Blue Christmas
Thu, 19 Dec
|Narara Valley Baptist Church
A service to acknowledge the grief, disappointments or loneliness that many carry into the Christmas season and to then draw strength from Emmanuel, the God who is with us.
Time & Location
19 Dec 2024, 7:00 pm
Narara Valley Baptist Church, 149 Narara Valley Dr, Narara NSW 2250, Australia
About the event
Christmas can be a fabulous time of year, a season filled with hope, joy and lots of frivolity. Christmas, however, can also be a time that many of us experience emotions of grief, sorrow and loneliness.
What is it?
The heart of our Blue Christmas Service is facilitate a space to name those emotions, memories and experiences and bring them before a loving God. Together we will invite God to bring us comfort, peace and healing in the midst of our hurts this Christmas.
Our service will involve a mix of readings, reflections, Christian songs (including carols), prayers and opportunities personal reflection.
Who is this service for?
This service really is for anyone (after all, who isn't carrying some hurt or disappointment?!). More specifically - maybe it has been a particularly hard year for you. Maybe you are grieving the loss of a person or a relationship. Maybe life just…