May the Savior, who came to serve us with His life, death, and resurrection, bring you great joy throughout the year. Merry Christmas from: The CLC Board of Missions

Once in royal David's city    Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her Baby    In a manger for His bed: Mary was that mother mild,    Jesus Christ her little child. He came down to earth from heaven,    Who is God and Lord of all, And His shelter was a stable,    And His cradle was a stall; With the poor, the scorned, the lowly,    Lived on earth our Savior holy. And our eyes at last shall see Him,    Through His own redeeming love; For that Child who seemed so helpless    Is our Lord in heaven above; And He leads His children on    To the place where He is gone. Not in that poor lowly stable,    With the oxen standing nigh, We shall see Him; but in heaven,    Set at God's right hand on high; Then like stars His children crowned,    All in white His praise will sound.