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Dear friend,
Take a look below at The Longest Night service happening tonight and check out our other events happening in the coming days. We hope you can join us and invite a friend.
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The Longest Night
For those who have experienced loss, the joy of the holiday season can often feel elusive and out of reach. As a result, churches around the world have adopted the practice of having a “Blue Christmas”’ or a “Longest Night” service during the Advent season, typically on Dec 21. These services are designed to provide space for prayer, reflection, and remembrance amidst the twinkle lights and holiday hustle and bustle.
Friends, this service is for you. We gather tonight, Thu Dec 21 at 6 PM. Bring your grief. Bring your weariness. Bring your fatigue, and allow yourself a quiet space to reflect and draw near to God. We hope that this worship can be a gift, providing a space of calm, quiet, and healing. May you find peace in your journey.
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Homeless Memorial Service
On Fri Dec 22 at 4 PM, join Celebrate Outreach, in cooperation with Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas and other faith groups at the Unitarian Universalist Church (100 Mirror Lake Dr). This interfaith memorial service will remember those who died in Pinellas County while experiencing homelessness. The service is part of the observance of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
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Impromptu Christmas Pageant
Bring your children dressed as any nativity character/animal or borrow a costume from us during the service to help us tell the nativity story. Saturday, December 23 at 6:00 PM. It will be chaotic, messy, inclusive, and beautiful, just like when Jesus was born.
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Candlelight Christmas Eve
Join us on Christmas Eve, Sunday, Dec 24, at 6 PM. Hear the Christmas story concluding with and outdoor candlelight Silent Night.
Note: The 10:30 AM Service on Dec 24 is designed around the 4th Sunday of Advent and will be distinct from the evening Christmas Eve service.
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New Year’s Eve 5th Sunday Drag Gospel Worship
We’re celebrating New Year’s Eve in style with our 5th Sunday Drag Gospel Worship. In months that have five Sundays, Momma Ashley Rose and other drag artists come to lead us in worship.
We hope Allendale can be a place of healing and celebration for all, particularly those who have been marginalized and oppressed. To this end, we are joyful for 5th Sunday Drag Gospel Worship Services, and would love it if you would join us on Dec 31 at 10:30 AM!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Visit www.allendaleumc.org/events for more details on upcoming events.
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