Imagine Christmas 2009 - From the Beginning

Many of you followed along with us at First Baptist Church Euless last year, as we took a journey "somewhere between our memories and our imaginations" of what the first Christmas could have been like. And what a journey it was! Now it's time to prepare ourselves for a whole new journey that starts with Christmas, but will travel back to the beginning....the VERY BEGINNING.

IMAGINE CHRISMTAS 2009, will be filled with some of your favorites from last year, as well as many new amazing experiences for this year. It is a journey you can't miss out on. And we'll start counting down the days, 41 and counting, right here on this blog beginning Sunday. I hope you'll visit us regularly as we use our imaginations to create anticipation for this event. And mark your calendars right now for Saturday, December 12 at 3 and 6 pm for IMAGINE CHRISTMAS From the Beginning. Let the imagination journey begin!

A look back at '08 causes to celebrate and anticipate '09

I know that it might seem that I disappeared after Christmas. Truthfully...I have no idea if any of our followers (and 14 is awesome) would even think to go back on to this blogsite to continue thinking about Imagine Christmas. But, just in case, I had to share this with you...our year. I couldn't get it all in there...we did much more than this, like Easter, First Sunday night events...and oh, yea, there is a Sunday every 7 days...but, this is a recap of all we have to be thankful for. There was much that God allowed us to do through Him last year. And what that does is build ANTICIPATION for this year that lies ahead.

And you must come along with us. We were created for Worship. And the staff of the Worship Ministry is in deep prayer that true, heartfelt, God-honoring worship will be unleashed at our church and in our people. A deep desire, a craving for giving back to God...or getting down on your face in awe of Him...or just sitting in the private place where you come in anticipation of meeting with God and sitting there...STILL...listening, waiting on Him. This could be the year...look at the world around us. Isn't the earth moaning for His return. Aren't God's people being persecuted all over the world? Now is the time...let's celebrate where we've been...let's look forward to what lies ahead....and let's unleash our sincerest WORSHIP to the ONE who created us for WORSHIP.

'Twas the Night Before Imagine Christmas...

and all through the Lord's house, not a computer is whirling with a wireless mouse.   The lights are all hung from the cieling with care, in hopes that 3000 people would soon be there!  

I can't believe it is the night before IMAGINE CHRISTMAS!  This month has flown by.  All the rehearsals are done.  All the videos are finished.  All the lights are programmed.  All the decorations have been set.  All the lines have been memorized.  All the music has been rehearsed.  Now all we need is YOU!

Let me rewind for you to the summer.  It seems like just a moment ago that we were all sitting in Robert and Angie's house, listening to music and watching DVD's of production elements...IMAGINATIONS running wild!  The excitement was high.  Thoughts were that this might be the biggest and best Christmas program that First Euless has ever done.  We were working hard to dream big and make sure that every part of the Worship Ministry would be involved to bring to you IMAGINE CHRISTMAS.

Fast forward to December 12th... All the work has been accomplished.  Now it is just time to show you.  To help you see Christmas in a whole new way.  And I don't mean the color scheme or set on the stage.  I don't mean rearranging this original Bible story.  Think about this for just a minute. To us, the believer, Christmas isn't the pretty lights, trees with wrapped presents  and Christmas carols.  It is the appointed time that God sent us Emmanuel and fulfilled his name 

"God With Us."  The world was waiting for their Messiah.  And after his time to come was completed and the price was paid that satisfied His Father, we were given the Holy Spirit, who lives in us.  For me...Christmas is always living in me.  Now we await his coming again.  But until then, we have to share Christmas with the rest of the world.  Not in gifts and toys...but in name.  He is the One True Gift - perfect, meeting all needs.  So, that is what we are doing tomorrow night and Sunday.  We're celebrating the time when Christmas was given once for all. Join us tomorrow night.  Bring your IMAGINATION, open wild like a child's.  And join with us as we re-visit this timeless story of the First Christmas.  This is way better than "visions of sugar plums dancing in your heads..."  See you tomorrow.

Meet Cynthia Kilgore - A Dancing Angel

I have often let my IMAGINATION wrap itself around what it must have been like to see a "host of angels" sharing the good news...the birth of the Christ Child.  Shut your eyes for a moment and try to IMAGINE this sight in the sky.... something to behold.  Well, we won't be having any angelic beings at our IMAGINE CHRISTMAS performance, but I'd like you to meet this young lady, because she is quite an angel herself.  Cindy's time on stage will just be about 2 minutes...but the sight will be something to behold.  

When we conducted our auditions this year for a ballerina, this young lady took my breath away.  I sat beside her mom as she performed for us...and her mom was crying.  Why?  The beauty that was before us.  But there was more...this young lady loves Jesus and this is her form of worship...her gift back to Christ.  Her spirit is precious and her love for Christ radiates from every part of her.  And I can tell you that o

ur Heavenly Father has given her an amazing talent...her dancing.  She will bless you as she helps us paint a picture of how all of Heaven rejoiced as "A Child Was Born" and given "Unto Us."

There are only                                IMAGINE CHRISTMAS!