Crunch time

Well, here it is the day before our Christmas service. Tomorrow I will lead the choir in 4-special Christmas hymns that we have been working on for the past 3-months. Two of the selections, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, and I Call Him Lord, we were already familiar with, as we have sang them before. The other two, I'm Glad I Know Who Jesus Is, and Redeeming Love, were both new to the choir. I am really pleased at how well they have learned them. We have already sang the last two for choir specials over the past 2-weeks so they are definitely ready to do them.

Today I will be arranging a special church bulletin that outlines the service. I am planning on printing Joyful, Joyful, on inside of the bulletin and using it as the opening of our service. I usually read select passages of scripture in-between songs to serve as a buffer and to convey the Christmas message. Last year I think I read too much and sorta trampled on the pastor's sermon by using the scripture he had outlined. This year I will limit to just the bare minimal.

We always put a lot of time and focus on our Christmas music. It's the worst time of the year for the choir because we normally have lots of folks out sick at this time. I myself have been suffering from an upper respiratory infection and sinus trouble for the past 4-weeks. I'm not going to be 100% tomorrow but I know the Lord will help me. I'll probably give the choir a 2-week break after this and then we will be cranking back up for Easter and other special music. I'm looking forward to moving on to something new.