The Babe, by Mary Ellen Kilsby
The best thing I ever did was to take the newest baby in the congregation on Christmas Eve [could be any Sunday near Christmas], when no one is interested in the sermon, frankly, but the STORY says something to us . . . in some deep way. So you say, "if our story says to us that God comes to us in the form of a baby, then what does this baby say about God . . . and our relationship with God?" And they get it. You get answers like: tender . . . need to take care of each other . . . not almighty but compelling, etc. Once I did this, I did it every year. It really makes a lovely and deeply moving—and brief!—reflection. ~ Mary Ellen Kilsby
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What a wonderful suggestion. Can I try it?
I do hope we get a baby along to our service. That is the problem when the congregation is very small and mostly over 70.