On December 6, 2009 we held our annual English language international Christmas service.
Chris by poster thumbnailMarjet and Thomas thumbnailChris at piano thumbnail

Terri interpreting thumbnailTerri signing song thumbnailLucas thumbnail

Drake preaching thumbnailaudience thumbnailcookie table thumbnail

table of guests thumbnailMarcel and Lori thumbnailguests thumbnail

The Boersma family thumbnailgroup shot thumbnailTerri and Jodi thumbnail

Brett and Chris thumbnail

 


 International Christmas Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brett and Chris

Brett (New Zealand) and Chris before the service started.

Terri and Jodi

Terri and her American deaf friend Jodi

group shotThe man on the left was a Dutch fellow who walked in off the street. He is picutred here with Justin (American), Lucas (Dutch) and Lila (Algerian) from our church.

Boersma family

Angela, Jeroen and Angelo attended the service

table of guests

Lila (Algeria), Silvia, Delaja and Marina (Dutch) all come from our church. Silvia was a part of the worship team.

audienceThis year we had about 60 people in attendance.

Chris by the posterChris standing next to one of our advertising posters.

Marjet and Thomas

Marjet sang in the worship team and Thomas ran PowerPoint for the service.

Chris playing piano

Chris played the keyboard for the service.

Terri interpreting

Terri interpreted the service into American Sign Language.

Terri signing song

Terri also signed the song "More than a Child" in the service.

Lucas

Lucas did a monologue as Joseph telling about his experiences and feelings around the birth of Jesus.

Drake preaching

Drake gave the message comparing the birth of his 'ordinary' children to the extraordinary birth of Christ.

cookie table

After the service we treat everyone to hundreds of homemade cookies!

table of guests

Evalien talks with 3 guests from Kenya, Pieter and his parents.

 

Marcel and Lor

Marcel and Lori