Last night and again tonight, Joshua will be participating in our church Christmas concert. He is a member of the youth chorus where he and Conor are the only boys, but he loves to sing, so it doesn't seem to matter to him. The kids did a great job last night, as did the adult singers, readers, bell ringers, orchestra members and all others who made the concert happen.
I volunteered with our youth ministry in putting on La Posada for the younger children who couldn't sit through the hour and a half long concert. La Posada is a Mexican tradition where (when we do it) the children dress up as angels, shepherds, wisemen, and the "leading parts" of the Christmas story. We then act it out together -- all who attend participate. We walk around the church campus where adults acting as inn keepers turn away Joseph and Mary. Finally, they come back to the chapel where one inn keeper lets them in to stay in the stable. After the story has been acted out we have a fiesta with pinata, cocoa and oreos (probably not part of the Mexican tradition). After a couple years of being the "mean" inn keeper, last night I got to be the kind inn keeper and one of the wisemen.
I hope you all are enjoying wonderful Christmas and Advent celebrations that help you remember the birth of our Lord Jesus. Blessings.
Sheryl
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