Merry Christmas everyone! It's about noon on Christmas day and we've already had Christmas breakfast, opened gifts and we're headed into another round of eating and gift-opening later today. So while there's a break in the day here's a few random thoughts on our Christmas Eve services...
• I don't have a total count yet, but from the numbers I know of in the first service and the looks of the response in the second, I would guess about 50 people crossed the line of faith. That's a Merry Christmas!!
• Jon, Felicia, Yvette, Tony, the band and of course our great tech teams knocked it out of the park. I am so thankful for what a great worship team we have.
• And the rest of our volunteer teams did a great job of covering all the bases. It's always hard to get enough volunteers on Christmas Eve but our teams did an awesome job of creating a great environment for our guests and regulars. THANKS EVERYONE FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE AND MAKING IT A GREAT CHRISTMAS EVE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE!!
• Met TONS of friends, guests, family members and neighbors who were new to New Horizon. If you invited someone WAY TO GO!! Now invite them AGAIN!!
• Really enjoyed the tag-team preaching with Jamie. It's always fun to do things that nobody expects.
• The message was a simple one- What Child Is This? He's the baby born to die for our sins. He's the Lamb of God who would be the ultimate sacrifice. He was the God-man who would take the physical punishment for you and I. He is the soon-coming King. And finally, he's the Savior who stands at the door of our heart and knocks, and if we'll just let him come in, he'll share the life of God with us. Bottom line - he's way more than a baby born in a manger!
• Then we gave everyone a Christmas surprise - Christmas cookies for everyone during the last song! That was fun.
• All in all, it was a great Christmas Eve. I know lots of churches don't do Christmas Eve services and there's a pretty good reason why. It's hard to pull off. But once again, we saw that when we honor God, he honors us.
• Don't forget, we will have regular services this Sunday at 9:30 and 11:00. Then January 3rd we crank up our new series, Religiously Transmitted Diseases. Gonna be a good one!
Merry Christmas to all our NHC Peeps! What a blessing you are!
Posted by: Connie | December 25, 2009 at 04:12 PM