If you missed the musical play on Saturday night, you have missed The Christmas Spirit.
It was a wonderful night with a large audience, ready to be pleased. They laughed at our jokes, applauded our singing and contributed over $505.00 to the collection plate.
We had our own version of the Nutcracker with a beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy and an impish toy soldier.
We had duelling divas -- one rich and one clever.
We had kitchen volunteers to feed the cast before the show and cater to the crowd afterward.
And we had a hard working cast that also included, a school disciplinarian and a rock star wannabe, a giant teddy bear and a little girl who had to give him up. But the heroes of the story were a grumpy angel and a sulky teenager. In the end we all learned that "Christmas isn't teddy bears, or gifts beneath the tree. Christmas Spirit comes from God and dwells in you and me."
I mentioned the generosity of the audience in filling the donation plate. What makes their gift even greater is the matching formula for "Spread the Net." Our $505.00 will be matched six times over, meaning that over $3000.00 will go to purchase mosquito nets in Africa, where mosquito-born malaria kills a child every 60 seconds. Thank you to everyone for catching the Christmas Spirit.
