Longnight Service, A Service for Light and Prayers of Healing, Dec. 20, 7:00 pm, Cowan Chapel

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

Many in this season are ready to sing “Joy to the World.”

Whether we are missing someone we love this Christmas, or we find ourselves in need of contemplation, renewal and hope, we gather this evening, as darkness comes, to worship God in the midst of grief.

We gather to shed tears if they come, and to join our voices with one another and our forebears in the faith who still cry out, “How long?”

Whether or not you are able to attend, whether you come for yourself or on another’s behalf, please know that the members and friends of this congregation will hold you in the light of Christ that night, “and the darkness will not overcome it.”