Longest Night Blue Christmas Service

200 South Main Street,Washington IL 61571

21 December, 2022

Description

While Advent is a season of hope and Christmas is a season of joy, not everyone feels hopeful or like celebrating. Grief, illness, aging, depression, loneliness, unemployment, and loss are magnified. Even those who are not struggling with losses may feel the stress of preparations and expectations around Christmas time. This service provides a time and place of solace during the often frenetic days surrounding the celebration of Christmas. In the Northern Hemisphere, December 21 is the longest night, the winter solstice. Tradition says that nature and all her creatures stop and hold their breath to see if the sun will turn back from its wanderings, if the days will lengthen and the earth will once once feel the sun’s warmth. On this darkest day of the year, we come with our honest yearnings seeking the return of light and hope.