NOEL

This past weekend our choir and drama team put on "NOEL - a Celebration of Christmas Moments". This was the first time we had done drama in a while, the first time we did two performances, and the first time we did a costumed nativity (no animals, but a live baby Jesus!). Thanks to ebay for the great costumes! :-) I am on cloud nine about how everything went - the first night we had a few small glitches and a small crowd (maybe 150 or so) but the second night was AMAZING. the Lord was there, the choir sang wonderfully, no one missed a single line in the skits, the tech guys were on the ball, we had around 300 in attendance and it was just a glorious experience. I have never had a performance like that at this church...and what a blessing it was. I've kinda chilled for a day and a half, but tonight we clean up the stage and I move on toward planning the Christmas Eve service! Pictures of NOEL still to come...Merry Christmas, everyone.

Christmas 2007 Staff and Families

Christmas 2007 Staff and Families
Originally uploaded by amylynnheckman.

Here are the Polings, Zinks and Heckmans lookin' pretty for our 2007 Staff Christmas Photo. The only reason the little boy (AJ) was smiling is that someone is jumping up and down behind the photographer with great zeal. And see, it made us all smile!

what a month

i just worked for almost 13 hours straight. welcome to the week before a christmas production! 3 of those were spent searching for and downloading video backgrounds. such fun (but not for my back, shoulders or eyesight)! anyways, this next week will just be more of the same, but i'm both exhausted and excited thinking about it. NOEL is on it's way...7 days and counting. pray for me, the choirs, nativity cast, soloists, techies - God's blessings are greatly needed! updates as time allows...and hopefully an update on the Heckmans and our various going-ons. life is good, but probably busier than it should be. warm advent and christmas wishes to all! now it's home for pizza and crashing :-)