All are welcome to worship with us at 5 & 11 pm on Christmas Eve.
Our 5pm worship will be geared toward families of all ages and stages.
Our 11 pm worship will include communion.
At both we will hear the Christmas story, light candles and sing.
To find the child
one must see the star.
To see the star one must go into the darkness,
the pain, the fear, the emptiness,
the hidden weeping,
the heart’s dark wounds.
Only in the darkness
can the be stars seen.
To find the child
one must hear the angels.
To hear the angels
one must listen in silence and solitude,
in perfect speechlessness,
in attentive adoration to the Mystery.
Only in such stillness
are the angels heard.
To find the child
one must enter the stable.
To enter the stable
one must stoop,
decline all palaces, all safety,
all familiarity or fortification,
and settle into poverty.
Only in such humility
is the stable entered.
To find the child
one must see the birth.
To see the birth
one must be awakened
to the heart of all things
beating in one’s soul,
the light of God shining in one’s hands.
One must be willing to speak
alone with one’s eyes.
Only in awakening
will the birth be seen.
To find the child,
seek in the darkness,
lay your heart open,
and discover therein
light unconquered.
~Steve Garnass-Holmes