Christmas Eve Bible Hymnal Gathering & Pot Bless Dinner

On Christmas Eve, we gathered for a pot bless dinner and a Christmas Eve Bible Hymnal Gathering in church. The pot bless dinner was scheduled to start at about 7pm.

Christmas tree and the nativity scene put up by the children and their teachers.

Angels

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The following food were contributed by the participants for the pot bless dinner. Some brought cooked food while others bought ready cooked food.

Fried items such as stuffed bean curd and etc.

Black vinegar pork leg.

Steamed stuffed white tofu.

Stewed pork belly with fried bean curd stick, baby napa and carrot.

There were other items which I didn't take snapshots such as blanched beansprout, butter cake and others which I can't remember.

And 2 combs of bananas.

After dinner, we adjourned to the sanctuary for the...

Christmas Eve Bible Hymnal Gathering.

Altar

Altar flower.

After singing of hymns and reading of scripture, came the lighting of candles.

Thank God and fellow brothers and sisters in Christ for a nice and peaceful Christmas Eve celebration.

Christmas decorations on the notice board.

Grateful for from Him and through Him and to Him are all things - Romans 11:38.

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfil His promises to her - Luke 1:45.

Thankful to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever - Psalm 107:1.

Fish Balls & Fried Noodles For Dinner

Today is Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

Right time to share the Sunset Bells from my garden.

These were taken before the rainy season.

Beautiful blooms, just nice for Christmas & New Year 2023.

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For dinner, we went to Pusat Makanan MXII,

#9, Jalan Dato Tahwil Azhar, Taman Jubilee, 30300 Ipoh.

We ordered 8 fish balls (sai toh yu tan or yellow tail snapper).

Flat rice noodle or koay teow with egg gravy.

Doesn't look nice but tastes good.

Fried flat rice noodle (koay teow) + rice vermicelli (beehoon).

This was our dinner for 4 people which costs less than RM50.

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Photos credited to Shirley T for sharing the following photos with me.

Beautiful bird with bright yellow and black feathers.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

"Christmas gift suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness.

To an opponent, tolerance.

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service.

To all, charity.

To every child, a good example.

To yourself, respect."

- Oren Arnold.

Christmas Eve Dinner 2020 At Jimms Cafe, Ipoh

For Christmas eve (yesterday), we had 2 places in mind for dinner. It was only when we got into the car, the choice for dinner was made. It was to be Jimms Cafe, 29a, Jalan Pengkalan Barat, Taman Kar King, Ipoh. We just had lunch here with another friend a few days earlier. We don't mind going back again as there are many more choices which we haven't tried.

Inside of Jimms Cafe.

Most of the tables were taken and we were thankful that we could get a table for 4 people.

Roast chicken, vegetables and gravy.

A nice young gentleman approached our table and recommended the above roast chicken which is a special item just for 2 days only (24th and 25th December).

As usual, the camera has to "eat" first. Our friend cheekily lifted up the chicken for the camera. Lol!

We also ordered the above prawns with crispy noodle to share.

To round up the dinner, we were served this cocktail ice cream that came with the roast chicken set.

Our Christmas eve dinner ended on a sweet note.

Good food and a wonderful fellowship.

Evening sky at 6:55pm.

Blessed, Peaceful & Healthy Christmas 2020.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Your throne is founded on two strong pillars -

the one is Justice and the other Righteousness.

Mercy and Truth walk before you as your attendants.

Blessed are those who hear the joyful blast of the trumpet,

for they shall walk in the light of your presence.

(Psalm 89:14-15, The Living Bible-TLB)