The Altar Guild will offer Poinsettias for sale in the Gathering Place on Sunday, December 3rd,  and 10th,  immediately before and after the 9:00 and 11:00 services, $15 for each plant. The Poinsettias will be used to decorate the sanctuary on Christmas Eve. Persons who purchase a plant may take them home after the Christmas Eve service. You may also order them online click here  or MinistyOne app.  

December 3, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm in Bayless Hall

We will have a simple pizza dinner. There will be a surprise presented by some of the parents. Children will be decorating gingerbread houses, and a few crafts will be available for all.  Advent activities for all ages to take home and complete throughout Advent. Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of pizza dinner.

The Chancel Choir and the Joyful Ringers are busy rehearsing for Advent and Christmas Eve.  It’s going to be a great Advent season. You don’t want to miss it.

The 2nd Annual Christmas Extravaganza is coming soon, December 10th at 4 p.m.  The children, puppets, and Joyful Ringers have been working overtime for our big event. Come out and get into the Christmas spirit with some singing and fun. See you on
December 10th!

Windcrest Hospitality Center & Windcrest Hospitality Center and Felt Faith Christmas Puppet Shows– 20 years!

The 2023 Christmas show:
“The Light of Christmas.”
It will be fun and entertaining for all ages. 

Come out and see a wonderful Christmas performance by the Felt Faith Puppet
Ministry. Shows will be on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16 at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 pm. We will have a special afternoon show on Sunday, December 17 at 1pm for all those who do not drive at night. If you have never seen one of their shows, make this be the year to see one! The puppeteers have been working very hard on this year’s show.

This advent, Windcrest UMC and Windcrest Day School, reached out to local schools to see if they had any families in need this Christmas season. We want to give you the opportunity to bless a family by providing them with needed items.

We will be hosting an Angel Tree. The tree will be set up in the gathering place. It will have angels hanging from it. Written on the angel is the gender and age of the individual and their possible wants. If you would like to help a family in need, please take an angel off the tree and provide new gifts for the individual. While you are not required to get everything on the list, we ask that you give what you can for your angel.

Please sign your angel out so that we know which family is taking the angel and is responsible.

We have a few housekeeping notes regarding your gifts:

• No food or candy
• No personal notes.
• Gift receipts are great, especially for clothing items
• Don’t forget to wrap all gifts individually, then secure them in a sturdy, large gift bag. The gifts get moved several times and we want to keep them all together
• Attach the paper angel from the tree securely to the outside of the gift bag.

Thank you for giving back to the community this Christmas season. You are helping families in need have a very blessed Christmas.

Gifts can be returned to the office Monday through Friday or placed under the Angel Tree until December 11, 2023.