Christmas Season Services
Christmas Carols Sunday – December 3
Join us for our annual Christmas Carol Services, which include plenty of singing, a church choir, and a Christmas message for children and adults. A nice time for the whole family. 9:30 am Family Worship Service (Auditorium) and 11:00 am Traditional Worship Service (Church Sanctuary)
Theta Alpha Guild Christmas Class – Wednesday, December 6
Join us for our annual Theta Alpha Guild (TAG) Christmas class for women. TAG is an organization that supports a number of uses in our congregation. Rev. Mac Frazier will lead our class this year. 7:00 p.m. in the Lake Lounge.
Christmas Holy Supper Service – December 10
The sacrament of the Holy Supper will be offered at 9:30am on Sunday, December 10 in the Church Sanctuary. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER SERVICE TIME.
“A Child Is Born” Christmas Pageant (Tableaux)
Sunday, December 10, 4:30 p.m.
Bring your entire family to our annual Christmas Pageant and experience the wonder and peace of the season. This stage show includes still-life scenes, Christmas story readings, and singing of some of your favorite Christmas carols. It’s a beautiful event for the whole family.
Gifts will be given to all children in attendance up through eighth grade. You will have an opportunity to give a gift as well–to someone in need. You are invited to bring an unwrapped gift to our Tableaux service as a donation to the Toys for Tots program. Toys for Tots is a program that provides gifts for children in need–children who might not otherwise receive a gift at Christmas time. If you and/or your child(ren) would like to give a gift to this program, just bring it along (unwrapped) to this year’s tableaux service. (Pendleton Hall)
Arcana Christmas Class and Luncheon – Thursday, December 14
Each year the pastor and his wife host a Christmas class and potluck lunch in their home for members of the Arcana Class. Arcana Class is a class for adults that meets once a week to survey the books of the theology of the New Church. Join us at 10:30 a.m. at Mark and Ellen Pendleton’s home.
Glenview New Church School Christmas Show – Friday, December 22
Please come to the school Christmas Show on Friday, December 22 at 10am in the Auditorium. This year, it will be a lovely mix of music, poems, and other Christmas-related entertainment put on by the students and teachers at GNCS. The show will be under an hour and followed by refreshments. (Auditorium)
Christmas Eve Family Worship – December 24, 5:00 p.m.
Bring your family to our annual Christmas Eve Worship Service which features songs of Christmas, a Christmas choir, and a message for the whole family from one of our pastors. (Auditorium)
Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship – December 24th, 10:00 p.m.
Wind down on Christmas Eve at this quiet devotional service, which features Christmas music, readings from the Christmas story, prayer, and a candle-lighting ceremony. (Church Sanctuary)
Christmas Day Worship – December 25, 11:30 a.m.
This is a worship service for adults on Christmas morning, and it includes a full Christmas sermon from one of our pastors. It’s a delightful way to celebrate our Lord’s birth into the world. (Church Sanctuary)