The first Christmas we were here, Keith and I went to a Christmas concert/carol sing in a nearby town. At the end, everyone stood and sang “Glory to God in the Highest!” From memory. It gave me goose bumps. Nearly every Dutch Christmas concert, worship service, or carol singing ends with this echoing of the angles’ words from Luke 2:14.  This year we will not be going anywhere to sing this with any group. The Omicron variant of Covid has reached the Netherlands, and we are once again in lockdown. Our church will not be having face-to-face Christmas services. But we will still be able to give glory to God! 

           Ere zij God in den hoge!                  Glory to God in the highest,

                 Vrede op aarde,                              and on earth peace,

        in de mensen een welbehagen                good will toward men.

You can enjoy hearing this sung at the end of a church concert in the well-known village of Urk

or in Dutch and English sung in a church somewhere in America. 

Wishing you all many glimpses of God's glory this Christmas 

and throughout the coming year,

Mary & Keith