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If you've had a year anything like mine, you may be feeling the weight of it all bearing down this Advent season. Or perhaps it is just exhaustion you are feeling? Maybe there are losses - clear and ambiguous - that have piled up? Grief pulling you up short in unexpected moments?    

In one week we will hold a gathering on Sunday, December 22, the longest night of the year. We are planning for time to acknowledge whatever we are each carrying. Would you join us as we name and honor loss, grief, and laments that you are carrying in this season? 

We especially want to make space for ministers, chaplains, and faith leaders who have been helping others with their burdens. Now is a time for you to just be. To breathe. To pray and listen to silence and song.

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The Longest Night | December 22 | 7:30pm ET

How can we respond to seasons of great challenge and difficulty? We gather with other people of faith. 

We hope you’ll register to join us. It's free and all are welcome. We will gather virtually for the longest night of winter for songs, prayers and space to breathe. Bring whatever you are carrying these days.

Maybe you want to invite someone who could use this space to breathe? Share this email with them.