Blue Christmas Service

Second Congregational Church, 385 North Main Street, Manchester, will be hosting a “Blue Christmas” Service on Sunday, December 21^st, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.  This will be an Ecumenical Service led by Second Congregational Church’s Pastor James Mercurio with Pastor David Martin of North United Methodist Church and Reverend Joyce Crutchfield of Center Congregational Church also participating.  All are welcome.

Many in this season are ready to sing "Joy to the World."  Whether this is the first Christmas without someone we love, or we are still hurting from loss or suffering for a long time, we gather this evening as darkness comes to worship God in the midst of mourning.  We gather to shed tears if they come, to hold hands if they are available, and to join our voices with one another and our forebears in the faith who still cry out, "How long?"