The emotions ran high!
I went from doubting that it would ever come together - to the excitement or progress, and then felt loneliness under the weight of responsibility - I went from exhaustion to the exhilaration of accomplishment and then fell into a deep contentment as we were surrounded by family! I just love the challenge to create and relish the years I've been involved with many other team members working on the details. The enjoyment of creating doesn't lessen the emotions we experience, but this year when we gave out over 60 new believer packets to people that raised their hands indicating a decision to follow Christ, any worry we had experienced was immediately forgotten and turned to praise!
In the midst of preparing Christmas there were intentional moments of reflection on the true meaning of a Savior born for me...a breath taking realization!
I love the season despite it's hectic requirements - and realize what a privilege it is to try each year to tell the story in a true, compelling way praying it makes the story of Jesus come alive to someone for the first time!
You can watch our service here Christmas at Crossroads
I took many pictures that I'd like to share - they tell the story of the journey called Christmas!
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| Crossroads Artist Group created light-bulb decorations for the Crossroads tree at Kingwood |
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| Grandmas helpers with the Crossroads' Christmas tree! |
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| When your talented daughter writes a book...what a blessing to read this Christmas! Jocelyn Hunsader, author. |
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| This precious little one was part of our Christmas video shoot! |
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| My talented son Eric Biddle shot the Christmas videos |
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| Our precious friend Kristin playing the part of the doctor in our video |
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| It was a cold video shoot day |
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| Such generous Crossroads' attendees braving the cold for our video shoot |
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| Family all together at the carousel! |
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| Ernesto brought the house down with "Mary Did You Know"! It was a definite highlight! |
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| Loved working with these hilarious, talented gentlemen!! |
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| A whole row of my Ashland cousins - so thankful for extended family I love!! |
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| Blessed to have the amazing group The Trio playing in our lobby! |
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| Beautiful flowers for the talented granddaughter dancer! |
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| A star is born! |
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| Good friends for Christmas lunch - Dana and Sue! |
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| Cousins so happy to be back together! |
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| Not sure who likes legos more? |
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| Oliver and grandpa carrying Grandma Forbes' new tv down to her! |
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| Family helping to take all the decorations down and clean for the Celebration services! |
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| Loving being together again! |
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| I encourage all of you with grandkids to let them serve with you and see you serve in the church, if they grow up doing it they take such pride in serving others and spending time at church!! |
This about wraps up my blessed Christmas. I can't thank all of you who made Christmas at Crossroads a possibility, and all of my friends that prayed for me and encouraged me as we planned and executed the services with our amazing teams!! Happy New Year!
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