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SUMMARY:Festival of Lessons & Carols
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the traditional Festival of Nine lessons and 
 Carols with the choir and congregation of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Chur
 ch\, East Haddam\, Sunday\, December 17 at 10 am. The church will be bea
 utifully decorated for Christmas\, and there will be many opportunities 
 to join in the singing of Christmas carols.\n\nFirst introduced to Kings
  College\, Cambridge in 1918. Lessons &amp\; Carols service was designed
  to offer solace to people who were distressed\, and in many cases\, ber
 eaved\, at the end of World War I. It has endured and remains as a time 
 to step back from the hustle &amp\; bustle of the holidays and reflect o
 n the true meaning of Christmas.\n\nSt. Stephen’s building is modeled 
 after the stone churches found through England\, Ireland\, and Scotland.
  Legend has it that it’s bell is the oldest in the western hemisphere\
 , cast in Spain in 815 for a Spanish monastery. It is still rung by hand
  prior to every service.\n\n\n\n~~~\n\nWhoever you are\, wherever you fi
 nd yourself on life’s journey\, and whatever questions dwell in your h
 eart\, you are welcome here. Whatever your race\, class\, sexuality\, be
 liefs\, or talents\, we hope that you join us in the radical hospitality
  of God’s table. \n\n.
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DTSTAMP:20260626T220817Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231217T110000
LOCATION:31 Main Street
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