| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Carol Perkins: Being a part of church at Christmas time For those children who don't have a church to attend or a Christmas program to in which to participate, I urge parents to take them. If you can't, at least send them. Some of my happiest times growing up was with my extended church family. - CAROL PERKINS Next earlier Carol Perkins column, the hilarious: Historic moment in Upton, KY By Carol Perkins For as long as I can remember, I have been part of a church. For as long as I can remember, we have celebrated the birth of Jesus with a manger scene, shepherds, wise men, Joseph and Mary, and angels. As a small child, I was an "angel in training," which meant when I was middle school age, I became a "grown-up" angel. The costumes never changed. When I was a senior, I narrated the program, which was a huge honor and responsibility. I never forgot that Ruth Butler had enough faith in me to put me in that spot. I was a nervous wreck before I began, but I remember feeling a calm come over me as the candles flickered in the windows and the children took their places at the manger scene. God's hand at work. When I was very young, I remember our mothers shaping coat hangers into wings, covering them in crepe paper, and outlining the wings with silver tinsel. We wore "sheet" robes and with some type of string, tied the wings around us. We stood proudly behind Mary and Joseph (always two teenagers) and tried not to get tickled from nerves. Playing an angel was a big roll for a little girl. The Christmas tree at church was decorated with ornaments and tinsel and colored lights. Back then we didn't have twinkle lights; just the big colored ones that can't be bought readily today. The star on top was often made of aluminum foil and the best part of all-it was a real tree, so the smell of cedar filled the church. Santa came during the program on the Sunday night before Christmas, and passed out gifts to the children. The preacher's gift was always money on a Christmas money tree. It looked like a fortune to a little girl. For as long as I can remember, I loved the sounds of Christmas. We sang the traditional songs like "Joy to the World" and when I was older, the choir started having cantatas. The music moved from ordinary Christmas music to more classic pieces with background tapes. I enjoy both the old and the new. Nothing says Christmas more than "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem." I watch now as young people carry on the Christmas tradition. We still have the manger scene, the story of the birth of Jesus, the angels (no more crepe paper), the shepherds, and the wisemen kneeling around Joseph and Mary. We have mothers making sure costumes are ready, daddy's videoing the programs, and take pictures with phones. The story never grows old and the older I become, the more sentimental I am about Christmas. For those children who don't have a church to attend or a Christmas program to in which to participate, I urge parents to take them. If you can't, at least send them. Some of my happiest times growing up was with my extended church family. (My new book, A Girl Named Connie, is available at Blossoms Florist and Boutique Unique, 507 Happy Valley Road, Glasgow, KY 42141, Phone 270-629-3597; the Edmonton/Metcalfe Chamber of Commerce, 109 E Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY, Phone 270-432-3222; and the Lighthouse Restaurant, 1500 Sulphur Well/Knob Lick Road, Sulphur Well Historic District, KY 42129. Phone 270-629-3597. And Also on Amazon.com) Contact: Carol Perkins, PO Box 134, Edmonton, KY 42129. Phone 670-432-5756. carolperkins06@gmail.com This story was posted on 2016-12-03 05:11:04
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic Carol Perkins:
Carol Perkins: Historic moment in Upton, KY Carol Perkins: Trust and consequences Carol Perkins: Karaoke at Sherry's, Hiseville, KY Carol Perkins: We are all on the same team Carol Perkins: Metcalfe Countians share grief Carol Perkins: Star Power Carol Perkins: I admire clever mothers Carol Perkins: A toothache hurts, but a backache is grueling Carol Perkins: Firepit brings back memories of 'creek days' Carol Perkins. Old School Cafe a reality in Metcalfe Co., KY View even more articles in topic Carol Perkins |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
