Cornerstone Goes Caroling

Every December our church goes Christmas caroling.  We generally go to people's homes that don't get to get out.  We sing and pray for them.  Everyone has so much fun!  We met after church Sunday afternoon at 2 pm in the parking lot of a local pizza place.  Some of us loaded up in a wagon for a hayride (minus the hay).  The rest followed in their cars.  I can't believe I didn't get a head count, but I think it was around 25 folk in all.

After we went to a couple of people's homes to sing, we went by Jeff Davis Living Center.  It is one of the two nursing homes in our town.  We walked down the halls singing and stopped by the room of a lady who came to our church.  We have special binders made up with all the Christmas carols in them, so we sing the first and last verses and sing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" before moving down the hall or to the next room.  

Jennings has a VA Home as well.  We walked through the VA home singing.  We went into the Alzheimer's Unit here.  It was amazing to see some of the residents singing along!  It's always very touching and moving to see.  The VA home was decorated very nicely.

We had one more stop at Camelot Brookside.  It is another nursing home in our town.  We have Services there monthly on the third Wednesday of the month.  It was to be our final stop of the day.  However, when we pulled up, there was another large group about to go in and carol.  We decided to come back on another day to sing for them.  We'll be there for services on the 20th anyway.  It was about to get dark and would be dangerous to be in the trailer going down the road.

We headed back to the Fellowship Hall at our church and sang one more time.  Then we asked a blessing over the meal and feasted on brisket, potato soup, shrimp mold, and a dizzying array of desserts!  Caroling is a simple thing, but it brings joy to people.  They remember old times and sing along and smile.  It was a great day for everyone involved, and I'm glad that we do it!