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Blue Christmas: Naming Our Sorrow, Resting in God’s Care

12/15/2024

 
Note: the video of this service did not stream, but you can listen to the audio below. 

Christchurch recognizes how hard the holidays can be for those who grieve. Blue Christmas is a safe space for expressions of grief and prayer. Come hear words of comfort from the living God who sees and hears us. ​Join us in-person or via livestream.
Dear Refuge Of My Weary Soul
Dear refuge of my weary soul
On Thee when sorrows rise
On Thee when waves of trouble roll
My fainting hope relies
To Thee I tell each rising grief
For Thou alone canst heal
Thy Word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I feel

But oh when gloomy doubts prevail
I fear to call Thee mine
The springs of comfort seem to fail
And all my hopes decline
Yet gracious God where shall I flee
Thou art my only trust
And still my soul would cleave to Thee
Though prostrate in the dust

Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face
And shall I seek in vain
And can the ear of sovereign grace
Be deaf when I complain
No still the ear of sovereign grace
Attends the mourner's prayer
Oh may I ever find access
To breathe my sorrows there

Thy mercy seat is open still
Here let my soul retreat
With humble hope attend Thy will
And wait beneath Thy feet
Thy mercy seat is open still
Here let my soul retreat
With humble hope attend Thy will
And wait beneath Thy feet

Anne Steele, Kevin Twit

CCLI Song #3112430
© Words: Public Domain; Music: 1999 Twit, Kevin
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use.  All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #556656
Lord Remind Me lyrics
Artist: Jon & Valerie Guerra
Album: It's Almost Christmas

When children play on Christmas day and snow is flung
When I feel I haven't had a friend since I was young
And I'm feeling tired of myself and everyone

Lord remind me
Lord remind me
That the shepherds heard the angels break
he silence in the field
That the wisemen found a baby and
they could not help but kneel
That the one who heard our weeping
became a child in manger sleeping
Lord remind me
Cause it's Christmas and I want to remember

When I hear the news and hear another war has begun
And I wonder if god's on the side of either one
I hear bullet nail or handcuff he bore all of them
And in the light my heart's as dark as anyone's

Lord remind me
Lord remind me
That the shepherds heard the angels break
the silence in the field
That the wisemen found a baby and
they could not help but kneel
That the one who heard our weeping
became a child in manger sleeping
Lord remind me
Cause it's Christmas and I want to remember

Tell me how he loves
Tell me how he wants me
Tell me the story like I've never heard before
And I'll sing like the angels
Sing with my whole heart
Sing to him who's worth a thousand suns and more

Glory in the highest
Glory in the lowest
Glory that shines when nothing seems to shine at all

Glory in the highest
Glory in the lowest
Emmanuel

Glory in the highest
Glory in the lowest
Emmanuel
Emmanuel

Lord remind me
Lord remind me
That the paralytic rose and stood up
proud on his own feet
That the thief who hung beside you is with you now
and waits for me
That the cry of faith so simple
is the greatest song in heaven's hymnal
Lord remind me
Cause it's Christmas and I want to remember
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