I thought this would be a good title to use as our over all theme for Christmas this year. I think many of us wish we could just unplug Christmas and get back to what it is really aall about. I think there is so much light pollution with all the Christmas decorations that it would be hard to see the real star if it were to appear. So maybe we need to switch everything off and get back to the clear dark night sky and find the star again. I’m going to start putting up some post over the Advent Season to encourage all my readers to start making that journey.

For those of you who are local to St Andrew’s Bo’ness and especially to those who will be taking part in the Christmas nativity this year I’m posting up the songs for the Kings Club so that you can hear them and start learning them for the rehearsals over the next few Sundays. So if you clip on the Mp3 buttons you will hear the songs.

Two Thousand years
Bumpy Journey
There Were Shepherds
Hey,No Way
Wise men
It’s A Party

Re-locating the flowers in the sanctuary is not rocket science, however when its left up to a man to do the relocation, you better be prepared for anything. JS our flower arranger had gone to a lot of trouble to pick the right flowers for Remembrance Sunday. She placed them on the font in church as usual.

When I arrived on Sunday morning I needed to put a cross on the font. So the beadle for the month helpfully re-located the flowers to the other side of the church. Only this time instead of the front view we had the rear view.

I felt sorry for JS on Monday morning as she recalled the tale of woe. All I could think was at every turn everyone was trying to do their best. It go me thinking sometimes in life things just don’t turn out the way we want even when we are all doing our best. ( Doesn’t that last phrase not sound like a linne from the narrator in ‘Desperate Housewives’ ) Now who says i don’t watch the soaps?