My favorite part of Christmas Eve has long been the candlelight service at our church. At the end of the service we pass the flame to one another while singing “Silent Night”. All the other lights in the sanctuary are turned off and by the end of the song everyone is holding a lit candle…
More Christmas pictures
Here are a few more pictures from Christmas. I love receiving Christmas cards and letters! Blurry (forgot the flash!) but aren’t they handsome? The girl cousins – they are growing up! The annual reading of the Christmas story Our annual post-Christmas Eve service family photo I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday…
Christmas Pictures…
I didn’t take nearly as many Christmas pictures this year as I usually do. I’m especially sad that our church Christmas Eve service had to be canceled due to “Oklahoma Blizzard ’09” because we have a long tradition of taking a family photo after the service while we are all dressed up. Ah, well…perhaps we…
Christmas Eve…a poem
Hope, peace, joy and love I wrote the following poem back in 2003 for my annual Christmas letter. It was inspired by our church’s beautiful, candlelight Christmas Eve services. Christmas Eve byDeanna Piercy Stars pierce the fabric of the night skyand steeple lights point the way.Wrapped snug in velvet and woolwe come in anticipation…and hope….