December 8 | 5 - 6:30pm
All are welcome to join us on December 8th for our community Christmas Celebration, which promises fun activities for the whole family. Enjoy our annual chili cook-off, a holiday photo opportunity, children's activities, a live nativity, a petting farm, music, and the Christmas tree lighting on the Colgate lawn.

Registration is now open for the annual chili cookoff competition during the Christmas Celebration on December 8th. Support the "Go, Do, Love" Missions Movement of UPUMC by entering your best chili recipe in the chili contest. Click the image to sign-up.

December 15 | 5:15pm | Upper Room
For many, the holiday season can be a challenge. Throughout Advent, we proclaim hope, peace, joy, and love in the midst of difficulty. This is the church’s gift to the world–that our faith story is grounded in the presence of God that came and dwelt among us in the midst of hardship. It is important to name that sometimes hope, peace, joy, and love are distant feelings when we have encountered great loss. The anticipation of renewed grief as Christmas Eve approaches can be difficult to bear for many. This service will provide a place for us to be together, amid the difficulties and grief we face. There will be music, prayer, a brief discussion on grief in the holidays, and a time for communion and healing, with an option to be anointed with oil in the biblical tradition.

December 14
Enjoy Christmas lights, Live entertainment, and rides at Six Flags during the UPUMC Youth holiday social event.

December 22 | 8:45am & 11am worship services
Join us for a morning of music presented by the UPUMC Chancel Choir and chamber orchestra as they perform Best of Messiah. It's an experience you won't forget.

Each Sunday in Advent, we will focus on Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love as we use "On the Way to Bethlehem" and the Advent study by Robert Fuquay. On the Way to Bethlehem follows the long journey to Christmas. Author Rob Fuquay provides insight into the geographical and historical significance of Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, along with the essential characters through whom the Christmas drama unfolds.

Sundays in Advent | 4pm
Join Rev. Joe Stobaugh and Mark Pope, Minister of Worship, as they read "Messiah: The Gospel according to Handel's Oratorio" by Roger Bullard, which helps the listener appreciate the choral masterpiece and its Christian message.

Live Nativity | December 8 | 5PM
The UPUMC Youth Ministries presents this annual event for the whole family. Come experience the Christmas story during our Christmas Celebration on the Colgate Lawn.

Sanctuary Poinsettia Donations
Help decorate our sanctuary during Advent by donating a poinsettia in honor or memory of a loved one, friend, Sunday school class, or covenant group. If you want to donate a poinsettia, please click the image or pick up
an ordering envelope at the Welcome Desk. Donations are $15 per plant, and you may pick up your poinsettia after the 6 PM Christmas Eve service on December 24.