SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
We are excited that the Mission Inn Festival of Lights, along with the Lighting Ceremony, is back! We are going to provide seating - the best in downtown Riverside - as we did prior to the pandemic. We will provide a chair, a couple of prepackaged cookies, and a bottle of water for a donation. We are requesting a $20 donation. Enjoy the Riverside's Festival of Lights in comfort!
4:30PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
CHOIR & HANDBELLS CONCERT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16
BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Sometimes the Christmas season is a time that highlights what or who is missing. It is a time when it feels like the whole world is having a party filled with laughter and happiness. For many, this festive expectation only makes the feelings of grief, anxiety, depression, and loss worse. It can highlight feelings of loneliness and isolation when we believe that everyone else is experiencing something that perhaps we used to have or never quite discovered. The Norman Rockwell picture perfect holiday can feel at times like it is beyond our reach. If any of these feelings are part of your own experience of the Christmas season or if you would like to support others who are having a less than festive Christmas, the Blue Christmas Potluck and service, Saturday, December 16th at 2pm is for you.
We at FCC are a family of God. We are brothers and sisters, siblings in Christ. And so it is that we can come together and feel blue and loved just as we are fully part of this family. Join us for this afternoon of eating, prayer, music and fellowship where every emotion is valid and welcomed.
Pie potluck to follow.
2:00PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT & CHRISTMAS POTLUCK CELEBRATION
Lighting of the candle of JOY. Our Christmas Potluck Celebration will be held after our service. See Donna Wing to sign-up. We are planning for a festive time of fellowship. The Pride group & Mission Board are collecting items for children to be donated to Family Promise. Items needed for children include socks, hats, gloves, scarves, character underwear sets, toothpaste and toothbrushes, mouth wash, and laundry bags. There is a drop box in the Madonna Room to place your items. We will be collecting items throughout the Christmas Season.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
Fourth Sunday in Advent - Lighting the candle of LOVE.
Join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus
10:00AM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
The sanctuary is aglow in candlelight, traditional carols, the Christmas story and the singing of Silent Night. A Holy Night indeed!
8:00PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31ST
NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE
Liturgy of the Holy Shredder
You will be handed two slips of paper when you enter the sanctuary. One is for you to write down anything from 2023 that you want to let go of, and we will send it through the shredder. The other paper is for hopes, dreams, and/or intentions for the new year. More explanation during announcements.
10:00AM
