December 24, 2023

• Anna Fadden
• Cindy Malley
• David Grober
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• Christianity
• Christmas
• Time for All Ages

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December 24, 2023

• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Advent
• Christmas

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December 24, 2022

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• David Grober
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• Time for All Ages

For the first time since December 24, 2019, we were able to have a candlelight service for Christmas Eve! Lots of beautiful music.

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December 18, 2022

• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Susan Tordella-Williams
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• Time for All Ages

For the second year in a row, DRE Thea Shapiro and the congregation had great fun with a “no rehearsal” and alternative pageant, adapted from Norman Allen’s work.

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December 24, 2021

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• David Grober
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• nativity
• Time for All Ages

Our (hybrid) Christmas Eve Service was a little different this year! We started out inside, then ended outside by the fire pit so that we could have some singing. It was lovely!

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December 19, 2021

• Bob Williams
• Debbie Eston
• Emily Welch
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Sara Cope
• Susan Tordella
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• nativity
• Time for All Ages

Director of Religious Education Thea Shapiro led the whole congregation through a jolly no-rehearsal pageant! We had lots of fun.

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December 5, 2021

• Carolyn McCreary
• Cindy Malley
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Roger Price
• Thea Shapiro
• agnosticism
• Christmas
• nativity
• online worship

During “red light” conditions, we worshiped online-only. Guest preacher and FCU deacon Cindy Malley discusses what Christmas means to her as an agnostic.

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December 24, 2020

• Andy Leyenaar
• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Gospel of Luke
• Gospel of Matthew
• Christmas
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• online worship

On December 24, 2020, we had a virtual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on the Zoom platform. If you watch on YouTube, click on “show more” to see the Order of Service.

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December 22, 2019

• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Arabic Infancy Gospel
• Gospel of James
• Apocrypha
• Christmas
• Jesus
• nativity

On Sunday, December 22, 2019, my short sermon was “An Apocryphal Christmas”. This video starts with two excerpts from “apocryphal” nativity stories, the first from the Arabic Infancy Gospel (at 0:00, read by Deacon Cindy Malley), and the second from the Gospel of James (at 3:52). The short sermon begins at 9:38.

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December 24, 2018

• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Christmas
• Jesus

My Christmas Eve homily for 2018. Is your heart prepared to do the work of Christmas?

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