Children in church

December 13 (2009)

Favorite moment of the day:  The Children’s Christmas program “Signs of Christmas”.  Enough said.

                  “…the time of singing has come…” Song of Solomon 2:12

                  I had the privilege of working with our children’s choir at church for a little over a year and this was my first, and only, Christmas production that I directed.  It was such a blessing, from start to finish.  To hear little children sing every Wednesday night for 3 months can sometimes be stressful, especially when they’ve had a bad day at school, don’t feel like singing, or are just hyper from all the cupcakes or brownies that were served during dinner.  But the end result, the Sunday morning Christmas program performed by the children, makes it all worth it.  Knowing that they are telling the story of Christmas and baby Jesus to the congregation and visitors through song is great but even better is knowing that they learned it for themselves and will remember it for the rest of their lives.  They will spread this story to their friends, to people they meet, and to their community.  Because these children have grown up in the church and learned the good word of Jesus, they will forever be blessed and will build the Kingdom of God by spreading His love and mercy for years to come.