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
Holiday Bells
Perhaps no other instrument is more associated with Christmas than bells! Come out to hear the Nexsen Ringers and Wesley Ringers Handbell Choirs perform holiday favorites, both sacred and secular. This group of musicians with varying ages, musical backgrounds, and religious traditions come together to share their love of music and handbells. In addition to the beautiful sounds of the bells, you will enjoy the visual display of the choreography as the Ringers work together to perform their musical selections. You don’t want to miss this exciting Holiday Bells concert!
Longest Night Service
Join us on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 pm for a heartfelt gathering during one of the longest nights of the holiday season. This special service is a time to honor and remember those we have lost, as well as to support one another through our shared experiences of grief. Together, we will reflect on the hope we find in Jesus, illuminating our hearts even in the darkest moments.
Annual Christmas Eve Cookie Distribution
Join Boone UMC for the Annual Christmas Eve Cookie Distribution!
Did you know? Boone UMC delivers cookies to caregivers and organizations for employees required to work on Christmas Eve. This simple yet meaningful gesture is a way to bring cheer, show gratitude, and invite our community to experience the love of Christ through our church.
Can you help? We are looking for bakers and couriers to help make this meaningful project a success!
BAKE: Sign up to bake 2-4 dozen cookies, then drop off your cookies on Sunday, Dec. 21 on the table in the Narthex (by the office) during any morning church service. Volunteers will pack cookies into assorted boxes on Monday, Dec. 22, 2:00-4:00 pm.
DELIVER: Cookies will be ready to be delivered on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). Stop by the Narthex to grab a box or two, mark which organization(s) you will deliver to, and check it off once they are picked up.
Your help makes this festive tradition possible — thank you!
Christmas Eve Worship Services
*Candlelight, carols, and communion will be part of each of the following services on Wednesday evening, Dec. 24:
• Family Service at 4:00 pm, in the Sanctuary, presented by children and youth
Gather the whole family for a special service as our Children’s Choir helps ring in the joy of Christmas with sweet songs and a Godly Play telling of the Nativity. This wonder-filled story of Jesus’ birth is one that children and adults will love. Come ready to celebrate, sing, and soak up the beauty of Christmas together!
• Crossroads Christmas Eve service at 6:00 pm, in the Family Life Center
Join us for a contemporary service of music, praise, and time in the Word as we celebrate the miracle of Jesus’s birth. This most sacred and holy night is why we gather together each week, and so we will worship on Christmas Eve, giving thanks that God loved us so much that He became flesh among us.
• Christmas Eve Service at 8:00 pm, at Blackburns’ Chapel in Todd, NC
Gather for a service around the table with cookies, hot chocolate, and friends new and old. The service will include beloved carols and conversation as we reflect on what Jesus’ coming to earth on that blessed day means for us today.
• Carols, Communion, and Candlelight Service at 8:00 pm, in the Sanctuary
Join us for this moving service in anticipation of Jesus’ birth as we marvel over the mystery of God’s entrance into the world as a vulnerable baby, born to a poor teenager in the tiny town of Bethlehem. The service features traditional Christmas carols, special music, and a brief message.
**At our Christmas Eve services, we will receive a special offering to support three vital local ministries serving those facing food insecurity: Casting Bread, the Hunger and Health Coalition, and the Hospitality House. As the number of neighbors unsure of where their next meal will come from continues to rise and resources for these organizations are strained, your generosity is needed now more than ever. Your gift has the power to bring hope, nourishment, and stability to people right here in our community. Unless you designate your offering that evening for the church budget or “Because We Care…”, Christmas Eve offerings will be dedicated to helping alleviate hunger in our area.