JOIN US FOR CHRISTMAS 2024
We invite you to celebrate the Christmas season with us this year! Throughout the month of December we have a variety of Christmas-themed events for fun, fellowship, and worship! Everyone is welcome as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ together! Scroll down for more information about events throughout the month.
Christmas Eve worship times:
4:00pm (in-person)
&
7:00pm (in-person and online)
First United Presbyterian Church
1303 Royal Heights Rd.
Belleville, IL 62223
November 30 (Saturday)
Hanging of the Greens is an annual event where we decorate the church building for the season. Join us on Saturday, November 30 from 9am-11am to decorate!
December 1 (Sunday)
Kick-off the season with us on Sunday, December 1st with Grateful Sunday! Bring in non-perishable food items for the Food Pantry and Food Resources. While you're here, make a card for one of our shut-ins. See you at 8:00am in the chapel, or 10:30am in the sanctuary or online!
December 8 (Sunday)
Wear your favorite ugly sweater on December 8 to worship for Ugly Sweater Sunday! "Ugly" is an affectionate term for any sweater that's fun, festive, or unique!
December 15 (Sunday)
On the third Sunday of Advent, we will have our annual Christmas Cantata! It will be a Sunday morning filled with music and led by our choir. There will be one service at 10:30am (no 8:00am service) and it will be filled with beautiful music to celebrate the birth of Christ.
December 18 (Wednesday)
Would you like to just show up and play bingo with the prizes being Christmas cookies? Great! That is what we will be doing on December 18. Everyone is welcome to come as they are, relax and have fun with some bingo and if you win, you get a dozen homemade Christmas cookies! There will also be a light supper of homemade soup and bread. See you Wednesday, December 18, at 6:00pm in Eversull Hall!
December 22 (Sunday)
On December 22 we will wear red and/or green for Red and Green Sunday. Put on red or green and join us for a festive worship service right before Christmas!
December 24 (Christmas Eve)
We will celebrate the birth of Jesus on Tuesday, December 24 at 4:00pm in-person, and at 7:00pm both in-person and online via Zoom. Join us as we celebrate Christmas with beautiful music, messages, and candle lighting and Silent Night!
