Join us this Advent as we explore our series: “Coming Home for Christmas.” The theme of home and homecoming is a meaningful theme. For many, home means togetherness; it means rest; it means prioritizing relationships over work; it means comfort and safety. As much as we want to feel “at home,” the reality is that much of life feels very differently. In fact, we often feel alienated, like exiles, even in our own houses. Christmas can exacerbate that sense of alienation.

The good news is that our God didn’t rest until he gave us rest in Christ Jesus. Jesus came into our exile, took on our alienation from God and the world, and he carried down into the grave all the things that alienate us from one another and our God. Then he rose from the grave so that you and I, and all restless people, might find our rest in Him.

We hope you’ll be blessed this Advent and Christmas Season as we rediscover how Jesus made His home among us in the midst of our restlessness and gives us the togetherness, rest, comfort, and safety of home by His grace alone.

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Advent/Christmas
Worship Schedule:

Dec 3 & 10 @ 6:30pm
Advent Worship - "Coming Home for Christmas"
Dinner at 5:30pm
Downtown Campus

Dec 17 @ 6:30pm Dinner at 5:30pm
"A Cozy Christmas" with Blake Flattley & Tanner Olson
A free event sponsored by CEF 
Downtown Campus
Through song and spoken word, Blake Flattley and Tanner Olson will lead us in an exploration of the season—its waiting, wondering, and joy. Together, we’ll celebrate the hope that Advent brings and the peace found in the promise of Christmas.

Dec 24 @ 4:00pm
Christmas Eve Family Service
School Campus
Join us on Christmas Eve for a joyful, family-friendly worship service! Filled with beloved children’s carols, festive music, and the timeless story of our Savior's birth told through Scripture and song.

Dec 24 @ 6:30pm
Lessons & Carols
Downtown Campus
Come experience this time-honored Christmas tradition from King’s College, Cambridge as St. Paul Brass, strings, and choir offer festive and beautiful music for the season. Join in singing along with some perennial favorite Christmas hymns, and enjoy the Christmas story as it unfolds through Word and song. 

Dec 24 @ 10:00pm
Carols by Candlelight 
Downtown Campus
As the world grows still on this holiest of nights, come and experience the quiet beauty and wonder of Christmas as we lift our hearts in worship and welcome the Light of the World. Join us for beloved Christmas hymns sung with the choir in the glow of candlelight, as we reflect on the hope, peace, and joy that began in Bethlehem so long ago — and continues to shine in us today.

Dec 25 @ 10:00am
Christmas Day Worship
Downtown Campus
Come and celebrate the joy of Christ’s birth with us on Christmas morning! With beloved carols, triumphant hymns, and glorious music from choir and brass. Together, we’ll rejoice in the good news of Emmanuel — God with us — and give thanks for the hope and light born into the world.