

It’s going to be a very Merry Christmas weekend so please join us.

Your friend for the rest of my life,

Pastor Tim White