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SUMMARY:Weekly Dinner 6pm
DESCRIPTION:Raus host with main dish of beef pot roast
URL:https://www.stpaulcalhan.org/event/weekly-dinner-6pm/
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SUMMARY:Advent Service 7pm
DESCRIPTION:Holden Evening Prayer service
URL:https://www.stpaulcalhan.org/event/advent-service-7pm/
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SUMMARY:Blue Christmas Service 7:00 pm
DESCRIPTION:St. Paul will be holding a Blue Christmas service this year-also known as the Longest Night service. This gathering offers a quiet\, sacred space for those who find the holiday season difficult\, whether due to grief\, loss\, or loneliness. The service is designed to acknowledge sorrow\, honor personal losses\, and gently offer hope. For many\, the expectation of “Happy Holidays” can make it hard to express pain or sadness. This service creates room for honesty and healing. Through candle lighting\, music\, and moments of silent reflection\, participants are invited to set aside the public mask\, release what weighs heavy on the heart\, and move toward the quiet hope found in the Christmas story.
URL:https://www.stpaulcalhan.org/event/blue-christmas-service-700-pm/
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SUMMARY:Christmas Eve Service 7pm
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Christmas Eve Service and tree decorating.
URL:https://www.stpaulcalhan.org/event/christmas-eve-service-7pm/
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SUMMARY:Christmas Day
DESCRIPTION:“The light shines in the darkness.” We know the darkness—even in the merriment of Christmas we need not travel too far to see it. When the prophet Isaiah proclaimed words echoed in our reading\, he did not need to go into too much detail as to what the darkness was. This was the darkness of the battlefield\, of war and captivity. Our daily headlines remind us of today’s darkness\, which Henri Nouwen says “is so visible and tangible . . . that it is often difficult to believe that there is much to think\, speak\, or write about other than our brokenness” (Life of the Beloved\, New York: Crossroad\, 1992\, p. 69). \nBut it is into this brokenness that the life and light of the world descends\, not to terrify or shame it\, but to create it anew. From the beginning this Word was active in creation\, speaking obliquely to every culture and era\, until the particular time of incarnation. God risks vulnerability in order to reach out to the wounded\, and places in creation’s trust the caretaking of a fragile grace. Will the world receive him? \nThe rest of the story will painfully answer this question. Events at Gethsemane\, Gabbatha\, and Golgotha will dramatically declare our rejection of the life and light of the world. But the light shines in the darkness\, and the darkness does not overcome it. We wrestle with the paradox that the world did not recognize its own light by which it sees\, or its own life from which it has life\, or the Word that gives it meaning. Yet we also treasure the wonder by which we have been granted eyes to see and ears to hear. At Christmas we perceive the light in infancy\, but\, grace upon grace\, he is a trace of joy given for us.
URL:https://www.stpaulcalhan.org/event/christmas-day-2/
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