Do not recognize this word? Do not worry! You are not alone. It is “the abhorrent night when the lights of Germany’s synagogues went dark in 1938 – Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass.” This definition comes from the web site lightupthechurch.org. A website dedicated to having the Christian churches and homes stand with the Jewish people in a show of love and support during the remembrance of this horrific event. They have added a growing educational page that can be found on their website.
This year, 2022, First Church of God Blacksburg chose to stand with our Jewish neighbors and friends that meet just across the street from our parsonage.
We invited the Episcopal and Methodist churches to “light up” with us.
When the Jewish Community Center hear about it, they decided to “light up” as well!
Last picture taken from the front porch of the parsonage.