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Bless this house, O Lord, we pray:
Make it safe by night and day.
Bless these walls, so firm and stout,
keeping want and trouble out.
Bless the roof and chimneys tall;
let thy peace lie over all.
Bless this door that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright,
letting in God's heav'nly light.
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer.
Bless the folk who dwell within;
keep them pure and free from sin.
Bless us all that we may be fit, O Lord, to dwell with thee.
Bless us all that one day we may dwell, O Lord, with thee.
"Bless This House"
Music by May H Brahe and words by Helen Taylor

　　聖誕時節，讀了一篇關於 "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" 的文章，說十件大家未必知道的事。
　　果不其然。
　　先簡述這十件事 ¹：

　　看了一場崇拜錄播。敬拜讚美選了〈這是天父世界〉。
　　聽著，唱著，感觸著。
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　　先引一首詩歌。
求主祝福我手所獻、我所計劃一切事工。
惟靠信心、志向、意念，其餘一切在主手中。
〈求主祝福我手所獻〉
Twila Paris 曲．黃永熙譯

　　也許，今天該記它一記。
　　也許。
　　今天是歡送施牧師和施師母的日子。
　　自從施牧師離任的消息公佈之後，這一天終於到了。

　　二零一二、一三年，在想與不想之間，在寫與不寫之間。
（一）

（一）
我眾虔誠聚集，求主厚賜恩福，主施管教使人明白祂旨意，
惡人所加苦害，現今已告終止，讚美救主聖名，因祂關懷備至。
上主在旁護領，天天與我同在，建立基督國度，萬世永長存，
從戰爭開始時，我們已得勝利，主站在我一方，願榮耀都歸神。
我眾同心讚揚祂勝利的統帥，懇求永作我們拯救與保護；
使信徒蒙恩典，脫離患難、災禍，主名永受讚揚，使我自由、釋放！
〈虔誠聚集〉（"We Gather Together"）
Traditional Netherlands Melody．紀哲生譯

（一）
　　詩班員謂寫分享文章，「千頭萬緒，欲說無從」。
　　我呢？反而沒甚麼頭緒，所以同樣「欲說無從」，寫不出甚麼感性的分享。

　　今晚平安夜，近年來第一次沒有隨教會報佳音。現在翻箱倒籠，把去年聖誕晚會詩歌環節的稿子拿出來，也來報佳音一番。

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　　大家聖誕快樂！睇番呢個月嘅程序表先至發現，原來除咗尋日浸禮崇拜一次過唱咗幾首之外，今年都冇乜唱過聖誕歌，幾乎一個禮拜至得一首。所以呢，今晚，我唔理嘞，要唱七首聖誕歌。希望大家都唱得高興，帶住份喜樂嘅心情慶祝聖誕。

Forever we will praise the Lord
  for His everyday grace and endless mercies.
Touching my heart are the vivid flashbacks
  and overflowing my cup His countless blessings.
The ups and downs in life,
  with brothers and sisters we've gone thru'.
We fear not the storms nor the wheel of time,
  for in God's love we move forward hand in hand.
God has crowned each of our forty-five years
  with His goodness and richness.
His guidance is too wise to fathom,
  His faithfulness too great to sing of.
No room to receive, nor place to hide from
  His so tender abundance and greatness.
Blessed are we to offer Him all our lives,
  blessing shall we be to all the earth.
Following our forerunners we will enrich our story with God,
  before whose throne we will serve with perseverance.
Our love in God shall be like a cloud surrounding,
  witnessing unison and fellowship.
May the Light of the world shine upon us,
  freeing our hearts from darkness and coldness.
Let us be a lamp stand, fuelled by His love,
  to spread the Good News for the Kingdom of God!
"Love @ Blessed CBBC"
A translation of the theme song written for 45th Anniversary of CBBC