December offers plenty of new opportunities for Worship, Fellowship, and the work of Justice and Mercy:
Advent Concert Series during the 5 pm Evening Worship Service
December 1 – Christ Will Enter In
December 8 – Joint UCC Advent Service – it’s our turn to host!
December 15 – Perfect Praise
December 22 – The Murray Family
The 10 am Morning Prayer and Communion service continues each Sunday downstairs in the Community Room with a special Advent Liturgy.
Christmas Eve with Saint Junia (at Beloved)
4 pm – Food and Fellowship
5 pm – Worship with Carols, Candlelight, and Holy Communion
Christmas Day with East Lake UMC (at East Lake)
10 am – Informal Christmas Morning worship service, followed by brunch
December 29 – 5th Sunday Potluck after Evening Worship — and 5th Sunday Waffles after Morning Prayer and Communion!
Other December Activities
Sunday 4 pm Community Hour – Food and Fellowship, along with:
December 1 – Immigrant Justice Work Group
December 8 – Fellowship time with First Congregational, Pilgrim, & Covenant
December 15 – Congregational Care Work Group (*note change of date)
December 22 – 4th Sunday Praise Singers rehearsal
Bible Study – Continuing the series The Light of the World: A Beginners Guide to Advent by Amy-Jill Levine on December 4, 11, & 18 at 6 pm.
Prayer Group – prayers for the people of the church and of the world – Thursdays afternoons at 4 pm. If you have particular needs for prayer, congregational outreach, or pastoral care, please let us know!
Brown Box – December 9 at 10 am: pick-up, December 14 at 9:30 am: distribution. Contribute for Christmas hams for our Brown Box recipients here.
Write for Rights – December 16, 5-7 pm in the Community Room – learn more on the Facebook event or from Amnesty International.
Family Promise – December 29-January 1 – in partnership with Baptist Church of the Covenant – volunteer to stay overnight or provide meals for families in transition.
Liberation Theology Study Group resumes in on Sundays in January at 3 pm with Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of this World for Crucifixion and Empire by Rita Nakashima Brock & Rebecca Ann Parker.
We hope to see you in December at Beloved!
