For so many reasons, Christmas time isn’t always easy. For many it is a time of sadness or struggle. This season, you are invited to drop in to the church or listen from home to take a few moments to hold the complexity with some beautiful reflections, carols and prayers.

The Longest Nights Full Service
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Above you can find the full service, click the Turquoise button for the individual recordings, or listen in three parts below.

The Longest Nights - Part One

Part one (14 minutes)

READING: A Blessing for the Longest Night

REFLECTION: On ‘It came upon a midnight clear’

MUSIC: It came upon a midnight clear

PRAYERS: We light these candles

The Longest Nights - Part Two

Part two (11 minutes)

MUSIC: Like a Candle Flame

READING: John 1:1-5 

POEM: In the darkest hour by Madeline L’Engle

MUSIC: Within our darkest night - Taize

PRAYER

MUSIC: In the bleak mid-winter

The Longest Nights - Part Three

Part three (14 minutes)

REFLECTION: The Longest Night

MUSIC: O Holy Night

READING: How the Light comes

PRAYER

MUSIC: O Come O Come Emmanuel