This Holiday Season at St. Paul's

This page collects all of our special events from Thanksgiving through New Years.

Wednesday, November 23

• 5:30 p.m. - Thanksgiving Service in the chapel - Click for more information.
• No Wednesday night supper.

Advent begins Sunday, November 27, 2022

Advent is the time when the Church year begins again. It starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continues through the day before Christmas. The name is derived from a Latin word, adventus, which means “coming.” The season is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming celebration of our Lord's nativity, and for the final coming of Christ “in power and glory.”

Advent I

Sunday, November 27, 2022 - First Sunday of Advent

• 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist - in the chapel
• 9:15 a.m. - Advent Wreath Workshop - Join us from 9:15 - 10:15 in the parish hall or immediately after the 10:30 service for our annual Advent wreath workshop. Live green wreaths used to count down the Sundays to Christmas are an old tradition in the Church. A brass wreath form is $5, candles are $3, and live greens, instruction, and other needed materials are provided. Click for more information and to sign up by Sunday, November 20. The Advent wreath workshop takes the place of other Sunday school classes this Sunday.
• 10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - in the church or streamed online. Childcare is available at this service.

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

• 5:30 p.m. - Holy Eucharist with special musical meditation - church
• 6:15 p.m. - Wednesday night supper - parish hall

Advent II

Sunday, December 4, 2022 - Second Sunday of Advent

• 8 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - in the chapel
• 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. - Sunday school - various classrooms
• 10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - in the church or streamed online. Childcare is available at this service.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

• 5:30 p.m. - Holy Eucharist with special musical meditation - church
• 6:15 p.m. - Wednesday night supper - parish hall

Advent III

Sunday, December 11, 2022 - Third Sunday of Advent

• 8 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - in the chapel
• 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. - Sunday school - various classrooms
• 10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - in the church or streamed online. Childcare is available at this service.
• 5 p.m. - Lessons and Carols - "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" is an Anglican cultural treasure. This service consists of nine readings from scripture paired with both congregational hymns and choir anthems. Brings your friends, neighbors, and children to this service! Click here for more information.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

• 5:30 p.m. - Holy Eucharist with special musical meditation - church
• 6:15 p.m. - Wednesday night supper - parish hall

Advent IV

Sunday, December 18, 2022 - Fourth Sunday of Advent

• 8 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - in the chapel
• 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. - Pageant prep. No children's Sunday school. Adult Sunday school in library.
• The children's Christmas pageant is this Sunday. Children and youth don costumes and tell the sacred stories of the birth of Jesus. There will be no Sunday school or Godly Play this Sunday. Click here for more information.
• 10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist with Christmas Pageant - church or streamed online. Childcare is available at this service.

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

• 5:30 p.m. - The Longest Night - in the church. The Longest Night, sometimes called a Blue Christmas, is a service on the winter solstice anticipating Christmas to acknowledge that God is with us even, and especially, among those who are grieving in the holiday season. Click here to read more.
• No Wednesday night supper this week.

Saturday, December 24, 2022 - Christmas Eve

• 3 p.m. - Family-Friendly Holy Eucharist - chapel
• 5 p.m. - Festive Holy Eucharist with St. Paul's Sinfonia in the church or streamed online. Childcare is available at this service.
• 10:30 p.m. - Choral Prelude to Christmas Eve Service
• 11 p.m. - Festive Holy Eucharist - in the church; incense will be used at this service.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 - Christmas Day

• 11 a.m. - Holy Eucharist with Blessing of Gifts, in the chapel. Come as you are, even in your pajamas.

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

• No Wednesday Service this week.
• No Wednesday night supper this week.

Sunday, January 1, 2023 - New Years Day

• 10:30 a.m. - ONE Service of Holy Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. in the church. Childcare is available at this service.