“I’ll have a blue Christmas without you, …” As we move closer to the 2020 Covid Christmas, many of us are grieving the family gatherings and other holiday celebrations that are missing this year, and many other things we have missed during the past several months. Since we can’t gather to share our feelings of loss, we have installed a “wailing hedge” on the patio of EMC. Come anytime, write your griefs on flag tape with markers (all provided; look for the plastic box with the white lid), and tie them to the hedge. See what others are grieving and share your griefs with the community. Express the loss and notice if it shifts.
If you’d like to post your lament flag on social media, tag with #WailingHedge
Lament: Hugs 
Supply Box for the Wailing Hedge 
Lament: violence 
Lament: Singing Together
Seen Grace? Got Hope? Share the Gratitude
Many have also found points of light in 2020. If you have found grace during this year, stop out front and help our community give thanks and celebrate the positives by writing your point of light on white flag tape and tying it to the twine strung in the garden by the electronic sign. See what gifts others in our community have found during this challenging year as we approach the longest night of the year and embrace the gifts of the dark, celebrate Christ’s birth, and draw 2020 to a close.
If you’d like to post your hope flag on social media, please tag it with #FlaggingHope.
This pop-up community art installation made by all of us will be up until noon on January 5, 2021. #KeepMorningsideWeird
Hope Supply Box 
Hope: Security 
Hope: Capacity for Complexity 
Hope Flying: A Vaccine 
Hope: Find Passion