New Year - New Plans

Christmas was amazing ! Thanks to all the talented people who provided gifts of music, cookies, ushering, serving at our 3 Christmas Eve services. !!  It was great to see so many of our college kids, too !!

Now I'm thinking about 2011. First cool thing??? So many of our HTLC high school kids will be in London to march in the New Year's Day Parade!!   Can you watch? Yes:

The entire New Year’s Day Parade London will be streamed live around the World on the BBC website on January 1st, it has been confirmed. The 25^th Anniversary parade telecast, which features more than 8,000 performers from a number of nations, can be accessed at www.bbc.co.uk/london . Streaming is due to begin at 11.30 am GMT (06.30 EST).

 There will be additional post parade streams at www.infomation.tv on January 1^st and 2^nd at 20.00 GMT (15.00 EST) and at 17.00 GMT (12 Noon EST) on January 3^rd.

MLK weekend is the Ski/Snowboard Trip to Camp Lutherwood!! Thanks to Kelsey Arias and Lisa Kittilsby for chaperoning!!

We need to meet and talk about our Summer High School Mission Trip ... Holden isn't going to work. Check here for date/time of high school meeting to talk/plan! Date will remain the same (June 18-24-ish).

Happy 2011!! Blessings - k

Christmas

The countdown begins ... 11 days to Christmas.
At Holy Trinity we have had a bake sale; purchased, wrapped and delivered gifts for 2 families from 1st Place School; seen a flash mob at Nordstrom's; ridden the Seattle Downtown Carousel; attended Black Nativity; had the Children's Christmas Pageant. Next? Shop, wrap and deliver the Angel Tree gifts to Women's Compass Cascade, then worship on Christmas Eve.



What is the tradition you look forward to each year? Are you the tree-trimmer? Cookie-baker? Caroler? Does your family go to Westlake Plaza for the tree lighting? Downtown Bellevue for the Drummers? Ice skating and hot chocolate?

How about worship? Are mid-week Advent services something you've been a part of? If not, come on Wednesday for our final one in 2010. It's a quieter, musical time to sit and reflect on the promise fulfilled, the best gift given. Have you walked the labrynith downstairs?

Christmas Eve? Are you a 2 pm in the Chapel family? 4 pm? 11 pm? Will you invite a friend or neighbor to come with you as we pray and praise the beginning of the Christmas season and the birth of Christ?  The world offers plenty of distractions and craziness - be sure an make the time to sit and recall what confessing Christians hold dear, the birth of our savior.
Pr. Deanna shared a couple of great links - one is a 'current' look at the Nativity story, using all the social media/communication tools you are used to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BFbx8Vr68

The other is the flash mob - taken from where we were standing! Who do you see and hear that you know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BFbx8Vr68

The countdown is on ~ kf

Black Nativity '10

It's that time of year, when HTLC high school students dress in Christmas gear, wear something a little silly, have lunch together, take some Christmas pix and get into the joy of Christmas at 'Black Nativity'.  BN is an amazing show featuring the Total Experience Gospel Choir that gives the Christmas story an African spin. There is rousing music, dance, scripture...and it's very different that what we see and hear in our Lutheran traditions. 
So - Saturday - 11:30 am, in the parking lot. We will hop into cars and head to downtown Seattle to fight the mall crowd for some food, enjoy the Christmas windows and decor (PIX!!) then off to the show. Be ready to clap (on 2 and 4), dance, sing along...
It's my favorite part of the season...k