christmas stories

We just started a new series called Christmas Stories. It’s about the smaller stories of Christmas that are somehow interwoven in The Christmas Story, and how miraculously all Christmas stories always come back to the ultimate one. This past weekend we looked at Giving and we used the story of the Little Drummer Boy as the launching pad for the message. When you stop and look at this season, giving is the one thing that makes the most sense, its the one truth that we can’t overlook. As told through the story of the Little Drummer Boy, even if you don’t think you have anything to give, you can and should always give yourself. 

To open the message we used a clip from the classic stop-motion version of The Little Drummer Boy and mixed it together with Mark doing his new version of the song live. I think it turned out pretty awesome, it was a really cool moment.

Here’s the Little Drummer Boy opener. Enjoy.

Also, let me just drop this in, this song is from Mark’s new Christmas From the Writers Room Ep. For those of you who don’t know, Mark is our Worship Pastor and he is an extremely talented songwriter and singer. Definitely stop by his site and check out the new album (which will be available on iTunes in a week or so).
 

What are you guys doing for your Christmas series this year?