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IMPORTANT:  REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: (Please Read Carefully)

  1. Enter the Adult EMAIL (not youth/child) and CLICK Begin Registration. If you have a REALM account you will be asked to sign in.  Otherwise, you can continue as a guest.
  2. Toggle or Enter First and Last Name “Who is attending this event?”
  3. Multiple people, Toggle each name or CLICK + Add another registrant
  4. Click — NEXT
  5. Under each name, be careful to CHOOSE “registration type” for each participate. (adult, child)

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Cost: $30 per Gingerbread Kit requested
Ages: All ages are welcome. This is a family event.

Relive your favorite preschool Christmas memories and support UCELC’S 30th anniversary at our 1st Alumni Gingerbread Night Fundraiser. Sunday, December 7th from 3-4:30pm in the Worship Center. Build a gingerbread house, enjoy cookies & cocoa, take a family photo with Santa and Gingy the Gingerbread girl, and enjoy some holiday carols.

Pre-registration for the event is required and space is limited.

Due to Labor Day weekend, we will not be gathering for HS EPIC this Sunday (9/1) or bible studies this coming Monday (9/2). Enjoy the long weekend off with friends and family! We will be back for HS EPIC on September 8th and will be serving dinner, so come hungry and bring a friend! We look forward to seeing you then.

in E-203 (upstairs, Education building) 

For many, the Christmas season is both hopeful and heavy … but the excitement and busyness of the season rarely affords space to acknowledge that. Blue Christmas is a type of gathering historically held on the winter solstice—the longest night and shortest day of the year—in recognition of the darkness and loneliness that many carry into this season of light. 

We will be gathering a few days the winter solstice for a simple, stripped back service designed to make space for the Man of Sorrows and God of Comfort to meet us in the “both/and”—the hopeful and the heavy, the joy and the loss, the celebration and the grief.  

If you’re carrying any sort of heaviness into the season (i.e. grief over loss, family brokenness, mental health struggles, unnamed) — or if you know someone on whose behalf you feel heavy — this space is for you. 

For more info, contact TaylorFohr@universitycarillon.net

No childcare.

 

Christmas in the City is HOPE’s largest outreach event of the year. This event was created in 2008 in partnership with HOPE’s Interfaith Coalition, giving hundreds of families in need the opportunity to choose gifts for their children ages 0-18.  

There will be toys, games, gift cards, blankets, books, pants, new socks and underwear, and even stocking stuffers! Once the parents have selected gifts, they are reunited with their children who have been making crafts and visiting Santa. The family then receives a professional family portrait, a bag of food including holiday goodies, free lunch, and the opportunity to visit prayer tables and a variety of local partner resource agencies.

Your help is needed! Visit hopehelps.org/christmas-in-the-city for volunteer opportunities.

For more info, visit hopehelps.org/christmas-in-the-city or contact ElaineMyers@universitycarillon.net

It’s Christmas Party time! Middle schoolers—deck out in your most Christmas-y attire (pajamas, ugly sweaters, socks, up to you…most decked out person gets a prize!) and come ready for a ton of cookies and some crazy Christmas games. Invite some friends and we’ll see you there! 

For more info, contact epic@universitycarillon.net.   

Only one EPIC left of 2025 and we’re going out Christmas-style! Invite a friend and wear your most ugly or awesome Christmas sweaters (or pajamas, or socks…whatever you’ve got), and prepare yourself for Gingerbread Wars and way too many cookies. Can’t wait!  

For more info, contact epic@universitycarillon.net.

Through the birth of this tiny baby, the promise of eternal life is now given to anyone who will receive God’s message of salvation through faith. Join in as the choir help us bring in the Christmas season at our first two services on December 14.

Celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

To a little town of no great renown, the Lord kept a promise … that a mighty King would come—an Anointed One, a Messiah, a Savior. And though a triumphant entrance was expected, the Lord—in His grace and mercy—answered humanity’s (and Israel’s) longing for more … in the cry of a baby: God’s plan to save the world.

Join us as we celebrate this wonderful gift of Heaven: Jesus Christ. Emmanuel—God with us.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
•  3 PM Traditional*
• 5 PM Family*
•  7 PM Contemporary
•  11 PM Vessel (w/ Communion)

*[childcare provided (6wks-4yrs)]

Pick up a tag on The HOPE Tree in the church lobby. Help us collect items (gift cards, socks & underwear) for the families being served at Christmas in the City event (hosted at University Carillon on Dec 20). 

You can still participate from home! The “tags” are available below. You can drop off gifts in the church lobby M-F from 9 AM-3 PM or on the weekends during gatherings. 

Bring gifts to the church lobby by December 14. To learn more or to sign up to volunteer at Christmas in the City, see www.HopeHelps.org.

For more info, contact ElaineMyers@universitycarillon.net

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Gift Cards

$20 gift cards from Walmart for a boy or girl of all ages.

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Stocking Stuffers

(for teens)
Stocking stuffers for TEEN boys or girls. Please DO NOT wrap the items.

Suggestions: art/craft supplies, portable chargers, wallets, body sprays, nail polish, makeup, hair ties, card/dice games, balls, athletic/sports items.

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Socks & Underwear

Socks & underwear for ages 2-18. Diapers and pull-ups, sizes 3 & up.

What do s’mores, Christmas carols, fire pits, free food and plenty of fun and games mean? It means welcoming you back to Campfire Christmas! 

On Monday, December 22 from 5:30 – 8 PM we’ll be outside on University Carillon’s field by the pond roasting marshmallows, singing Christmas carols, hanging out with miniature horses and playing games to prepare our hearts for the gift of Christmas. 

Best of all, it’s FREE. All you have to do is bring some friends and family, and either lawn chairs or picnic blankets and we’ll take care of the rest. 

For more info, contact AprilLattimer@universitycarillon.net.

COMING SOON – Volunteer Sign Up

Campfire Christmas is a HUGE event (800-1,100 people in attendance), and we need a ton of hands to help make it happen. So parents, grandparents, EPIC students, Prodigal college students, friends: check out this sign-up link to sign up for a shift. Your shift can be as short as an hour, so you can still enjoy festivities for the rest of the time!

If you see a time slot open, feel free to sign up. While some ministries are “heading up” certain stations, you can volunteer at any station. Thank you!