Advent and Christmas 2024 Schedule

Advent and Christmas at House of Hope

 

Sunday, December 1
First Sunday of Advent with Holy Communion
10 a.m. Worship

 
 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, December 8
Second Sunday of Advent
10 a.m. Worship

The Great Advent Bake-Off
11:15 a.m. | Assembly Room

 
 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, December 15
Third Sunday of Advent
10 a.m. Worship

Choir School Christmas Concert: Around the Manger
11:15 a.m. | Sanctuary

 
 

 

 

 
  Saturday, December 21
Traditional Tableaux Service
5 p.m. | Sanctuary
A House of Hope tradition for over 100 years, this is the Christmas story as told through Scriptures, through lovely carols and anthems, and in the adaptation in tableaux, or “living pictures,” of well-known paintings and familiar scenes of the nativity.
 
       

 

Sunday, December 22
Fourth Sunday of Advent
10 a.m. Worship

Christmas Carol Sing-Along | Assembly Room | 11:15 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 24
Christmas Eve
5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Candlelight Services

The Motet Choir and Orchestra
Aaron David Miller, organ
Hymns, Anthems, and Carols with organ and orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat (7:30 service only)

Carillon Recitals:  4:30 and 7 p.m.

There is no service on Christmas Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Day Carillon Concert
Wednesday, December 25 | 3 p.m.
Carillonneur Tim Short, will present a concert of Christmas music. Listen from your car or walk around the area while the 49 bells of the Noyes Memorial Carillon serenade the neighborhood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, December 29
First Sunday of Christmas
10 a.m. Worship

No nursery or Sunday School on December 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, January 5
Second Sunday of Christmas
10 a.m. Worship

Carols for Handbells and Harp
The season of Christmas is celebrated by The Bells of Hope with the annual Carols for Handbells and Harp. The ringers will present music throughout the service and assisted by Jeffrey Van, guitarist; Sophie Stein, percussionist; Jessica Bandelin, soprano; and Rhonda Grobe, harpist.

The prelude begins at 9:45 am.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas and New Year Holiday Office Schedule

  • Wednesday, December 25:  Office and Building Closed
  • Thursday, December 26: Office and Building Closed
  • Wednesday, January 1: Office and Building Closed