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(the following playlist was covered by the Crossings Community Church worship team, arranged and directed by Brandon Auten. Ten singers, five guitars, three keyboards, two drums sets, one bass, one violin and one cello and the best sound and lighting team in the world.) THE GLORY OF CHRISTMAS THE REASON FOR CHRISTMAS THE SUFFERING IN CHRISTMAS THE SON OF CHRISTMAS: "what have I done to deserve a love like this?" THE SAVIOR IN CHRISTMAS

Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert.

Song featured in Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert

Song featured in the Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert.

Song featured in the Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert.

Weeping is cast for the night but Joy! Joy! Song featured in the Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert.

Song featured in the Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert.

"Where Is Love Now, Out Here In The Dark?" (below, start at 9:05)  Songs featured in the 2016 and 2017 Crossings Community Church Christmas Concert.

There's a wall inside my heart Can't get 'round it Keeps the two of us apart Can't get over it But under my​ skin Is where You begin And Your kindness leads me now . . .

6:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 16 and Sunday December 17 at Crossings Community Church.

10. "Well, well, well, now, there's a gift!" 9. "No, with all the hostile takeovers this year, I missed the big Ronco/K-Tel/Ginsu merger. Would you just look at that! What will they think of next?!" 8. "Hey, as long as I don't have to feed it, or clean up after it, or put batteries in it, I'm happy!" 7. "No, really, I didn't know that there was a Chia Pet tie! Oh, wow! It's a clip-on too!" 6. "You know, I always wanted one of these! Jog my memory -- what's it called again?" 5. "You know what? -- I'm going to find a special place to put this!" 4. "Boy, you don't see craftsmanship like that every day!" 3. "And it's such an interesting color too!" 2. "You say that was the last one? Am I ever glad that you snapped that baby up!" And the number one thing to say about the Christmas gifts you didn't like is . . . "You shouldn...

by Charles Wesley Hark! the herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King, Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinner reconcil’d. Hark! the herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With the angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Christ by highest Heaven ador’d, Christ the everlasting Lord! Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb. Hark! the herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail, the incarnate Deity, Pleased as Man with man to dwell, Jesus our Immanuel! Hark! the herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings. Hark! the herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man n...

As shadows cast by cloud and sun Flit o’er the summer grass, So, in Thy sight, Almighty One, Earth’s generations pass. And as the years, an endless host, Come swiftly pressing on, The brightest names that earth can boast Just glisten and are gone. Yet doth the star of Bethlehem shed A luster pure and sweet; And still it leads, as once it led, To the Messiah’s feet. O Father, may that holy star Grow every year more bright, And send its glorious beams afar To fill the world with light.

"Christmas is about generosity and charity and giving, right? And so it is that tightwad Ebenezer Scrooge is the villain in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Is that really fair, though? In 2004, Steven Landsburg explained why misers are actually very generous. In the spirit of the season, the article is reprinted below. Here's what I like about Ebenezer Scrooge: His meager lodgings were dark because darkness is cheap, and barely heated because coal is not free. His dinner was gruel, which he prepared himself. Scrooge paid no man to wait on him. Scrooge has been called ungenerous. I say that's a bum rap. What could be more generous than keeping your lamps unlit and your plate unfilled, leaving more fuel for others to burn and more food for others to eat? Who is a more benevolent neighbor than the man who employs no servants, freeing them to wait on someone else?" Read the rest of this intriguing article here .  Curious to know your thoughts. Please post them,...

Join us for the story of Christmas at Crossings Community Church on Saturday, December 17 or Sunday December 18 at 6:00 p.m. Live music includes arrangements from Nickel Creek, Audrey Assad, Sandra McCracken, Bethel Music, The Modern Post and others.

Carols everywhere . . .