Monday, December 29, 2008

Christmas: Refugee style

Well even though the Refuge is a "young" church we already have our own Christmas traditions.
One would be our Christmas program.
This year the roles were played by: Zoe, Gab, Christian, Dawn, Isaac, Joy, and Rachel!
We'll do anything to see Dawn dress up! :)
Joy wasn't very happy to play Marry. And Isaac was a very distracted Joseph.
The Lees and Jess signed a couple of songs. Isaac really stole the show!
Another tradition would be going to the Christmas Eve service at Willow Creek!
Our traditional see how many people you can pile on the couch picture! (I think we missed our see how many people can squish in the bathroom picture this year...)
Are we excited??? :)
What a fun group!
These cool lights everyone thought were to be used to shine in other people's eyes...
Another part of the Willow tradition is to leave notes at Lauren and Wolfgang's house! This year we did a little decoration with lights too! (Light was the theme of the service.)
Christmas Eve was celebrated with a Candle Light service at the Refuge.
Fire hazard?
Cuteness award!!!

Merry (late) Christmas!

Matthew 1:22-23

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said to the prophet: The virgin will be with child and give birth to a Son and they will call Him Immanuel which means God with us.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Christmas time is here... :)

Last week it was time to begin decorating for Christmas at the Refuge!

We got all of the decorations out...

...and put them up all around the church!

It is always an exciting time of year (at least for me!) to work together with others to make the place look so pretty!
And it is also a good reminder of the seasons not being about us...
...but about sharing the joy with others!
Alright this is a short post. But that is what you get when the photographer helps decorate! Besides that means that you will have to come to the Refuge to see what it looks like in person! :D