Our senior pastor at UALC, Steve Turnbull, has to give 7 sermons today, Christmas Eve. This year an 11 a.m. service was added so that the people who like traditional with communion didn't have to go out at night, and that also provided an option for families with several generations, or who have to visit more than one home.
11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship with Communion
2:00 p.m. Modern Worship with carol Choir
4:00 p.m. Modern Worship
5:30 p.m. Modern Worship
7:30 p.m. Modern Worship, live streamed
9:00 p.m. Traditional Worship with Communion, live streamed
10:30 p.m. Traditional Worship with Communion
And on Christmas Day there will be a 10 a.m. service and we'll be attending that, too. All services are at the Mill Run campus this year because Lytham Road is a construction zone.
We attended the 11 a.m. service this morning and it was very nice. We had all the traditional carols and communion and the organ. It was all congregational singing--no solos or choir, and everyone participated. And also many children--so a little fussy and hyped up about Christmas but such fun to see. The 2 little girls in front of us, maybe 5 and 9, wore lovely match green sequined dresses with cute bows in their hair. Dad helped the little one with her lighted candled after careful instructions from Pastor Joe.
We're having carry-out-in from DaVinci's tonight. The restaurant needed the pick up by 2 p.m. so our daughter brought everything over and it's been repackaged and ready to put in the oven around 5 p.m. The table is set with good china and we're using Phil's Christmas tablecloth.
Merry Christmas to all. Joy to the World and Hark the Herald Angels sing!
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