Christmas Eve service and New Year's Eve service...

Our first ever, Christmas Eve service was very nice. I was pleasantly surprised that 46 came out. We sang Christmas songs, some hymns, read the entire Christmas story from Scripture (volunteers from the congregation read different portions). We had communion and then, we lit candles. Oh, we *did* do a funny rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas, too. That was fun!

The next week, we had a New Year's Eve service at 8pm. We knew there'd be less people. I think we had 30 or something like that. The service was short but sweet. Dh preached and we sang a couple of songs. Afterwards, we ate snacks and the kids and guys played arena football in the gymnasium. They had a blast! We watched them until midnight and we did the countdown. It was a very relaxed evening, and enjoyable to just hang out. I wasn't looking forward to *this* service. Deep down, I just wanted to stay home with one other family. But, this turned out very nice. I was glad we did it.

We'll be back to norm, this Sunday. It's going to feel weird after not seeing so many regulars the past 2 weeks!