Advent & Christmas

Sundays


November 26


Bringing Advent Home | Auditorium

Create an Advent wreath at 9:00 a.m.! You will leave with a wreath for your household, four candles, and materials to observe this season of hopeful anticipation at home. Bring branches to share!. Note that Sunday School will not occur this morning. 


Christmas Marketplace | Meade Room 

The Gift Shop Christmas Market is back! On Sunday, November 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., you can once again revel in the Christmas shopping extravaganza at the long-cherished annual event where so many of us jumpstart our holiday shopping with our popular holiday cards, gifts, and décor. 


Advent I | Sunday, December 3 


A Service of Nine Lessons & Carols 

The Christ Church Choir will be joined by a brass quintet and guest organist, Dr. Daniel Aune. Readers representing different parts of the Alexandria community will join us as we retell the history of human salvation through Scripture and Song. A festive reception will follow in the Auditorium.  Doors open at 4:30 p.m.


Advent II | Sunday, December 10 


Fellowship Breakfast | Auditorium | 8:30 a.m.


5:00 p.m. Worship: Comfort Ye: An Advent service for a difficult time 

For many, this is a season of mixed emotions, including sorrow and grief. In this service, we will acknowledge our sadness and offer prayers for loss then follow by sharing the Eucharist together as a sign of our eternal hope. 


Advent III | Sunday, December 17 


Children's Christmas Pageant & Yuletide Feast 

Please join us for the annual Christmas Pageant at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 17. We’ll hear again the story of Jesus’s birth as retold by the children of the parish. The festive Yuletide Feast follows at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium. 


Advent IV | Sunday, December 24 


10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 

Advent Offerings


Sunday Forums 


December 3 


December 17 


 

Wednesday Evenings 


Thrill of Hope Everyday Theology – November 27, December 6, 13, 20 at 6:15 p.m. 


Night Prayer in Advent – November 27, December 6, 13, 20 at 7:30 p.m.   Chapel 


Dinner Church – December 6 at 5:45 p.m.


Taize – December 13 at 7:30 p.m. 



Quiet Day 

December 9 |  9:00 a.m. to noon


Christmas Worship Schedule


Christmas Eve | December 24

2:00 p.m. — A Simple Service for Christmas Eve 

Holy Eucharist Rite II, with Christmas hymns and homily 

We will sing selected verses of our favorite Christmas hymns and share the Bread of Life together. ,This service will begin and end in daylight for those who prefer to walk or drive in the daytime. 


4:00 p.m. — Christmas Eve Eucharist for Families and Friends 

Holy Eucharist Rite II, with Christmas hymns

Let’s raise our voices in song and prayer for the birth of the infant Messiah! Worship will be in the historic church. This is the perfect service for anyone who loves to be a part of worship at its most joyful!


6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. — The Feast of the Nativity | Livestream at 6:00 p.m. 

Holy Eucharist Rite II, with the Christ Church Choir and sermon 

Along with the Holy Eucharist, hymns, and a Christmas sermon, these two services will feature the Christ Church Choir, and Director of Music Jason Abel. Join friends and strangers alike as we welcome the infant Christ into our hearts this most holy night.


Christmas Day | December 25

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

New Year's Eve

10:00 a.m.  Holy Eucharist

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