Christmas 2024

we make room

Background painting and photography by Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org.

Join St. Luke's and Grace Church as we celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord on Tuesday, December 24th at 5:30 p.m. Our worship on Christmas Eve will include special storytelling for children, carols old and new, preaching, communion, and candlelight. All are welcome. 

Our theme during the Advent season has been, “How does a weary world rejoice?” Christmas Eve invites us into one possible answer to that question: we make room.

Luke’s Gospel tells us that when Mary gives birth to Jesus, she lays him in a manger, for there was no place for them in the guest room. Scholars argue about where, exactly, the birth occurs—and why. Was it in an inn or the living room of a simple peasant home? Was Bethlehem teeming with visitors who were also there to be counted in the census? Was Joseph’s family inhospitable because they disapproved of his marital situation? Regardless of where the birth occurs, we know that Christ is born in a crowded, unlikely place. And yet, God makes a place here anyway. God draws the circle wider as shepherds and unexpected guests arrive. This Christmas, let us also make room—for strangers and neighbors alike. For this is good news of great joy for all people. (1)

On, Sunday, December 29th worship will be a Christmastide Brunch Church at 11:00 a.m. Join us, and bring something to share for the potluck.

Worship on Sunday, January 5th at 11:00 a.m. will be Epiphany of Our Lord, celebrated one day early.

On the evening of Sunday, January 5th our community will gather in homes for Twelfth Night Dinners. 

For more details on these activities, see our most recent newsletter at this link or reach out to Pastor Erin (pastorerin@stlukesls.org).

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