Bill V
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone--
Had to share with all of you something that happened at our church Christmas Eve night...
At each of the Sunday services for the two weeks prior to Christmas, our Pastor had been announcing the Christmas service schedule, and mentioning that the 8:00 Christmas Eve Candlelight service would also be dedicated to the servicemen and women from our congregation, and that they especially wanted any of their families to come to that service. There aren't many military members in our congregation, but one, Brian, is a member of the church choir. He is serving in Iraq, been there since November 2006, due to be coming home in April. Sure enough, his family and his girlfriend all attend the service.
Part way through the service, they're discussing the servicemen and women from the congregation, and mention that they have a special message from one of them. The room goes black, and up on the overhead screens comes a video. There's Brian, in the desert in Iraq with a few of his buddies. He says hi to his family and his girlfriend, and to the congregation, and then start singing "Silent Night". (And quite well, may I add!) After that, they start singing "I'll Be Home For Christmas". They're again doing a wonderful job singing it.
They get to the last line, and sing "I'll be home for Christmas...", when all of the sudden the video cuts out like the power went dead on the projector. A couple seconds later, a spotlight comes on--there's Brian, in the aisle right next to his girlfriend in the pew, in his dress blues, who belts out, "...but only in my dreams!!!"
The only two people in the entire church who knew Brian was back in the US, four months early, were the pastor and the guy running the video projector.
And to top it all off--he immediately got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend.
There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
And of course--she said "yes".
Had to share with all of you something that happened at our church Christmas Eve night...
At each of the Sunday services for the two weeks prior to Christmas, our Pastor had been announcing the Christmas service schedule, and mentioning that the 8:00 Christmas Eve Candlelight service would also be dedicated to the servicemen and women from our congregation, and that they especially wanted any of their families to come to that service. There aren't many military members in our congregation, but one, Brian, is a member of the church choir. He is serving in Iraq, been there since November 2006, due to be coming home in April. Sure enough, his family and his girlfriend all attend the service.
Part way through the service, they're discussing the servicemen and women from the congregation, and mention that they have a special message from one of them. The room goes black, and up on the overhead screens comes a video. There's Brian, in the desert in Iraq with a few of his buddies. He says hi to his family and his girlfriend, and to the congregation, and then start singing "Silent Night". (And quite well, may I add!) After that, they start singing "I'll Be Home For Christmas". They're again doing a wonderful job singing it.
They get to the last line, and sing "I'll be home for Christmas...", when all of the sudden the video cuts out like the power went dead on the projector. A couple seconds later, a spotlight comes on--there's Brian, in the aisle right next to his girlfriend in the pew, in his dress blues, who belts out, "...but only in my dreams!!!"
The only two people in the entire church who knew Brian was back in the US, four months early, were the pastor and the guy running the video projector.
And to top it all off--he immediately got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend.
There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
And of course--she said "yes".
I can just imagine the looks of the Family Members as well as his girlfriend! So sweet! 
