On Tuesday evening at 5pm, please join us for a beautiful service featuring joyous music (including an a cappella solo and instrumentals), lighting of the Advent Candles, and performances by our hand chime choir The Joyful Chimers. We hope you will be able to join us for this wonderful service!
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Also on December 15th at 4:30 p.m. we will hold our Blue Christmas
Service.
Join us for a service where grief,
sorrow and depression during this “most wonderful time of the year” will be
honored and understood.
On the third day of Advent, we will have a wonderful musical service featuring two local professional musicians: Ellen Carlson and Todd Jones. The service will be somewhat centered on the Swedish Sankta Lucia day which is on December 13th each year. Being partially north of the arctic circle, Sweden is can be quite dark as Christmas approaches and this day is celebrated early in the morning with pleasing treats. You may have encountered images of young women with wreaths of candles in their hair; this is part of the custom of bringing light to an otherwise dark time.
Ellen Carlson (fiddle/vocals) and Todd Jones (guitar/banjo/vocals) are key members of the local band High Range which might be described as a "newgrass" band. They draw from bluegrass, swing, country and folk for a unique and pleasing sound. In addition Ellen's family has some Scandinavian heritage.
Join us after the service for coffee, traditional saffron rolls and other treats.
