SUNDAY
December 22: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Jill Duffield continues our Advent series, Comfort and Joy? with Upended for All Generations. Our scriptures are Micah 5:2-5a and Luke 1:39-55.
- Rejoice! at 9, Life Center (bulletin here)
- Sanctuary at 11 am (bulletin here)
Through Christmas, poinsettias adorn the sanctuary to honor and memorialize friends, family and loved ones as we celebrate Advent. Those being honored and memorialized by poinsettias and gifts for our hunger ministries can be read here.
Celebrating our 200th anniversary!
This year FPC celebrates 200 years of worship, service and love. We’re taking a break for Advent, and events will continue in January with a focus on our relationship with the city and downtown. Details here.
This link takes you to our livestream page. Livestreams are available “live” during their scheduled time. Delayed, on-demand video will be available shortly after the stream ends, and can be accessed via this link or via our YouTube Channel, where you can select specific services.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Campus closed December 24-26 for Christmas holiday, except for worship. No Hot Dish & Hope for December 24 or 26.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services will be livestreamed. Livestreams are available “live” during their scheduled time. Delayed, on-demand video will be available shortly after the stream ends, and can be accessed via our YouTube Channel, where you can select specific services.
Other services
- ICYMI — December 15, A Little Advent Music: A Service of Nine Lessons & Carols. This beautiful service, rooted in the late 19th century, combines short scripture readings with carols and anthems. With orchestra, Chancel Choir, Canticle Choir, and handbell prelude, 5 pm. Video available here. Bulletin here.
Prayer requests
How can we pray for you? Prayer request form.
North Elm Notes
Breathing for all ages
Most Wednesday mornings at 9:30, you can find me on the chancel steps in our beautiful sanctuary leading chapel with some of our Weekday Preschool students. We follow a very predictable routine (because that’s what is best for the children). We say...
The stable: Where we store our wounds
The Christmas story has an inn and a stable. One is located on the street; the other is out back. One is lit, decorated, and worthy of important visitors. The other sits dark, silent, and used for those things the inn keeper wants out of sight....
Providing shelter for the season
In the Season of Advent, we look forward to Christmas and remember the story of Christ’s birth. We learn in the gospels about Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for the census when it was time for Jesus to be born. With no room in the inn, they...
An Extra Note…
OUR FAITH COMMUNITY has been serving God with joy since 1824. (The Greensboro Historical Museum was our church in the late 19th century.) We celebrate that history, but we are more excited about our future! We believe we are called to share Christ’s message of love and grace in the things we do and say. We are not perfect, but like Presbyterians everywhere, we are reformed and always reforming. We think you can find a spiritual home here. Come and see!
