United Church of Christ of Seneca Valley

Please join us for our Blue Christmas Service Wednesday December 7th, at 7pm.This will be a joint service with Trinity UMC. While the holiday season claims to be merry and bright, sometimes it doesn't quite feel that way. We may be grieving, dealing with loss of various kinds, wondering about the future, angry about the present or past, or simply not feeling it this year. We invite you to join us for our Blue Christmas Service where we get to experience a wide range of emotions around the holidays. We'll pray together, sing together, sit in silence, be led in guided meditation, and leave space for the Spirit to hear our cries and offer us comfort. You can join us in person in our sanctuary or online on Zoom. 

For those joining us on Zoom: (please note this is not the usual Sunday morning link)

Topic: Blue Christmas Service
Time: Dec 7, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 830 4266 6680
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The bulletin for this service can be found HERE. 

In the Christmas story there are many "heralds of good news": angels, people, and even animals who proclaim hope, new life, salvation, and the promise of a better world. We'll consider these heralds and the impact they had while also looking at more modern-day heralds of our faith. Who is proclaiming the good news of a just world to come today? How can we learn from them to be heralds to our communities? How can we share the good news with a world struggling in the shadows? Come join us throughout Advent and into Christmas Eve as we proclaim "Hark! Pay attention! There's Something Wonderful on the way!"

Come join in the mystery and wonder of Christmas Eve as we sing, listen, pray, and worship together. We begin at 5pm with a Concert of Carols celebrating the musical gifts and talents in our community. Then at 5:30pm we'll start our intergenerational service of lessons and carols including creating our mash up manger scene, listening to scripture and poetry, and singing Silent Night by candlelight (and glow sticks). On this most holy night we come together to herald good tidings for all and bring a message of hope, love, joy and peace to the world. The concert and worship service will be in person in our sanctuary and online on Zoom (and a recording posted later on our website if you can't join us live). 

To join us on Zoom (to fully participate in the service you will want to have a candle (for when we sing Silent Night) and a manger scene that you can add nativity figures to as we move through the service): 

UCC Seneca Valley is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Christmas Eve Worship 
Time: Dec 24, 2022 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 890 9621 3392
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