Last night we tried something different at our church. Instead of having a few ladies fighting over how the church should be decorated for Christmas, we actually let everyone participate. We invited everyone to bring an ornament from home that had some kind of significance to them. So the tree was decorated with "our" ornaments, rather than just something that one person decided upon. It went much better than I expected.
Some brought ornaments they'd had a long time; some made ornaments especially for this occasion; some just bought or brought one's that reminded them of our church or someone special in their life. It was neat hearing why people brought the ones they did, and I think it helped us get to know one another a little better.
We started off by singing a Christmas song. Then we just had people come up and tell us why they chose the ornament they did, and they put it on the tree. There were some funny moments, but mostly some really touching ones. Someone was even on the ball and brought their camera. Then we sang another song, prayed, and we had soup and ice cream downstairs. There were probably around 70 people.
I hope I can remember to do this again sometime.
2 comments:
That sounded like it was an excellent way to get the congregation together and celebrate. I really like the idea of everyone bringing their own ornaments to decorate the tree.
Hi Ryan,
Thanks - yes, it was a good time had by all. And... sorry about that 'red hair' comment. :)
Take care,
dh
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