Advent and Christmas at St. Paul’s, Ivy

Bring the whole family and kick off your Advent with us! Join us for this festive annual event and make your own beautiful Advent wreath to take home! Cookies, cocoa, and coffee will be served, and you’re welcome to bring some of your favorite Christmas cookies to share, too!

Help adorn our church with beautiful flowers for the Christmas services by making a donation to our Memorial Flowers Fund in honor of the memory of loved ones, to thank God for blessings, or in honor of the special work of family and friends. Donations can be made online through our Giving page (being sure to indicate your loved ones’ names in the comment section) or by check with a form available in the back of the church, parish hall, and church office. Checks should be made to St. Paul’s Church with “Christmas flowers” noted on the memo line. Donations can be made “In memory of” or “In thanksgiving for,” and will be printed in the Christmas Eve bulletins. Forms and payment are due no later than Friday, December 13.

Spread Christmas joy this year by being a Christmas Angel for one of our Food Pantry families. Being a Christmas Angel is easy – we’ve compiled an online list of kids and their gift requests for you. Gifts should remain unwrapped, in a bag or box labeled with the letter and number on the sign-up and be returned to Kirklea by Sunday, December 15. Monetary donations are also welcome; checks may be made payable to St. Paul’s, Ivy with “Christmas Angels” written in the memo line. Have questions? Please feel free to email Christian. Thank you for contributing to this important ministry. Click here now to become a Christmas Angel!

All Youth in grades 6-12 are invited to join us for the annual S’Mores & More Youth Christmas Party! Come dressed in festive holiday colors and attire (a special prize will be awarded for best dressed) and bring a wrapped gift valued at no more than $15 for our White Elephant Gift Exchange. Enjoy some pizza and a sweet treat there! To learn how to join the fun or for more information, please email Audi Barlow.

Join the Choir of St. Paul’s, Ivy for an evening of glorious choral and organ music in a beautiful candlelit setting to observe the powerful season of Advent, when we prepare for Jesus’s birth and his coming again. The Choir will sing landmark works of Herbert Howells as well as contemporary composers Eleanor Daley, Owain Park, and William Bradley Roberts, and all will have the chance to join in singing some favorite Advent hymns. This will be a great opportunity to experience the fullness of the beauty of holiness, as the rarely used Blessing of Light service will be done in sung form, incense will swirl at the Magnificat, and the unique sung settings of the Daily Office are heard for the first time in years in Ivy. A reception will follow, and all are welcome.

Watch for our St. Paul’s, Ivy Facebook Event at [https://www.facebook.com/events/1238956290672554/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D]

Join Fr. Justin and Mthr. Amanda in Old Trail (across from Grit Coffee) on Wednesday, December 18 from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. for blessings and cookies! Our clergy will greet the community with sweet treats and invitations to our Christmas services, and would love to see you there! For more information, please contact Mthr. Amanda.

Sunday Rehearsals for Speaking Parts: December 8 and 15, 9:30 a.m., Children’s Chapel

All-Cast Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, December 21

This year’s Christmas Pageant will be held on Sunday, December, during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. There are plenty of roles for children and youth of all ages! Please indicate your child’s interest in participating in this year’s Christmas Pageant using this online form. Those with speaking parts should plan to be present for read-throughs on 12/8 and 12/15 in the Children’s Chapel at 9:30 a.m. All participants are required to attend the Dress Rehearsal on Saturday, December 21. For more information, please email Audi Barlow.

A Rite II (contemporary language) liturgy with a children’s homily, classic Christmas hymns, and Holy Communion. Nursery care is provided for infants and toddlers.

A Rite II (contemporary language) liturgy with a Christmas sermon, classic Christmas hymns, choral anthems, and Holy Communion. Nursery care is provided for infants and toddlers.

A Rite II (contemporary language) liturgy with classic Christmas hymns, Holy Communion, incense, and a candlelight singing of Silent Night.
Please note that incense will be used in this service. Nursery Not Available.

Join us in our beautiful sanctuary for this service of Holy Eucharist Rite I using traditional Elizabethan language with instrumental music from our organ and piano.

Join us for this service, featuring contemporary language, and music from our parish choir, organ and piano. Children will be invited to come forward to hear the Children’s Homily.