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Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Eve ~ 2008

These are photos of our Christmas Eve, 7:00 PM Family Service. At 11:00 PM we have our Traditional Christmas Eve Service.
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The Family Service is quite nice, it is a more casual atmosphere, where the children of the church and the community are not only invited, bur are encouraged to participate in the service.


Here members of the congregation read portions of the Christmas story.


Janis Jutie-Presseau


Kati Lippincott
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This is our Youth Choir, they performed two songs during the service.

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Reverend Fran gathers the children around to hear a story. Each child was encouraged to bring their favorite stuffed animal to the service, these animals were used and included in the story.
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In the beginning of the service the children are given crayons and pictures of animals to color, during the service, these pictures are used during the story time.




At the close of the service we all gathered around the perimeter of the Sanctuary illuminated only by candles. Carla Muench sang Silent Night (Stille Nacht) in German, followed by the entire congregation singing Silent Night in English








This is a lovely service, just to see the children participate and enjoy the service, is worth coming to the Family Service.