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Pastors from the New York City area tell how congregations there will celebrate Christmas in this year of terror, tragedy and war:
St. Peter Lutheran Church is in the heart of Manhattan
where 600 people, including tourists, worship at its famous jazz
liturgy on most Sundays. Condolence gifts from across the country and
around the world arrived at its door after Sept. 11 — including 250
candles from a church in Hamburg, Germany. Each candle came with a card
from a German child. Amandus Derr, pastor, will put them into the hands
of the congregation's children and those of its partner synagogue and
mosque. The candles will be lit during a joint service to symbolize
hope growing out of darkness.
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