Christmas Convivio

We had our annual Christmas celebration this past Sunday. It was a great day!!! I tried to count, but it was rather difficult -- people kept moving or I kept getting distracted. But, 147 plates of food were served and 4-6 additional people came in after the meal. So, we are saying that we had 150 there, which is a great number. There were many new faces, which we always like to see. Along with those were some familiar faces including Santa Claus. The highlight of the evening was the candle light part of the service. It was beautiful to see the room go from darkness to light and to think that that is exactly what we are all about. We were a little apprehensive as to how it would work with a lot of kids in the audience and it took quite a bit of energy to explain to our leaders how they would make it work. And it worked! The owner of the place we rented was especially impressed with it. He has spent 3 years listening to us worship, listening to God's word, listening to Sam preach...so one of these we look forward to him being in the light!
Enjoy a few pictures(a few is all I have, since I get a little distracted for picture taking):
The crowd before our worship time


Our angelic children singing a couple of songs



Fernanda, Victoria and Saul enjoying the moment