Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

We tell this story every year. We tell this story because it illustrates so clearly God’s

desire to be in relationship with us. We tell this story because we, too, are invited

to come to the manger and witness the miracle of birth. We tell this story because

it brings us hope and good news—hope especially for those deemed powerless,

unworthy, or unwelcome. We tell this story because it is a story we need to hear

again and again; if we didn’t tell it, what would become of our faith? And so, on this

night, we tell this story to pass along this good news and to continue to thread the

generations together with hope.