IT'S CHRISTMAS
1 Christmas is coming to the city
catalogues are flooding through the post
shop decorations, Christmas Pageants —
how many shopping days to go?
It's Christmas, it's Christmas,
so much is happening we might miss seeing
God as a human being
2 Mary and Joseph and their baby
couldn't find a room in Bethlehem
nothing is different, nothing changes -
is there any room today for them?
3 Out in the paddock angels singing
shepherds were counting more than sheep
they heard the message, they went looking
they didn't get a lot of sleep
4 I like Christmas, I like parties
I like Santa in his sleigh
I like presents but especially
God's Christmas present in the hay
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1989. For many years Dorothy and I sang a song or two at the Klemzig Primary School annual carols night. This is the school our children attended, and in 1989 we thought it would be good to have our twin sons, Thom and Jon, play with us, on drums and bass guitar respectively. While trying to think of songs to do with them I imagined a song that would work well - and this was it. And it did! |
ALWS 29/5/24
In May 2023 we travelled to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, seeing work supported by Australian Lutheran World Service. Dorothy and I are Ambassadors for the ALWS programme, Lives You Touch. We are encouraging people to leave money in their will for the work of ALWS. We committed to leave a third of our will many years ago and hope many others can touch lives in this way.
Last year we visited churches in SA, Vic, Qld and WA with Jonathan & Julie Krause promoting the cause of ALWS.
Coming up soon:
* Nuriootpa (St Petri) Saturday June 22, 4 pm
To be confirmed:
Bordertown July 28,
Everton Park (Qld) August 17,
Canberra August 24
Looking forward to seeing you at one of these events