An excited
congregation assembled in Saint Paul’s at 10.0 a.m. on Christmas morning for our Family
Communion Service. Presents were displayed as we considered the greatest gift
at Christmas – Jesus Christ himself. In a competition to see who had awoken the
earliest, it turned out that our children had actually been very self-restrained this Christmas and few parents had suffered greatly.
One might have
expected the church to empty quickly as people rushed off to their Christmas
meal. Perhaps it was the sherry that was served, or people’s friendly nature, but
in any case, the church actually took a very long time to empty – even though there were
only three days until the congregation would meet again on Sunday, when the Christmas season continues.
