Blue Christmas Service

For many, the holiday season can be a bittersweet time, where moments of joy are shadowed by feelings of grief, loneliness, or distress. St. Paul’s Blue Christmas service will present a sacred, compassionate alternative to the “put on a happy face” pressure some may feel.

A Blue Christmas service is a beautiful practice of communal Sabbath to nurture the fullness of our humanity, where the full range of human emotions, including sorrow, are welcome. In sharing our sorrows within the safety of the worshiping community, we find strength and solidarity.

This service offers an opportunity to lean on God’s love, trusting that grace meets us in our vulnerability, guiding us toward healing and wholeness with God, ourselves, our neighbors, and creation; where we can be reminded that, even in our darkest hours, God’s light is never fully extinguished.