We had a fantastic Christmas service on Friday! We had three themes, each consisting of three skits. The themes were glory & beauty, suffering & frustration, and romance & intimacy. The skits were illustrating these things in our world from different perspectives -- from that of a scientist, a high school literature classroom, and a musician's studio. Preston then tied it all together with an explication of Matthew 2 as the wise men bring things of this world to Jesus - things which are of this world and yet point to his glory, his suffering, and the love for us that brought him to take on humanity. It was particularly fun to listen to the high school students playing themselves in the literature skit since they didn't really have lines but were actually discussing the poetry. I spent quite a few hours on the bulletin inserting pictures and quotes. Many thanks to the people who helped me find all of those quotes. I'll try to find a way to attach it for you to peruse. Merry Christmas y'all!
Here are a few pictures of the choir, homily, and skits.
