Christmas Day came with 'Surprises' out of boxes all wrapped up. Children had great fun and adults as we ripped them open and we sang or prayed or read the story. It gathered up all our advent journey as you can see here.
Amazingly, though I didn't realise it at the time, the sun was shining right on the manger!
So we got excited at the surprises we opened, the surprises of the story... shepherds turned up... and Mary pondered these things in her heart. So we took some time to ponder too.
A church full and a wonderful part of our day!
