“We Need a Little Christmas – Right This Very Minute!” A different kind of Lessons & Carols Service

In a season when the world feels strained and uncertain, we are gathering because we need a little Christmas—right this very minute—not as an escape, but as nourishment for the spirit. The Advent theme, “There’s something about Hope,” highlights that hope is an active choice we nurture. In Lessons & Carols, we embrace the idea that music can powerfully inspire and deepen our sense of hope.  Christmas music, especially the beloved hymns and carols we carry in our bones, has a way of cracking open our hearts, helping us remember who we are, whose we are, and what God is still doing in the world.

Lessons & Carols is more than a tradition; it is a communal act of hope. When the written word, melody, memory, and community are woven together with the amazing voices of our choir, something sacred happens. Music invites us to breathe deeply, to imagine boldly, and to trust that light still shines in the darkness. Community reminds us that we don’t walk this journey alone. Tradition grounds us in the resilience and faith of those who have sung these same carols across generations.

Lessons & Carols is a journey toward hope—through story, song, and the simple grace of being together. As we listen, sing, and allow the music to carry us, let’s rediscover the joy that has been waiting within us, and may we leave renewed in our commitment to choose hope – right this very minute – in a world that needs it more than ever! Parish Christmas party to follow, please join us!!!!