Today has been very busy, and mostly very lovely. 

Apart from emergency IT stuff ( a software download broke Windows 10 on the church computer and a lot of time was spent trying to fic it before I opted for a reinstall...) and the quick early lunch that turned into a saga, everything has been just lovely.

All good to go for the Community Lunch tomorrow, tables laid, decorations done, food prep prepped.  And a simply lovely Christingle afternoon, well attended and with brilliant participation.  Children, parents and grandparents... new symbolism imagined and created (and why not) for the Christingle elements... a story about a shepherd girl who met baby Jesus... and just a lovely atmosphere.

Now all my prep work is done and I am looking forward to a relatively early night!  Christmas is a manic time for ministers, but I absolutely love it.