# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Blue Christmas in the Crowell Chapel — A Sacred Space for the Holiday Season
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 24 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 am – Wed, 24 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: For many, the holiday season can be bittersweet—moments of joy mingling with grief, loneliness, or distress. These feelings may surface unexpectedly or settle in as the holidays draw near. In a culture that often pressures us to “put on a happy face,” First United Methodist Church, Alexandria offers a compassionate alternative: a sacred space where every emotion, including sorrow, is welcome.

Our Chapel will be open as a place of refuge whenever the church doors are open. When the season feels “too much,” you’re invited to step aside, breathe, and simply *be*. Blue Christmas in the Chapel provides an opportunity to lean on God’s love, trusting that grace meets us in our vulnerability and gently guides us toward healing and wholeness—within ourselves, in our relationships, and in creation.

Light a candle. Sit with Scripture. Read or write a prayer. These small acts become expressions of faith in the transforming love of our ever-present God. The Chapel meditations, which change each week throughout the Advent/Christmas season, offer a quiet pause in the holiday rush and space for honest reflection, lament, and hope.

The weekly meditations are designed to help you acknowledge your laments, find solace, and experience God’s comforting presence.

*Adapted by Rev. Jean Sanders from Discipleship Resources of the UMC, “Blue Christmas Service.”*
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alexandria/blue-christmas-in-the-crowell-chapel-—-a-sacred-space-for-the-holiday-season/200029401309951
- **Event Categories**: holiday, christmas, health-wellness, christmas-services, meditation
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Alexandria
- **state**: LA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2727 Jackson St, Alexandria, LA, United States, Louisiana 71301
- **lat**: 31.2938
- **long**: -92.46591
- **full address**: 2727 Jackson St, Alexandria, LA, United States, Louisiana 71301

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Blue Christmas in the Crowell Chapel — A Sacred Space for the Holiday Season
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/b0764f23e80a7a5b6992c3b2606f0a28a03cb40569034582c1d5b76bf85fa7da-rimg-w1200-h553-dc1b1117-gmir?v=1766588931

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Blue Christmas in the Crowell Chapel — A Sacred Space for the Holiday Season being held?
  - **A:** Blue Christmas in the Crowell Chapel — A Sacred Space for the Holiday Season takes place on Wed, 24 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 am to Wed, 24 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm at 2727 Jackson St, Alexandria, LA, United States, Louisiana 71301.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Blue Christmas in the Crowell Chapel — A Sacred Space for the Holiday Season?
  - **A:** Blue Christmas in the Crowell Chapel — A Sacred Space for the Holiday Season is organized by First United Methodist Church Alexandria, La.

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