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SUMMARY:Blue Christmas/Longest Night Worship With Those Who Mourn
DESCRIPTION:This time of joy and expectation can often overshadow the pain and hurt many experience during this season\, when the world’s merriment puts their grief and sorrow in start relief. \nOne of the greatest acts of pastoral care in the Advent season is to offer a service known as a Service of the Longest Night. It’s a worship service scheduled around the winter solstice (the longest night of the calendar year) and it just happens to fall on or around December 21st every year. As Dan Benedict notes: “it is also the traditional feast day for Saint Thomas the Apostle. This linkage invites making some connections between Thomas’s struggle to believe the tale of Jesus’ resurrection\, the long nights just before Christmas\, and the struggle with darkness and grief faced by those living with loss.” \n~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \nBlue? Yes\, blue as in the blues. As in “I am feeling blue.” Not everyone is up and cheery for the Christmas holidays. Dealing with the death of a loved one\, facing life after divorce or separation\, coping with the loss of a job\, living with cancer or some other dis-ease that puts a question mark over the future\, and a number of other human situations make parties and joviality painful for many people in our congregations and communities. There is a growing attentiveness to the needs of people who are blue at Christmas. Increasing numbers of churches are creating sacred space for people living through dark times. Such services are reflective\, accepting where we really are\, and holding out healing and hope.
URL:https://gracedunnville.ca/calendar-event/blue-christmas-longest-night-worship-with-those-who-mourn/
LOCATION:Dunnville Grace United Church\, 301 Broad Street E\,  Dunnville\, ON\, N1A 2X5 \, Canada
CATEGORIES:Celebrations,Community,Remembrance,Support
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