44 people gathered in the Village Hall at 4pm for our fun Crib Service.  We couldn't use the church as there wasn't enough space with part of the church cordoned off because of damage to the ceiling.  But we were warm and happy and everyone had fun as we sang easy songs, watched videos of the Christmas story, thought about the Joy Jesus brings to everyone, and the children had great fun getting all the right characters into the three different nativities - an olive wood one from Bethlehem, a hand knitted one, and a felted wool one from Nepal, bought to support the poor people there.  You can open a photo of the Nepalese crib if you'd like to see it. 

At 9pm the church looked beautiful with its decorations and candlelit window cills (more photos attached) as we thought about the two kings - King Herod and the baby King Jesus.  16 of us made it feel quite full and happy as we celebrated our Christmas Eve Communion and sang carols.