One of my best loved tasks - the final preparations for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services.  A couple of hours wrapping oranges in red sticky tape, adding foil drip catchers to candles, double checking the quantities of cocktail sticks and sweets...

And the final preparations for Christmas morning - service sheets printed, props prepared, reflection as reflected as it's going to get...

And then a brief respite... a short time to sit back and smile, to savour the moment before the inevitable last minute rush of other things still be done ready for the Christmas Day community lunch (expecting 40-50 guests!) phone calls still to make and emails to be sent.

Hopefully those who share our services will be blessed with a sprinkling of angel dust (the holy variety of fairy dust) and enabled to delight in the mystery we celebrate.