For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus.
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Decked in holiday light displays, including Christmas trees and a Nativity scene, the evangelical, nondenominational church with over 1,200 members also hosted a vigil service Tuesday. “None of us on our staff are saying that we understand why or how something happened. But we do understand that God sees us, sees things very differently than we do,” Karlen said later.
“There may never be sense made out of this senseless tragedy. But. God, right? God understands, and God was there, and God is still here,” said Wiers, the school’s director for elementary education and communications. “Ultimately, it’s not about man’s judgment, although there’s going to be all of that — because of the legal system and how that plays out. But God’s just judgment will reign. And we trust him for that.
“We know this is a long road for all of us, but the start is to be in the presence of God with one another, and to hug one another, and to sing together, to pray together,” Karlen said.
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