WORSHIP
Sunday Mornings, December 3, 10, 17 2023
In-person at 8:15am, 9:30am & 11:00am and Live Streamed at 9:30am. Each week’s service will include music, carols, and Advent candle lighting. Our sermon series, “When Heaven Touches Earth,” will remind us of the time when God broke through in a manger in Bethlehem and how God continues to break through in our world today. **
Longest Night of the Year Labyrinth Walk
Thursday, December 21, 12:00pm
Early Christmas Eve Service with candlelight and carols
Thursday, December 21, 7:00pm **
4th Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 24, one combined service at 9:30am
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
3:00pm Family Service with Candlelight **
6:00pm Youth-led with Candlelight
8:00pm Traditional with Candlelight and Live Streamed
10:00pm Traditional with Candlelight and Communion
STUDIES
All-Church Advent Bible Study, Heaven and Earth: Advent and the Incarnation by Will Willimon.
Mondays at 6:30pm, men’s group facilitated by Brian Riddle
Begins November 20
Tuesdays at 10:00am, facilitated by Dave Woodyard
Meets November 28, December 5, 12, and 19
Wednesdays at 6:00pm, facilitated by Pastor Justin Williams and Pastor Carrie Schwab
Meets November 29, December 6, 13, and 20
Thursdays at 10:00am, facilitated by Mary Ellen Hatton and Kim La Rue
Begins November 30
Thursdays at 7:00pm, women’s group facilitated by Kristina MacKenzie and Kim La Rue
Begins November 30
Sundays at 11:00am, facilitated by Kathy Perry and Kim La Rue **
Begins November 19
Youth Advent Study, An Unlikely Advent by Rachel Billups
PUMC Chancel Choir joins the “Lessons and Carols” Service
Monday, December 4, 7:00pm, Ohio Wesleyan University
Casual Christmas, children and youth handbell choirs and the Cherub Choir
Sunday, December 10, 3:00pm, Sanctuary
Sunday, December 17, 3:00pm, Sanctuary
12 Days of Christmas, a musical podcast
Beginning December 25
SERVING AND GIVING
Youth Angel Tree Shop and Pack Christmas Party
Tuesday, November 14, 6:00-8:30pm
Homemade Buckeyes: benefitting missions
In the Main Hall November 12, 19, and 26
Decorating the Church; help prepare the building for Advent
Sunday, November 26, 12:15pm, meet in the Main Hall
Angel Tree: providing Christmas gifts for children through People In Need’s Holiday Clearing House
Sunday, November 26, last day to return gifts
People In Need Holiday Clearing House: sort gifts for families
November 27-December 1 and December 4-December 8,
9:00am – 2:00pm, Delaware County Fairgrounds
Wrap Angel Tree Gifts
Saturday, December 2, 9:00am, Lower Level
Register HERE to help wrap gifts
Equal Exchange, Kindwear and Dreamshine Sale: gift opportunities for all
Sunday, December 3, 9:00am – 12:30pm, Main Hall
Common Ground Free Store: serving those in need
December 5 and 7, 5:15-8:30pm, 193 E. Central Avenue, Delaware
Cookie Walk: homemade cookie sale benefitting missions & Quilt Display
Saturday, December 9, 8:00am-12:00pm, Narthex & Main Hall
Register HERE to donate cookies for the Cookie Walk
Equal Exchange Sale
Sunday, December 10, 9:00am – 12:30pm, Main Hall
Un-decorate the Church: take down trees and pack decorations
Sunday, January 7, 12:15pm, meet in the Main Hall
FELLOWSHIP
December Children’s Check In: dinner, music, and movie
Register HERE.
Casual Christmas for families: carols, crafts, and cookies
Sunday, December 10, register HERE
3:00 – 4:00pm, listen to the bells ring and the cherub choir sing in the Sanctuary
4:00 – 5:00pm, crafts and cookies in the Fellowship Hall
December Club Story: dinner, music, and movie for 2nd-5th grade
Wednesday, December 13, 6:00 – 7:30pm.
Register HERE.
Ladies’ Night: Christmas party for women **
Thursday, December 14, 6:30pm, Fellowship Hall.
Register HERE.