2017 Worship Guide

2017 WORSHIP GUIDE Wednesday, December 6, 2017 LINCOLN DAILY NEWS PUBLICATION Page 33 COME Worship with us “CAROLS, CHOIRS and CHRISTMAS” Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 7 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church 1409 Pulaski St. presented by Logan County Churches in Lincoln. All are welcome for an evening of music and fellowship! A reception will be held in the fellowship hall following the program. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 301 Pekin St., Lincoln Christmas Cantata Sunday, December 17th 10 a.m. worship service The choir of First Presbyterian Church will present the cantata “God, With Us!” on Sunday, December 17th, at the 10 a.m. worship service. With the choir leading the service through music and scripture, listen to how God came to earth in the form of Jesus Christ to shed light in the darkness, bring hope to the hopeless, and instill peace with the restless. A small instrumental ensemble will join the choir as we celebrate the story of Jesus’ birth. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Longest Night/Blue Christmas Service December 21 at 7 p.m. Union Chapel at First Presbyterian Church The Christmas season is often marked by expressions of joy, excitement, and happiness. It’s a time for family to gather and for churches to worship pointing to the hope that is found in the coming of the Christ child. However, this time of joy and expectation can often overshadow the pain and hurt many experience during this season, when the world’s merriment puts their grief and sorrow in stark relief. Traditionally centered on the Winter Solstice [the longest night of the year] our service will be held on Thursday, December 21, at 7 p.m. in Union Chapel at First Presbyterian Church. This service will provide time and space, through song and readings from Scripture, for God’s people to reflect on the pain this time of the year can invoke, while also remembering that God is there, and that light will soon return.