How are your preparations going? Gifts bought and wrapped? Menu set and groceries purchased? House decorated inside and out? What about your heart? Are you ready to marvel at the wonder of Emmanuel, God with us? Are you ready to open your heart to receive Christ once again as the babe in the manger who gives hope and promise? Take 15 minutes, if you have not already, and consider what Christmas really means to you and to your family. I believe you will find it means more than

Christmas is coming...right around the corner... sooner than you expect...just like every other year. We have been steadily preparing for Emmanuel's coming in our services and in our Advent practices. Now come the big questions: Who have you invited to come to Spring Creek Church to hear Emmanuel – Celebrating Heaven's Child, the Christmas Cantata offered by our choir and instrumentalists on December 22nd within the worship service? Who have you invited to join us on Christma

It was like an angel was in our midst. The music coming from her beautiful harp was heavenly. As we learned at our time with youth, there were no girl or children angels in the Bible, still the harp music of Nanette Felix was other-worldly. There is more heavenly music to come this month. Our Children's Choir sings December 15th. The Adult Choir Cantata will be presented December 22nd. Guest soloist, Nick Janitzky, will be with us in the Christmas Eve Service at 5:30. An old-