Light to shine in the darkest night,
Light to make all the wrong things right.
Light to show everyone the way,
Light to shine where the virgin lay.
Star of David, the prophet’s star,
Yahweh, God come to where we are.
Star to mark the Messiah’s birth,
Star of Heaven now touches earth tonight,
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Tonight, Tonight, tonight,
Star of Heaven now touches earth tonight!

TONIGHT . . . work that began in June becomes comes to fruition. I remember driving to Alabama with Mitchell late one night in June and hearing "Tonight" for the first time on a choral preview CD and thinking, "Yes!"

TONIGHT . . . the thousands of lights that Jesse, Rod, and several others spent HOURS assembling will shine for the public to help tell the story of Christmas.

TONIGHT . . . the hours of rehearsal spent together and on our own will result in an evening of worship, drama, storytelling, and beauty.

TONIGHT . . . people who have been invited to hear and see the Tree, as well as people who saw an ad or the billboard or a flyer will have a chance to discover the true message of Christmas - the birth of the prophesied Messiah who came to save us from our sins.

TONIGHT . . . we have the opportunity to work together to accomplish something that we could never accomplish on our own - and that's a huge part of what it means to be the church - the Body of Christ.

TONIGHT . . . I pray for God to do a work IN US, as well as in the lives of those who attend the Tree.

Join with me in praying for us to sense God's presence from the moment we begin, as well as to pray for the Pastor as he shares at the close of the evening.

See you . . . TONIGHT!