ADVENT AT FPC

Advent Services

Christmas Pageant & Service of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 3rd during the 11 a.m. Worship Service in the Sanctuary

Service led by our children and choirs


Carols by Candlelight
Sunday, December 10th at 6 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Click here to join by livestream if you can't join us in person. Click here to follow along with the bulletin. (link coming soon)


Christmas Eve Sunday

Sunday, December 24th - One Morning Worship Service only at 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary


Christmas Eve Services

Join us on Sunday, December 24th in-person or on tv/virtually. 

  • Watch our broadcast-only service on Comcast Cable TV Channel 21 at 5 p.m. You can also catch it at 5 p.m. or any time after on YouTube (click here now) or on our website at www.fpctusc.org/tv. We encourage you to gather bread and juice for communion and some candles to join us as we light them.
  • Join us for our in-person services which include communion and candlelight.
    • 3 p.m. – First Pres Deutsch in the Westervelt Warner Chapel
    • 5 p.m. in the Sanctuary (nursery available for families with young children but all ages are welcome to attend the Worship Service)
    • 11 p.m. in the Sanctuary

New Year’s Eve Sunday
Sunday, December 31st - One Worship Service only at 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary

Advent Devotionals

Join us in our Come, Emmanuel: Devotions for Advent & Christmas 2023-2024.
Pick up a printed copy at the church or click here to purchase a copy to read on your Kindle/Nook/Tablet


In Come, Emmanuel we join Christians around the world, past and present, in the Advent tradition of reflecting on brief prayers known as the “O Antiphons.” Christians have used the O Antiphons since the eighth century or perhaps even longer. Their name comes from the way each one begins (“O Wisdom,” “O Adonai/Lord,” and so on). The O Antiphons were sung during evening prayer or mass, especially in the last seven days of the Advent season. Around the twelfth century, the O Antiphons became the basis for the hymn we know as “O come, O come, Emmanuel.”

Emmanuel came that first Christmas. Emmanuel comes to us today. Emmanuel will come again. Rejoice and share the good news!

We encourage families with children to pick up a packet of children’s activities to go along with this devotional book so that the whole family can read through it together.

Giving During Advent

Angel Tree

Our Angel Tree adoptions are open! Gifts are due by Sunday, December 3rd. Click here to learn more.


Alternative Gift Market

This year you can donate to our Alternative Gift Market online or in-person! Visit the table in Warner Hall on Sundays, November 26, December 3, 10, & 17 to purchase your annual gifts from the Alternative Gift Market or click here to do it all online!


Poinsettias

Order your poinsettias online this year. They will be placed in the Sanctuary in mid-December and you can pick them up on Christmas Eve. Click here to place your order now!


Other Advent Activities

Cookie Decorating
Wednesday, November 29th at 6 p.m. in the Dining Hall (5:15 p.m. Dinner & 6 p.m. Cookie Decorating)
Menu: Spaghetti, Salad, and Bread

Click here to make your dinner reservation.

West Alabama Christmas Parade
Monday, December 4th at 6:30 p.m. - Join us on the front lawn of FPC to enjoy the parade!

Advent Workshop
Sunday, December 10th during Sunday School in the Faucett Family Life Center

M&M's Christmas Luncheon
Wednesday, December 13th at 11:30 a.m. at Bright Star - Catch the bus from FPC at 10:15 a.m. RSVP to the church office by Sunday, December 10th.

FPC Caroling & Communion
Sunday, December 17th following 11 a.m. Worship - Meet for lunch in the Dining Room and then travel in the church bus to go caroling. 


Youth Christmas Progressive Dinner & Lock-in
Sunday, December 17th beginning at 4 p.m. for all ages. High School Winter Lock-in begins at 8 p.m.