# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Blue Christmas Service
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A Blue Christmas service, also known as the Longest Night service, is a Christian tradition held around the winter solstice (December 21st) to provide comfort and a sacred space for those who are grieving or finding the Christmas season difficult. This service will acknowledge pain, loss, loneliness, or depression during a time of forced cheerfulness and offer a communal refuge to name sorrows and find solace and hope in faith.  We want to provide a spiritual and emotional refuge for those who are struggling, acknowledging that not everyone feels joy during the holidays. 
We will provide a place to name and pray about feelings of sadness, disappointment, anxiety, or fear. 

The atmosphere is intimate and comforting, offering a contrast to the pressure of public holiday celebrations.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/olney/blue-christmas-service/200029232661709
- **Event Categories**: christmas-services, christmas, holiday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 45

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Olney
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 227 E Elm St, Olney, IL
- **lat**: 38.72834
- **long**: -88.08205
- **full address**: 227 E Elm St, Olney, IL, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Blue Christmas Service
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/d2a5668630e5775ab44573f48a2e6d0793123cb7d54013a5075ed1795fa29366-rimg-w1200-h908-dc142a50-gmir?v=1765608666

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Blue Christmas Service being held?
  - **A:** Blue Christmas Service takes place on Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm at 227 E Elm St, Olney, IL, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Blue Christmas Service?
  - **A:** Blue Christmas Service is organized by First Presbyterian Church.

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