Christmas Program

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Okay, I'm only almost a month late on these but I just got them from the person who took them. This was the first year in our church that we had enough children to do a Christmas program. It was fantastic! The children did a wonderful job and even my shy ones spoke loudly and clearly.

Here are some pictures from the day.

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Emily's dress was made by a lady in our church. Excuse her goofy expression!
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Dan getting ready to play guitar.
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Stephen reading scripture.
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Playing the keyboards
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We started a girl's club this year, called 3D Girls. It has been so neat to these girls develop in their confidence and ability to stand in front of people. 3D Girl's has 3 components - devotion to God, creative disciplines (cooking and crafting) and dramatic arts. We've tried to provide them with lots of opportunities to share what they are learning with their parents and they are just blossoming.

Right now I have 13 girls coming every Thursday night and most of them do not go to church. However, many of the parents seem to be showing up more and more on Sundays. Obviously, we want the parents to come to know the Lord because without that it is definitely difficult to make any lasting impact on the children.

Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed our Christmas program!

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