ADVENT & CHRISTMAS 2022
Calendar of Events
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December, Sunday Worship Services with Sunday School
December 4, 11, 18
10 am
(see special December 25 Christmas service)
Hybrid Worship In the Sanctuary and on YouTube
You may attend worship in person in the sanctuary, or you may watch via the church’s YouTube page. Sunday School will be held in-person on Decembers 4, 11 and 18.
YouTube links go out with announcements and in Friday “Materials for Worship and Spiritual Journeying” emails. You can also find the link on the homepage of the website.
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November 30, Start of Advent Devotions
“Christmas Accounts in the Gospels”
via Zoom at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, November 30
Tuesday, December 6
Wednesday, December 14
Wednesday, December 21
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Experience how Christmas is observed in each of the four Gospels in this study written by Cynthia M. Campbell, author of Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes. During our time together, we'll reflect on the gospels' distinctive perspectives on the birth of Jesus and the incarnation, and we'll compare these four sacred narratives to homes that Christians visit.
These conversations will be casual and last approximately 45 minutes. Feel free to eat dinner as we chat. We hope you’ll join us when you are able; attend as few or as many sessions as your schedule permits.

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Saturday, December 3
Gathering of the Greens & Advent Wreath Class
3:00pm
Celebration Tree Farm & Wellness Center - 125 Bowie Hill Rd, Durham, ME
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Gather with friends to collect greens for Advent wreaths and home holiday decorations. Then, after the greens have been gathered, we'll learn how to make Advent wreaths. Christmas Trees and other decorations will be available for sale.
Please arrive by 2:45pm for a prompt 3pm start time for the walk to gather greens.
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Presented in partnership with State Street Church, Williston-Immanuel United Church, and First Congregational Church in South Portland
Wednesday, December 7
Woodfords Blue Christmas Service
7 pm
Woodfords Chapel (in-person)
Rev. Alyssa will lead this in-person service at Woodfords, which is designed to provide space for prayer, reflection, and remembrance amidst the holiday hustle and bustle. We hope that this evening will provide a space of calm, quiet, and healing.
Sunday, December 11
Cookies and Carols
after worship at 11:15
Memorial Hall (in-person)
A now annual tradition where we gather in Memorial Hall after worship to enjoy cookies and song in celebration of the season.
Wednesday, December 21
Online Blue Christmas Service with Williston-Immanuel Church
6 pm
via Zoom
Hosted by Rev. Reba Delzell and Williston-Immanuel United Church. Please visit the Williston-Immanuel website, wiuc.org, for the needed link.
Saturday, December 24
Christmas Eve Services
Sanctuary and on YouTube
5:00 pm: Family Worship
8:00 pm: Candlelight Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 25
Christmas Day Devotions and Fellowship (casual gathering)
11:30 am - noon
via Zoom
Amidst the gifting and meal preparation, stop by our Zoom gathering space to take a breather and offer holiday greetings to Woodfords friends. This will be a casual gathering that will last no more than half an hour. We'll read a Christmas poem, say or prayer or two, share a few memories, listen to some music, and then head off into the wilderness of wrapping paper and Christmas dinners. Holiday PJs welcome (kid-friendly, of course!), with a bonus for the footie kind.
Join by computer:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82998652337
Meeting ID: 829 9865 2337
Join by phone:
Dial +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 829 9865 2337