Blue Christmas Worship
December 5, 2020
Blue Christmas Service
Not everyone feels like celebrating the holidays with great cheer. For those who have experienced the recent loss of a loved one or other serious grief, observance of Christmas may evoke as much melancholy as joy. 2020 has been a year of many challenges for the world, for our nation, and for the church. It has given us, as Christians, much to think about, to pray for, and to do in service. It is in light of this rather sobering year, that we add an additional worship service -- Blue Christmas--and change, temporarily, one holiday tradition. Rather than inviting you to purchase poinsettias in memory or honor of loved ones, we would like to put a star ornament on a Chancel or Fellowship Hall Christmas tree to express gratitude for all that those we remember, and honor mean to us. We will place Moravian star ornaments on the trees during the Blue Christmas worship service, where they will remain for Christmas Eve worship.
Blue Christmas worship is Monday, December 21 at 7 pm in the Sanctuary. Falling on the winter solstice, this contemplative, candlelit service will include opportunity for persons to remember loved ones, to pray for the world, and to remember God’s love shared freely in Christ. You may participate by livestream through the King Avenue worship website, or you may attend in person as long as Franklin County is not stage purple.
If you wish to honor the life or the memory of loved ones, you may do so in one of two ways. You may email colleen@kingave.org or call the church office and leave a message at (614) 424-6050, Extension 101. The following information is needed by Friday, December 18:
- Your name (King Avenue congregant)
- The name of the living person(s) you wish to honor or the name of the deceased person(s) you wish to commemorate
- Identify at least one spiritual or intangible gift the above person(s) gave to you for which you are thankful—this can be as simple as one word (e.g. “unconditional love”) or a longer sentence or phrase. (These will not be published in print, but will be named during the Blue Christmas service as part of a prayer of Thanksgiving.)