For the month of December, the JOY team decided to focus on a special seasonal message. We came up with the concept of a 'search' for Christmas JOY. The programme features a journey (search) made by a group of children to find the true meaning of christmas. Along their journey they encounter an old folks home and a homeless family. They are picked up in a train (driven by Sydney Simmons) and they travel through the west end of Bermuda- through Somerset village, over Watford bridge and on to Dockyard making many stops along the way- and all in attempt to find christmas joy.
The programme also features:
* A guest appearance by the southampton childrens praise choir
* Healthwise with Drs. Lee and Rosamund Gibbons dealing with getting
through the christmas blues
* Childrens story by Sharon Phillips
* Cooking with Crystal and the kids making a vegetarian meatloaf
* Family caroling around the piano.
* and a Christmas message by Pastor Donnieval showing that Christmas
JOY was actually found by the actions of the children when they unselfishly
gave to the homeless, and visited the elderly
A few photos of our program in the making are shown below.
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oblivious that the children are missing! |
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coming in to share with the gathered families. |
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assisted with wife Dr. Rosamund Gibbons. |
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