Season of Christmas Services & Events
Help support the Edmonds Toy Shop! Choose a tag from the tree in the church Narthex. Buy the gift and return it to the church by Dec. 7. The Toy Shop provides thousands of toys to local families who receive food support from the Food Bank. Prefer to make a financial contribution? Click here: https://edmondsfoodbank-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1280987
Christmas Giving Tree
Friday & Saturday, November 22 & 23 | 10 am - 3 pm
Our Annual United women In Faith Holiday Bazaar features delicious baked goodies, Christmas items, Fall/Thanksgiving items, local vendors, a Silent Auction. New & used items. Thrift Shop open too! All proceeds from the Bazaar support the Atlantic Street Center, Pathways for Women, WA Kids in Transition, Smile Train, Next Steps, Edmonds Food Bank & Toy Shop & more.
Holiday Bazaar
Sunday, November 24, following worship
All are welcome to join us following worship on Sunday, Nov. 4, to deck the church halls with boughs of holly and greens. We’ll set up Christmas Trees, hang up wreaths and decorations! It’s a festive time at Edmonds UMC and there will be lots of good cheer and helping hands to bring the wonder of the season to our church.
Hanging of the Greens
Advent Sermon Series
Sundays in December 1, 8, 15, 22 | 10 am | in-person & online
Follow that Star - What does it mean to follow a star, to step away from the familiar and embrace the unknown? This Advent, join us on a journey alongside immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and all who seek a guiding light in a world full of distractions.
Dec. 1 - Preparing > Perspiring
Progress takes time, iterations, and failing forward. How do we prepare for a journey beyond sweating about the details?
Dec. 8 - Setting Up > Stepping Aside
As we journey, are we called to lead the journey or to receive it? What role can people of faith be in justice movements?
Dec. 15 - Guest sermon by director of Family Ministries, Nick Davenport.
Dec. 22 - Showing Up > Phoning In
We follow a God who shows up for our journeys, so we are called to show up with all of us, rather than phoning in the bare minimum.
Tues. Dec. 24 - Joy to the World ... in the Bleak Midwinter
We walk with the Holy Family as they journey through scandal and rejection to the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child.
Sunday, December | 7 pm
Please join us on Sunday, December 8, at 7:00pm for an evening of holiday music performed by a variety of musicians from our church and community. You’ll see a plenty of familiar faces who help support many of our services here at EUMC and you’ll hear classical solos, folk music, chamber ensembles, handbells, and more! Also, don’t forget that this is an important fundraising opportunity for our Music Ministry, so if you are someone who appreciates all the music we have in worship year-round and would maybe like to see more events like this throughout the year, then this is your opportunity to support that music with a donation to the Music Ministry designated fun! We look forward to seeing you there!
Christmas Variety Show
Saturday, December 21 | 3 pm
This joyful season brings lots of merriment, but life can be difficult for those experiencing loss or profound change. We wish to create a space for those who may be suffering this holiday season, and so we invite you to our Longest Night service on December 21, at 3:00 pm in the sanctuary. All are welcome—the hurting and those who want to support those who are hurting.
Longest Night Service
Christmas Carol Sing-along
Sunday, Dec. 22 | 3 pm
Join us in our sanctuary for an afternoon of Christmas cheer! We are having a community carol sing led by our Director of Music & Worship, David Hendrix, and our organist, Sunghee Kim where you will have your chance to request all those Christmas songs you’ve been dying to sing! And after the carol sing, you’re invited to join us in the Wesley Room for festive snacks and refreshments as we look forward to our Christmas celebrations just a few days away. All are welcome, and it promises to be a joyous event for Christmas lovers of all ages! Please bring your favorite Christmas goodies to share and a bag of canned or packaged food for the Food Bank drive!
Tuesday, December 24 | 4 pm | in-person & online
A beloved season tradition complete with camels, sheep, angels, a shining star, wise ones, a young mother, a father, and a baby, born on a cold wintry night long, long ago. God comes to earth in the form of a baby to bring love and light into the world.
If your child would like to be in the pageant click HERE for more information. Sign-up ends on December 1.
Christmas Pageant
Tuesday, December 24 | 7 pm & 9 pm | in-person & online
Join us on December 24, at 7 pm or 9 pm for a service of Lessons & Carols. Led by our Chancel Choir, organ, and chamber strings, we will hear the story of the birth of Jesus as told in Bible readings and the singing of beloved Christmas carols and hymns. The choir will present anthems by Sally Beamish, David Hendrix, John Rutter, Ola Gjeilo, David Willcocks and others. The service will culminate with our beautiful tradition of singing Silent Night, illuminated by candlelight throughout the sanctuary. Come join us for one of the music and worship highlights of our church year on this festival night!