Christmas Eve Candlelight Services

Sunday, December 24, 5:00pm – “Lessons and Carols, UU-Style”
An untraditional service, crafted with families in mind, of Lessons & Carols with traditional texts set against modern poetry and prose. The trombone choir will play a brass prelude beginning at 4:45.

Sunday, December 24, 9:00pm – “For the Time Being,” a service of Lessons and Carols based on W. H. Auden’s famous Christmas poem.
A dramatic reading of W. H. Auden’s For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio in the form of colorful monologues spoken by the traditional characters in the Christmas story. Widely viewed as one of Auden’s greatest works in which he reconsiders the idea of faith in modern times, the poem recasts the story as relevant to finding hope in the dark days of the ancient world, and ours. The choir sings at the 9pm service.