A Program, a Party, and a Wedding

Ginger and I attended the first part of CCA's annual Christmas program. There was a mime performance of Silent Night (like watching Roz sign interpret a song). Then a performance of A Christmas Carol. It was a delight to watch these students perform.

We then rushed over to the Diaconate party at the Warburtons. There was a modified Yankee swap of cds. The one that exchanged hands the most was a cd by Sam Hsu called Great is Thy Faithfulness. The bookstore sells it, if you are interested. There were three cds of Charlie Brown Christmas music. I managed to snatch a Johnny Matthis Christmas recording.

This morning we attended the wedding of Lin Brown and Javkhaa Ganbaatar. It was a beautiful ceremony with Mongolian traditions mixed in such as a blessing by the parents and lighting candles. A special treat was the prelude music played by Paul Jones and Margaret Claudin, featuring Christmas music. Christina Corbett also beautifully sang Psalm 23 during the ceremony. It took three pastors to do the job - Bruce officiated, Phil gave the homily, and Carroll gave a charge and a blessing. And, I almost forgot, great reception food afterwards. I saw what I thought were chocolate balls, then thought they were large olives, and discovered they were boiled quail eggs stuffed with some kind of paste. Delicious!