December 2023 saw the release of the movie of the Broadway musical The Color Purple. We’re not sure what of the many themes from this movie will guide our service but we know there will be some wonderful music and communion will be celebrated. Written about the movie release in Religion Unplugged: “Few movies are as effective at bringing a worship service to life while answering why God allows bad things to happen as the 2023 remake of “A Color Purple.” The movie literally shouts for joy its praises and laments to God through its captivating musical numbers, which are as beautiful as any musical performance captured on film and blur the line between film and church, and deals explicitly with the questions it raises about how you can believe in God even though bad things happen in a deeply and explicitly Christian way.”