Blue Christmas
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We are hosting a Blue Christmas service for anyone who is grieving or experiencing loss. As we journey towards the longest night of the year, and the long dark nights surround us, we cry out, how long, O Lord, must your people grieve? In this season of Advent, as we prepare for Emmanuel, we remember that Christ meets us in the midst of our sorrow and grief. As we fall apart in our loss and suffering, we remember that Christ is lower still. It is Christ Himself who is the light in the darkness.
This Blue Christmas service is a reflective and contemplative worship gathering where we are invited to bring our lament, confusion, disappointment, discomfort, and anxiety. Through Scripture, song, and prayer, we will seek the hope that is in Christ, and the strength to carry on.
Psalms 34:18 reminds us, "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."