The Christmas season abounds with joy. Brightly wrapped packages, Christmas trees, holiday parties, holly and the scent of pine, those unending, upbeat carols in shops and in the mall, visits from friends and family, baking and cooking, food everywhere!
But each year some people — the grieving, the lonely, the hopeless — dread the holiday season. They have no heart for the cheer and the bustle, the anticipation and the excitement. People who know that this Christmas will be a hard one, either because they have had a death in the family, a lost or broken relationship, or because of painful memories of Christmases past need a place where someone understands the desire for this season to just go away.
This year at Estes Park United Methodist Church, we will gather for a special worship service where we will offer up the pain, the loneliness, the sad, dark memories, the anxiety and the fear to the One whose birth the world eagerly awaits, Jesus Christ. We will offer a chance to sing and to pray in a loving, safe environment. We pray that you will find hope and peace in this service and comfort in knowing that you are not alone.
This “Caring Christmas Service” will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6 at Estes Park UMC, 1509 Fish Hatcher Rd., Estes Park, Colorado If you need more information, please contact the church office at 970-586-4153 or office@epumc.org