Christmas Week Special Events

Don’t forget Lessons and Carols Sunday evening, Dec. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.  Childcare is provided for this special musical service provided by the St. Andrews Music Ministry.  Five choirs will be participating as the Christmas Story is taught with music and readings.

A Christmas Cookie reception in Heffner Hall follows the service.  Don’t forget to bring a dozen or so of your favorite cookies and some Christmas tins or tubs.  Our leftover cookies are boxed and distributed to homeless shelters.

Then plan to spend Christmas Eve with your church family.  At 5:00 p.m. St. Andrews will have a family Christmas Eve service that will include participation pageant for kids and grown-ups.  Find your inner sheep or shepherd and just listen for narration and watch for cues on the screen.  At the end of the service, the 2015 Chrismons will be distributed.  Make sure your family has one for your tree.

At 10:30 p.m. St. Andrews hosts its candlelight communion Christmas Eve service.  An organ prelude by Ed Weaver, our church organist, starts at 10:30 leading into the service at 11 p.m.  After communion and the lighting of candles, you’ll find yourself celebrating Christmas at midnight with your friends and family and feeling the true meaning of Christmas.