Well, the dust has settled around Christmas. Only a few random cookies and scraps of ham remain of our celebration--although, I have to say our tree is still going strong...I guess that's the difference when you cut it down yourself in the forest!
Christmas Eve was an experiment for our church in relationship over charity. We wanted to invite a few of our friends from the soup kitchen to celebrate Christmas with us at Pickles. Our goal was not so much to "feed the homeless" that night, but to integrate our community with theirs. It was a good opportunity to spend time with our new friends outside of the soup kitchen. We invited three guys to the service. One of them was able to make it as well as the kitchen director who Ruthie has befriended. We had a great time. One of the activities we did was to split up in groups and each share what we thought the Christmas story would have been like for Joseph, Mary, and Simeon. I was in the younger group (17-20 year olds) and we were in charge of the Simeon perspective. I loved watching them process the Christmas story through the eyes of a character they were never aware of before that night.
We had a great Christmas dinner on Monday (even though I had to work at the resort that morning--long story). Basically, the entire Christmas Eve service people where there again. My friend James (from the hill) came and Ruthie brought her friend the kitchen manager and her son. My parents were there and Peggy (Jenn's mom) as well. It was pretty fun to have that mix of people all playing pictionary and unwrapping a huge ball of scotch tape with presents inside it.
In the end, I feel like we accomplished exactly what we were after. It was so cool to spend that time with James in a place other than the soup kitchen. I loved seeing new characters come into our story and watching the people from our CTK community embracing them as family. In my opinion, this was a great Christmas!
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