December 18 Christmas Sacrament Program

Dear Montgomery Branch Members and Friends:

First, many thanks to the many of you who attended our Sacrament meeting today, during which the children and adults of the Hope Chinese School Chorus sang "Silent Night" for the congregation.  We were also blessed to hear the beautiful voices from our own Primary, the Seminary students led by Bro. and Sis. Anderson, the combined voices of the Tsai, Huang and Theodore families, and a moving closing hymn by Sisters Tsai and Susan Liu.

Of course, the many visitors who visited our church for the first time today were captivated by the inspired words of Ashley Cooper (孔兰欣）, Dan Maxwell （马德安） and Nicholai Lazarev （罗智全）, and marveled at their Chinese proficiency.

We were thrilled to see so many new friends in the Congregation today, and many old friends who had not seen in awhile.  In total, 116 people - a Montgomery Branch record -- came to support our program today.  We recognize that many of our guests are faithful members of their own churches, and some may not belong to any church at all.  We respect everyone's faith, or the right to have no faith.  However, we hope that the music and spoken words everyone heard today brought a special feeling of happiness that will stay with all of us for a long time, making our days a little brighter, or better yet, inspiring us to make other peoples days brighter as well.

This coming Sunday, we will hear from more special musical guests, including members from three different Chinese community choruses who will sing with the Montgomery Branch choir the Halleluja Chorus from Handel's Messiah.  We also look forward to hearing special performances by Brother George Chang who will sing with our primary children, and a song by the Tsai kids.

Brad Johnson, who recently returned from a teaching assignment is Nanjing, will be our guest speaker.

We would be honored if you can spend part of your Christmas day with us.

Sincerely,


The Montgomery Branch