Christmas Program 2009!!!!!

I'm writing through tears ... of joy. What a night of musical magic!! Several new faces joined our own talented bunch to be a part of this awesome evening at Crossroads Bible Church where Sammy Davenport crafted a humongously successful Christmas event. Oh my stars!!! Are we EVER so lucky he and Julie landed in our CBC body, or what??!!!!!!!!!!

Many stepped up to the mic and blew away the full-to-the-brim crowd. I just kept thinking, "How many songs are going to be this good?" And they WERE ALL GOOD. From Elvis, (O.K., who WAS that guy ~ he was great?!), to Stephanie, to Billy Grammer on that harmonica (dang!) to the electric guitar rifts, to our incredibly talented Milo, to Texas Christmas from the Randy Travis sound-alike who blows me away every time he sings, to Marcella and the Peanuts Christmas theme... Then there was Hal in that white coat. Mercy ... what a hoot! Then he sang the song about Mary. You could hear a pin drop as his voice floated out into the crowd. Gorgeous. The flutes, the horns (that saxophone ~ my favorite!) Sigh ... it was just incredibly delightful.

My sweet friend, Andrea Herndon, was the wind beneath Sammy's wings, not only helping him coordinate the night, but also lending her incredible pipes to the lineup as Sammy played the piano. O.K., I'm crying again.

If you're reading this and you haven't emailed Sammy or Andrea or any of those you know were a part of the extravaganza, let me encourage you to do so. A program like this takes more behind the scenes work than we can EVEN imagine, and while they're not looking for kudos ~~ surprise these men and women with them anyway. Believers must love and support one another. Please close this blog and send a quick note of thanks to those involved.

I love our LORD. I love the gifts He's so generously bestowed... I love the people who make up our church. Here's the church, and here's the steeple, open the door and see all the people. I love our church. I love our church. I love our church.