Christmas 2009 is already history as we plunge forward into 2010 but it is good to pause and remember how we were blessed during the recent Advent and Christmas season, especially by the musical program and pageant on December 13. Many thanks again to Dhonna Goodale and the Riverhead Building Supply Singers for all their inspirational music which was woven into the overall program. Particular thanks to Dhonna for creating and directing the opening contemporary scenes portraying playful children, a homeless family, and a soldier far from home. Thanks for all the extra effort this year from our Old Steeple children and adults who took part in the pageant and the leaders, teachers, and parents who rehearsed with and supported them. And thanks to those who helped with the food and fellowship afterwards.

 

This was the first time in recent memory that we have held the pageant on a Sunday Evening and the attendance was very good. Everyone was touched by this dramatic telling of the Christmas story. Someone said, “This was a great Christmas program for goose bumps!”

The special offering provided $340 to be shared evenly with Maureen’s Haven for the Homeless and the Old Steeple Soldier project. In both mission programs we are reaching out to people with real needs as portrayed in the program.

May the gentle yet powerful Spirit of the One whose birth we have just celebrated, stir our hearts to new words and deeds of faith-filled love in this New Year.