Advent at FCCPA
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Click Here for the Advent Devotional Advent Wreath-Making Event - November 30, 3:00 pm Join us for this joyful family event as we celebrate the Advent season with our annual wreath-making tradition. Enjoy festive songs, cookies, and warm drinks as we prepare for Christmas. Poinsettia Dedications: On Festival Sunday and Christmas Eve, our Sanctuary will be beautifully adorned with vibrant poinsettias - symbols of joy and celebration. Soon after Christmas, these plants are lovingly delivered to friends and members of our church community by volunteers. If you would like to dedicate a poinsettia in memory or honor of someone special to you, please complete this form. Each poinsettia is $30. You may order multiple plants through a single form - just be sure to list each dedication on a separate line. Dedications must be completed by December 16 to be included in the December 22 order of worship. Giving Tree: Our Giving Tree holiday tradition continues! Please visit the tree filled with holiday gift wishes in the Sacred Grounds Café and consider taking an ornament and granting a wish for a local child, teen or adult who is in need this Christmas season. If you prefer, you can donate here. Gifts will be collected at the tree before and after worship or dropped off at the office any weekday. All gifts are due back by Sunday, December 7 so that our Outreach Board can deliver them to the agencies we're supporting this year: AbilityPath, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, Mayview Community Health Center, LifeMoves and Puente de la Costa Sur. Birthday Party for Jesus - December 7, 10:15 am Come celebrate Jesus’ birthday with us during Backyard Sunday School! We’ll have games, songs, and lots of fun. After church, everyone is invited to the courtyard to sing Happy Birthday and enjoy cake together! *kids that are in the Christmas pageant will go directly to rehearsal after cake! Advent Art and Music - December 7, 3:00 pm Please come for our annual Art and Music of Advent service. Kathy Terry will pair art with music performed by our musicians, sopranos Jenny Matteucci and Emily Bender, with Daniel Lockert on the organ. We will explore the art history of Santa Claus, a Dutch scene of merry making, and beautiful Christmas art through the centuries. It is a lovely way to begin the Advent season! Christmas Tea - December 9, 2:00 pm At the annual Christmas Tea, we will be entertained by the Red Thistle Dancers and musicians in their Victorian finery. This year’s monetary donations will benefit FCCPA’s “Immigrant Accompaniment Fund”. We hope you will join us for this festive occasion. Christmas Pageant - December 14, 10:00 am There will be one Pageant rehearsal, after worship on December 7 in the Sanctuary. ALL children and youth are invited to join us for the Christmas Pageant on December 14! There will be no Backyard Sunday School that morning. Festival Sunday - December 21, 10:00 am with Choirs and Brass Christmas Eve Family Service - December 24, 4:00 pm We will have music from our children's, youth and family choirs, lessons and carols, assembling of our creche, and a visit from Clarence the Camel with a special Christmas gift. Click HERE for the Family Christmas Eve Order of Worship. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - December 24, 10:00 pm Our Choirs will lead us in a service of lessons and carols, with our annual candlelight procession to close the evening. The service will be followed by cookies and hot cider, and we will also be distributing the poinsettias for delivery to folks from our church if you would like to help. Click HERE for the Candlelight Christmas Eve Order of Worship. 
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