Launching into Christmas 2009

It's the seventh Christmas for Agapella, but for five members this weekend, it marks their inaugural Christmas season with our group.

We kicked into full gear this Christmas season at Bethesda Serangoon church yesterday evening with half an hour of carols that we shared with a gathering of close to two hundred. The graciousness displayed by members of the church was palpable, warmingd our hearts and voices.

Seated at the back of the hall on the second floor of the family church, Daniel (Loke) leaned over and in a hushed tone amidst the backdrop of carols in the background, said it finally felt like Christmas. To which I replied, "Yes, all the lights in Orchard Road don't quite give you that same spirit of Christmas".

Regardless of whether you've been celebrating the Christ of Christmas many years over or for the first time this year, we pray you'll see things with a fresh perspective, and I won't be surprised it'll be a 180-degree turn from how you've always viewed the season.

Alas, a Saviour has been born!