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Christmas Eve - Sacred Being

  • Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ 5150 SW Watson Ave Beaverton, OR, 97005 (map)

Join us for a special hybrid Christmas Eve service as we celebrate the birth of Jesus - the Christ! t

“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.” - Titus 3: 4-7 (Proper II)

“… she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger…” - Luke 2: 1-20

It is not difficult to imagine this night as “reflecting the sacred.” We gather and sing and light candles and dare to believe that love truly enters the world time and again and anything is possible. What may be more difficult to understand, however, is that this love is ours, not because we’ve been “good” (as if God is Santa Claus), but simply because we are beloved–the firstborn of God. Our very being reflects the sacred. The incarnation of God in human flesh is proof.