Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: “The Spirit of Christmas”

Join us online for an evening of carols, readings, and stunning music by our UUCUC Virtual Choir and music staff, from our Sanctuary illuminated by candlelight. There will be one service at 7 pm, with Christmas readings from the great African-American theologian and poet, Rev. Howard Thurman. Afterward we will gather with candles on Zoom to the sounds of “Silent Night.”

Due to the dire situation of many of our neighbors, our Christmas Eve Shared Offering will go toward the utility bills of people in the CU community struggling during this pandemic time. There is a new “Unitarian Universalist Utility Fund” administered by Cunningham Township. To donate, please visit our UUCUC “Online Donations” and choose either “50/50 Shared Christmas Eve Offering” or “UU Utilities Fund.

You can also give to our Partner Churches throughout the month of December, and our Board will match our usual Christmas Eve Partner Church donation from Board Contingency Funds.

The service will be followed by a shared candle-lighting on Zoom.

PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE

If you would like a special candle lit for your family during the Christmas Eve Service, please drop off a pillar or votive candle in the bin outside the south doors starting on December 19th. Please place your candle in a bag with your name on it, and put a note inside telling us what to read aloud when we light your candle (for instance, “The Smith family offers this candle especially for our daughter Mary, far away this Christmas” or “Sarah Moore offers this candle remembering my parents”). One candle per family please, and please drop off by 5 pm on Christmas Eve!

Also, if you would like to have one or more of our special Christmas Eve candles to light at home at the end of the service, those will be in a separate bin outside the doors, also starting on the 19th.


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