Our theme this Advent season is “How does a Weary World Rejoice?.” We’re using materials produced by the gifted folks at A Sanctified Art to supplement and shape our community moments together and individual times of reflection and prayer.
CHRISTMAS EVE HYBRID CELEBRATION
SUNDAY, 12/24 @ 7:00PM
candles - carols - impromptu Christmas pageant -
choir & chocolate in an informal, participatory and kid-inclusive setting.
We’re doing our Christmas Even Candlelight Gathering both in-person and online via Zoom. If you join us in person we will ask you to wear a face mask for the entirety of the service. If you need one we’ll have plenty for you. Our service will last for 50 minutes and include a candelight singing of “Silent Night” as we retell the story of the birth of Jesus into a world threatened with despair, denial and homesickness.
In our hemisphere December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year (or the longest night)…it’s the point at which the daylight hours begin to grow again. It’s this metaphorical experience of the light turning the tables on the darkness of winter that is in large part the reason that the early Church moved the celebration of the birth of Jesus (Christmas) to December. Come celebrate this auspicious day/night with us with a labyrinth walk that will invite you to meditate upon the light and the darkness in your own life and our world as the seasons change and we as Christians celebrate Jesus a the Light of the World.
We’ll begin at sunset and continue this outside opportunity for active prayer and reflection for about an hour. We’ll ask that you wear a face mask, and provide them if you need one.
If it rains we will move this event inside to our sanctuary.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24th @ 10:30AM
Come join us in your favorite Christmas Sweater - or any sweater! - as we celebrate this last Sunday before Christmas.