We celebrated Jesus’ birth on Sunday morning. Everyone arrived in their Christmas attire, there was even someone dressed as a Christmas present! The morning started with a few Christmas carols followed by the debut performance of the recently established York Elim Choir (pictured). They were very well received. Our youth treated us to two dramas, both of which reminded us of the real meaning of Christmas. One of the performances was entitled “The X-mas Factor”. Then we had some more carols followed by a performance from the smaller children. The children opened presents which had significant christian symbols inside, they were then asked to describe what these were and why they were important. As might be expected with children, there was much hilarity at some of their responses and behaviour.
It was great to be joined by Gordon Neil, the regional superintendent for Elim. After Gordon’s reading and Graham’s preach all the men were invited on stage to sing “We Three Kings”. It is surprising that the stage didn’t collapse as almost every man in the congregation piled on. The morning was concluded with Graham throwing Quality Streets into the congregation. We celebrated Jesus’ birth this morning! It was a fun morning, it was a blessed morning.
