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 Advent & Christmas

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There are a variety of ways to engage the Advent and Christmas seasons with Calvary this year! Scroll down the page for more information, and click links where appropriate for full details.

ADVENT WREATHS
Do-it-yourself Advent wreaths (including candles) are available for purchase through Calvary, for those interested in following the season at home. Cost is $12 (cash or checks are preferable).

Contact Jennine to order your wreath, or with any questions. Wreaths will be available for pick-up, Sundays, November 23 and 30. If you're not available then, contact Jennine to arrange for an alternate pick-up.

ADVENT DEVOTIONAL
An online devotional - A Sanctified Art's "What Do you Fear? Insisting on Hope This Advent" - is available by request. You're welcome to use it as part of your own practice and/or with our Spiritual Reflection Group.

Contact Pastor Tim for online access. Contact the church office to request a hard copy. 

SPIRITUAL REFLECTION GROUP
SUNDAYS, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 21, 8-9 pm (virtual)
Informal online gathering using A Sanctified Art's devotional, "What Do you Fear? Insisting on Hope This Advent" - as a guide for the Advent season. CLICK HERE for details, including to connect virtually.

WORSHIP
Chapel - please use 48th Street entrance* (click links below for details to connect virtually)
  • Sunday, November 30, 11 am-12:30 pm: Hybrid Worship  (1st Sunday of Advent)
    • annual hanging of the greens / decorating the Calvary Christmas tree
  • Sunday, December 7, 11 am-12:30 pm: Hybrid Worship (Communion / 2nd Sunday of Advent)
  • Sunday, December 14, 11 am-12:30 pm: Hybrid Worship (3rd Sunday of Advent)
  • Sunday, December 21, 11 am-12:30 pm: Hybrid Worship (4th Sunday of Advent)
  • Sunday, December 28, 11 am-12 pm: Virtual Worship (1st Sunday after Christmas)
    • PLEASE NOTE: there will be NO in-person option!

EARLY CHRISTMAS PARTY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 4-8 pm
Chapel / Fellowship Hall
(lower level) - please use 48th Street entrance*
All are welcome to join us for all or part of what we hope will become an annual early Christmas party! See schedule below, but CLICK HERE for full details. 
  • 4-5:45 pm: Movie Screening - The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • ​5:45-6:45 pm: Cookie Decorating
  • 6:45-8 pm: Christmas Caroling

2nd SUNDAY POTLUCK - CHRISTMAS EDITION
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 12:45 -2 pm
Fellowship Hall
(lower level) - please use 48th Street entrance*
Join us for the Christmas edition of our 2nd Sunday Potluck, featuring our annual white elephant gift exchange. Bring a dish, dessert and/or drinks to share, along with a free or low-cost, wrapped gift to include in the exchange. CLICK HERE for details. 

BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 7 pm (hybrid)
Chapel - please use the 48th Street entrance*
Quiet, contemplative service to hold sacred space for the grief and heaviness that so many experience this time of year. CLICK HERE for details, including to connect virtually. 

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 7 pm (hybrid)
Chapel - please use the 48th Street entrance*
Join us for our family-friendly service of lessons and carols! CLICK HERE for details, including to connect virtually. 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
  • Calendar of Light (Interfaith Alignment)
    Online calendar for the month of December, with each day offering a brief practice of peace from a different tradition.
  • "What Are We Waiting For?" Advent Study (Center & Library for the Bible and Social Justice)
    • December 4, 7:30 pm: Christ and the Earth
    • December 11, 7:30 pm: Christ and Palestine
    • December 18, 7:30 pm: Christ and Peacemaking

* ACCESSIBILITY: There is a wheelchair-accessible lift that takes guests from the ground level outside (the red door at the corner of 48th & Baltimore) up to our chapel and church office, and down to restrooms, classrooms and our Fellowship Hall (including kitchen).

The door requires a code so if you're coming and require use of the lift, please
call (215-724-1702) or email the church office well before your visit so we can coordinate logistics.

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801 South 48th Street
​Philadelphia, PA 19143

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215.724.1702 or email

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