With the lights of Christmas soon-to-come twinkling around us, there is for many a sense of great joy and expectation in the air. Christmas is a time for family, laughter, and light...for many. But not for all. The Service of the Longest Night provides a space for all who know Christmas not as a season of light and love, but of sorrow and loss. For many the false joviality of the Christmas season only adds to the anguish of broken relationships, the sorrowful sting of death, the sickness which a...
With the lights of Christmas soon-to-come twinkling around us, there is for many a sense of great joy and expectation in the air. Christmas is a time for family, laughter, and light...for many. But not for all. The Service of the Longest Night provides a space for all who know Christmas not as a season of light and love, but of sorrow and loss. For many the false joviality of the Christmas season only adds to the anguish of broken relationships, the sorrowful sting of death, the sickness which afflicts our bodies and the bodies of those we love. And so we gather on this night, in this space with candles and community, carols and silent reflection, as an act of solidarity in suffering and of defiance of the darkness in our world. As a candle burns in the darknessa and its light is not overcome, the Longest Night is a witness to the love of God, sometimes known to us and othertimes shown to us, in who's light there is always hope.
We will worship and fellowship with one another in our main-level Fellowship Hall. Our doors will be opening beginning at 6:30pm and refreshments will be available. Childcare will also be available for those who need it.
