What about St. Patrick's Day?  Maybe that's ok though since he was a 
baptist.  :-)  Actually I am not a big fan of making a big hullabaloo at 
church for Christmas or Easter (or any holiday for that matter).  The 
Lord has given us 1 day in seven that we are to gather and celebrate 
each week the incarnation, life, ministry, death and resurrection of 
Christ.  And has individual Christians, we should be celebrating these 
things everyday as we give thanks to God for what He has given to us and 
accomplished for us in His Son, Jesus Christ.
    I will say we do celebrate these things as a family holiday - but 
even that is fairly low key.

Peace,
Steve

Jerry wrote:

> Gents,
>  
> The celebration of Christmas is full of paganism.  So is Easter.
>  
> .... and yes, the Roman Catholics were primary in bringing the 
> celebration of Christmas to what it is today.
>  
> Jerry L
>  
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Dale Gooding <mailto:prosperityfbc@...>
>     To: pastorsforum@... <mailto:pastorsforum@...>
>     Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 5:19 AM
>     Subject: RE: [PastorsForum] You Loved The Passion
> 
>     Jeff,
>     Are you saying that Christmas is some kind of Mass?
>     I was unaware that it was.
>      
>     DG
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Jeff Hallmark [mailto:bc_preacher@...]
>         Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:58 PM
>         To: pastorsforum@... <mailto:pastorsforum@...>
>         Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] You Loved The Passion
> 
>         Oh, BTW.   Do you celebrate Christmas in your church?  You do
>         know that it is of Catholic origin!  Hmmmmmm?  Could be
>         considered hypocritical!
>          
>         dp
>          
>          
>         No we do not celebrate Christ mass as Spruceland Baptist Church.
>          
>         David P,  Do you celebrate Christmas in your church?
>          
>         Jeff
>          
>          
> 
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