THE FIRE TRUCK HAS LIGHTS AND MANY PRETTY COLORS. THEY ARE BLESSED AT NIGHT. THEY ARE A STAR OF WONDER AND SO BEAUTIFUL COLORED BRIGHT. WHEN GOING THROUGH THE CITY AND TOWN AT NIGHT THE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN ENJOY THEM IN TWILIGHT SANTA CLAUS NIGHT.AMEN.LOVE, STEPHANIE D. CURRY

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Hope series comes another heartwarming, inspirational story for the holidays. Thirty-two-year-old Amy Denison volunteers at Glory’s Place, an after school program where she meets seven-year-old Maddie, a precocious young girl who has spent her childhood in foster care. Unbeknownst to Amy, Maddie is a mini-matchmaker, with her eye on just the right man for Amy at Grandon Elementary School, where she is a student. Amy is hesitant – she’s been hurt before, and isn’t sure she’s ready to lose her heart again – but an unexpected surprise makes her reconsider her lonely lifestyle. As Christmas nears and the town is blanketed in snow and beautiful decorations, Maddie and the charming staff at Glory’s Place help Amy to see that romance can be more than heartache and broken promises. In The Christmas Star, Donna VanLiere delivers yet another sweet, joyous story that is sure to capture readers' hearts.

The Christmas Star is a potpourri of holiday gifts for those planning worship -- this charming collection includes three plays and five brief meditations suitable for reading during services or for use in bulletins and newsletters. The play The Gifts Of Christmas is a humorous take on the traditional Christmas pageant in which three teenagers try to decide what to get their grandmother for Christmas, only to discover that the gift she really desires is the Christmas story (enacted in the customary fashion). The "Did Someone Forget To Plan" The Christmas Pageant! provides you with the ultimate no-fuss, no-hassle way for your children to simply share the nativity story without the usual headaches. For older youth and adults there's The Fourth Wise Man, an offbeat piece imagining what an additional wise man might have been like. Each presentation is simple for small churches to produce, with minimal costumes and props required. Insightful and scripturally sound, The Christmas Star is a wonderful package that you won't be able to resist! Frank Ramirez is an author and pastor in the Church of the Brethren who has written numerous books, articles, and short stories. A graduate of LaVerne College and Bethany Theological Seminary, Ramirez has served congregations in Indiana and California. His other CSS titles include A Call To Worship, Coming Home, and He Took A Towel.

Can the broken heart of a child be healed by an unexpected Christmas letter?

Martin Luther's conception of the Nativity found expression in sermon, song, and art. This beautiful gift edition of a classic collection combines all three.

This delightful holiday tale tells the story of a precious, adorable Little Star, who has always looked through the lens of other people's success, talents, and achievements with envy and covetousness. Even though Little Star is a bit of a Sassy Frassie and speaks her truth, she has the saddest, overwhelming heartbreak of discontentment and the worst annoying heartache of disillusionment. Why? You ask. Because she always wants to be anything and everybody other than herself. However, she learns very quickly through a series of hard lessons tried and applied, that being someone or something other than you is a very difficult thing to do. Indeed! But with the much-needed help and the much-needed love of the Lord God Almighty, she finally finds the true contentment she has always wanted""in the place Little Star never thought was truly possible. And in the meantime and between time, our precious, adorable Little Star watches in amazement how the biblical story of the Savior's birth plays out before her. The nativity scene with the birth of the Son of God helps Little Star to realize the true meaning of Christmas, and why the Child is the real reason for the season. Amen! Hallelujah! Praise Him! The Christmas Star is a wonderful Christmas gift to you, wrapped in a beautiful box of joy, love, and magical transformation! Tied with a lovely colorful ribbon of divine Majesty and sealed with a big kiss of merriment and holiday cheer! Enjoy, Merry Christmas!