Holiday Happenings 2025
Mark your calendars for upcoming holiday happenings and advent celebrations and services! Updates will be made here as information becomes available:
UPCOMING EVENTS
Angel Tree
Boone UMC is providing Christmas presents to 200 local children. Choose an “Angel” tag from a tree in the Family Life Center or Chapel. Each tag gives the age of a child and the Christmas gifts they are requesting. (Angel’s wish list items are divided across two tags so that their requests can be divided between two shoppers.) Simply choose a tag from the tree and record your name and tag number on the sign-up sheet, located near the tree. Please return unwrapped gifts to the church NO LATER than Sunday, Nov. 30, by 12:00 pm. Please place gifts under the Angel Tree in the Chapel or in Crossroads on Sunday mornings or Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Please attach your Angel Tree card to your gifts with your Angel Tree number clearly displayed so that we can deliver it to the right angel. Gifts can be 1) placed in gift bags or 2) placed in a shopping bag with a roll of Christmas paper and bow. If you prefer to donate money toward Angel Tree gifts, please make check payable to BUMC with “Angel Tree” in the memo. We also are providing holiday meals to 15 Angel Tree families. To help provide a meal, click here.
Alternative Gift Market
Mark a few things off your Christmas list at our Alternative Gift Market on Sunday, Nov. 23, between services, 9:30-10:45 am, and immediately following our 11:00 am services, 12:00-1:00 pm, in the Chapel. While shopping for unique and thoughtful items, you also are learning about and supporting our local and international missions partners! A few of our partners include: Oasis to shelter women from domestic violence, Casting Bread to increase food security, Blizzard Bundles of the High Country to keep local children warm, and Dreaming for Change to promote human dignity and social development in Burundi. Our Market is the perfect opportunity to shop for meaningful gifts while also helping others!
Thanksgiving Meal
Invite your family and friends to our Thanksgiving Meal, open to all, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 5:30 pm, in our Family Life Center. This annual dinner is a special time of breaking bread together and giving God thanks for the blessings in our lives. Traditional Thanksgiving dishes, including turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and rolls, are being provided. Bring a side dish or two and dessert to share. A few ideas of dishes to bring include: fruit salad, salad, macaroni & cheese, sweet potato casserole, deviled eggs, pies, cakes, and cookies. Please label your dishes and serving utensils with your name…just like you learned in school!
Family Advent Festival
The Advent season is a wonderful time of anticipation, joy, and celebration, and we are kicking it off with our Annual Advent Festival! Join us on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2:00-4:00 pm, in the Family Life Center for an afternoon of kid-friendly Advent crafts, hot chocolate, and cookies. Spend time with family and friends, grow in community, and prepare your hearts for this special season together!