What is Advent?
Advent is a season of the liturgical year observed in many Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas and the return of Jesus at the Second Coming. Advent is the beginning of the Western liturgical year. The term "Advent" is also used in Eastern Orthodoxy for the 40-day Nativity Fast, which has practices different from those in the West.
Advent 2024
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Sunday Dec 1st
*1st Advent Sunday
-Sunday Faith Gathering 9a
-Worship 10:45a
-Hanging of the Greens
Sat Dec 7th@2pm
*Cookie Party!!
Sunday Dec 8th
*2nd Advent Sunday
-Sunday Faith Gathering 9a
-Worship 10:45a
Sat Dec. 14 @ 1:30pm
*Festive Feast
*Ugly Sweater Contest
*$12/person
Sunday Dec 15th
*3rd Advent Sunday
-Sunday Faith Gathering 9a
-Worship 10:45a
Friday Dec 20th@6:30pm
*Movie Night
Sat Dec 21st@12pm
*Blue Christmas Service
Sunday Dec 22nd
*4th Advent Sunday
-Sunday Faith Gathering 9a
-Worship 10:45a
Tues Dec. 24 @ 6pm
What is Christmas?
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season organized around it.
December 1,2024
We will gather for worship at 10:45am. This will be the first Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Hope. Following worship, we will be decorating the FCC Missoula Campus for Advent/Christmas. This will involve putting up Christmas Trees and decorating them, Putting Up wreaths and putting out our display of Nativities. Once we are all decorated, we will have a Potluck luncheon that gives us time to relax and enjoy being with each other! Everyone is welcome to come and join in the First Sunday of Advent!
Cookies & Cocoa
Come and enjoy some delicious cookies and cocoa on Saturday, December 7, 2024. Our building will be open from 2-4pm where you can come in, enjoy some cookies, hot cocoa, christmas music and conversation. This even is open to everyone and is free (but donations are welcome).
See you there!!
Festive Feast
Join us for our annual meal where we gather and share in food together while wearing ugly Christmas Sweaters! Our meal is $12/person this year and our Menu will be posted on December 8, 2024! We hope you will join us.
The seasons of Advent and Christmas are known as seasons of Joy, but when you are remembering loss, joy is not always there. This is a service tailored to those with loss during the Holidays. Join us December 21st at Noon
2701 S Russell St. Missoula, MT
