A fun Christmas Party

This afternoon was our Tyndale House Christmas party. We are so blessed to spend Christmas with such lovely people. I am continually amazed at how much talent is present here. Our friend Jim organized a nativity pageant, and almost all of the 30 children present participated.

Claire was a shepherd and sang a little solo~Andrew was also a shepherd, replete with Daddy's t-shirt, his Superman cape (inside out) and a curtain tie-back. Sarah was an angel, and fortunately her princess dress-up worked well with a pair of wings thrown in. Watching her sing with all her heart was a joy~

Julia was also a (colorful) shepherd, and she read from Luke (2:8-20).


The teenagers of Tyndale did a dramatic reading (Andrew helped);

We invited a family from the neighborhood to come too, and they brought their infant son who played Jesus.
Almost the whole family (except mom) participated, because I roped Jim into singing in a little quartet too~where he did admirably well.

There were also crafts to do. Here the girls' are decorating paper bags with paint:


We had a surprise guest in Father Christmas, and he gave each of the children there a present;


Jim sitting by the Christmas tree. A popular tradition here is using "crackers" to decorate a tree. These paper wrapped ornaments need to be pulled to open, and when they 'crack' open they have little presents inside. The children were allowed to open them after the party.


Here in England we don't hear Merry Christmas, we hear Happy Christmas. So, Happy Christmas to you! May this Advent season prepare each of us to worship Jesus more!