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Advent & Christmas

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There are various ways to engage with us during Advent and Christmas this year, along with a few non-Calvary offerings. Scroll down the page for full details.

Sunday Worship (click here for details about worship at Calvary)
  • November 27, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 1st Sunday of Advent (HOPE)
  • December 4, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 2nd Sunday of Advent (PEACE)
  • December 11, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 3rd Sunday of Advent (JOY)
    • join us following worship, 1-2:30ish pm, for pizza and our white elephant gift exchange
    • bring money for pizza, OR bring a salad, drinks or Christmas cookies to share if you can; and bring a cheap (maximum $5 - thrift-store items encouraged!) or no-cost wrapped gift if you can
  • December 18, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 4th Sunday of Advent (LOVE)
  • December 25 (Christmas Day) - NO WORSHIP

Online Advent Retreat
Our Spiritual Reflection Group will again be participating in Jan Richardson's online Advent retreat, Illuminated 2022: An Online Journey Into the Heart of Christmas. The group will gather weekly during Advent (Sundays, 7:30-8:30 pm, November 27 - December 18), though you're also welcome to participate in the retreat on your own - without joining the group.

PLEASE NOTE that advanced registration is required for the retreat. Cost is $60. Contact Amy to sign up, with questions or to request scholarship assistance.

Calvary Kids / Youth Group Christmas Party
  • Sunday, December 18, 5 pm (location TBA)
    Join us for some game-playing, cookie-decorating and Christmas card-making for Calvary members! Contact Pastor Tim for details and to RSVP.

Blue Christmas Service
  • Monday, December 19 (in-person) / Wednesday, December 21 (virtual)
    Quiet, contemplative service to hold space for the grief and pain, the heaviness, that many experience during the holiday season.
    • for in-person service (12/19), please use 48th Street entrance; click here for current COVID protocols
    • for virtual service (12/21), please use the Sunday worship link to connect

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons & Carols
  • Friday, December 24, 7 pm (hybrid, with West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship)
    • for in-person, please use 48th Street entrance; click here for current COVID protocols
    • ​​for virtual, please use the Sunday worship link to connect; you're also encouraged to have a candle ready to light at the end of the service

Other Offerings
  • Saturday, December 3, 10:30 am-12:30 pm: Peace on Earth and the Politics of Christmas (virtual)
    Program exploring a liberating understanding of the biblical “nativity narratives., sponsored by The Alternative Seminary. Registration fee is $10 or whatever you can afford. Click link above for full details and to register.

  • Tuesday, December 13, 8-9 pm: Community Conversation - How Do We Practice Anti-Consumerism in the Christmas Season? (virtual)
    Part of a free, online monthly conversation series hosted by Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, facilitated by Kateri Boucher and Lydia Wylie-Kellerman.

  • Thursday, December 15, 7:30 pm: Advent Study with the First Nations Version (virtual)
    A conversation with Terry Wildman (Ojibwe and Yaqui), lead translator, general editor and project manager of the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament. The conversation, hosted by the Center & Library for the Bible and Social Justice, will explore the book's rendering of some beloved Advent texts.

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