This Christmas season, Westwind has another Christmas Card Production prepared for you to invite your friends and neighbors. Christmas Wish will be performed on Sunday, December 18, by our own worshipping community. Accompanied by wonderful worship and a relevant word, Christmas Wish is a message about our connection with God during the holiday season. There is only one performance, so get there early to get a seat for you and your invited guests.

If you weren’t at our Celebration Service this Sunday then you missed an epic moment in Westwind history. Right as Brandon got up to deliver his message the intercom system went on playing Van Halen’s “That’s What Dreams Are Made Of”. Thinking that it was some sort of joke, Brandon laughed it off until the song ended, only to be interrupted by “Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffet. Clearly this wasn’t a joke and there was some sort of technical issue going on.

Instantaneously, various people throughout the crowd got up and hustled to different areas of the school to see if they could lend a hand to stop the music that was being played (now it was “Freeze Frame” by the J. Geils Band). Although the music being played was completely distracting, it didn’t seem to bother our worshipping community. People laughed as different songs would be played. There were even people tapping their toes to the tunes.

When it looked like the music issue wasn’t going to be fixed, one person suggested that we keep worshipping. The band got back up to the platform and drowned out the classic 80′s rock songs with praises to the Most High God. It was great to see people praising God over the distraction. After the songs were sung, the crowd was encouraged to stick around and just hang out (with full accompaniment of the intercom radio station). It was a delight to see all the people who used it as an opportunity to get to know other people from Westwind. God did use it for His glory.

There were a lot of laughs that day, so here are just few of the funny things that got said:

• Best sermon ever, pastor.
• Even junior high boys should have their prayers answered every once in a while.
• Can I make a request for MC Hammer?
• So, is your church like this every Sunday?

Thanks again for all those who tried to help, and for those who laughed it off with us and had a great time of fellowship. We will make sure for next Sunday that we will clear the floor so people can “cut a rug”.