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St. Stephen’s Episcopal

Services Sunday in the historic church at 217 N. Seventh St. include Eucharists at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday school and middle/high school youth group meet at 9 a.m. Afterward, join the camaraderie, coffee and conversation in the Great Hall.

There also is a noon Thursday service in the chapel.

For more details, visit www.ststephensth.indydio.org or call (812) 232-5165 Tuesday through Friday.

Oregon Baptist

The Annual Christmas Eve service will be Saturday, Dec. 24 at 6:30 p.m. There will be no Sunday School on Sunday, Dec. 25. Worship service on Dec. 25 will be at 10:30 a.m. at Family Life Center.

Please join us at Oregon as we continue to celebrate our Lord and Savior’s birth. We are located at 11200 S. Carlisle St. Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. and Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Fred Harrison continues his Christmas Series with “A Season of Peace.” This Sunday the children will receive treats from a special guest.

Our annual Christmas Eve Service will be Saturday, Dec. 24 at 6:30 p.m. There will be no Sunday School on Sunday, Dec. 25.

Maple Avenue United Methodist

Maple Avenue United Methodist Church welcomes all to worship with us at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School classes for all ages at 9:30 a.m. Pastor David Rockhill will give a sermon titled “The Pregnant Pause” which will incorporate scriptures Luke 1:26-38. During the 10:30 a.m. service, children are welcome to go to Junior Church in the education center or remain in the ongoing worship service with their families. During the 10:30 a.m. worship, the Children’s Sermon will be given and the Chancel Choir will sing an anthem.

Maple Avenue offers many programs for adults and children alike. Programs available to all include: GED Classes, Adult Basic Education Classes, After School Tutoring (Grades 1-5), After School Open Gym, (Grades 1-5), Daycare, Preschool. Music Programs Include: The Chancel Choir, Summer Dinner Theatre Productions, Spring Cabaret, Christmas and Easter Cantatas with Orchestra and Children’s Choir. Missions and service opportunities include Prayer Chain, Operation Classroom, Penny Drive for Lebanon Children’s Home, United Campus Ministries, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, Habitat for Humanity, and 14th and Chestnut Community Center. There is something for everyone at Maple Avenue UMC and we hope you will join us for an inspirational worship service. For more information, check us out on the web at www.gbgm-umc.org/maple_ave_umc/ or call us at (812) 232-7263.

St. George’s Episcopal

This Sunday (Dec. 18) the Reverend Jack Brockman will present Christian Education. Adult Christian Education is from 9:15-9:45 a.m. in the parish hall.

Brockman also will be celebrant for Holy Eucharist, Rite II, which begins at 10 a.m. in the church. All are invited to stay for coffee, conversation and refreshments in the parish hall after the service.

The retired priest, who lives in Brazil, serves as St. George’s “pastoral caregiver.” Brockman also works with Hospice of the Wabash Valley as a chaplain.

Brockman attended the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., and was received into the Diocese of New Hampshire by Bishop Douglas Theurner. He has served at St. John’s, Portsmouth, N.H.; St. Mark’s, Perryville, Md.; and St. John’s, Crawfordsville, before retiring from St. Mark’s in June 2008.

St. George’s Episcopal Church, “the friendly little church on the hill,” is located at 1337 N. Smith Place (on Ferguson Hill), West Terre Haute. For more information, contact Kelly Hammonds, bishop’s warden, (217) 826-5439; kellyjo829@yahoo.com or go to www.stgeorgeswth.indydio.org.

St. Ann Catholic

The small, vibrant Community of St. Ann Parish, 1440 Locust St., invites you to join us for our Sunday Eucharist at 11 a.m. All are welcome.

St. Benedict Catholic

The St. Benedict parish community celebrates mass on Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday morning at 8:30 and 11:00 am. The Bible Timeline: The Story of Salvation with Jeff Cavins will begin in January. All are welcome to join us. For more information, please call the parish office: (812) 232-8421.

St. Joseph University Parish

St. Joseph University Parish invites you to celebrate mass at 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. All are welcome to join us.  

St. Margaret Mary Catholic

The St. Margaret Mary parish community invites you to join us for weekend mass on Saturday at 4 p.m. or Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Our parish also celebrates a Spanish Mass each Sunday at 2 p.m.

Sunday morning Bible Study, EPIC: A Journey Through Church History is from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Monday night Bible Study, Revelation with Jeff Cavins, is 7 to 8:30 p.m. St. Margaret Mary Church is located at 2405 S. 7th St. For more information call the parish office: (812) 232-3512.

St. Mary-of-the-Woods Village

St. Mary-of -the-Woods Village Church invites you to join us for liturgy on Sunday morning at 9 a.m.

St. Patrick Catholic

St. Patrick parish community invites you to join us for weekend liturgy on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. or Sunday at 9 a.m. St. Patrick Church is the location of the Perpetual Adoration Chapel of Divine Mercy. Eucharistic adoration is an extension of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Please visit and pray this worthy devotion.

Bible study, First Corinthians: The Church and the Christian Community, is Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday at 7 p.m. St. Patrick Church is at 1807 Poplar St. For further information call the parish office at (812) 232-8518.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic

Sacred Heart of Jesus parish invites you to join us for mass on Saturday at 5 p.m. or Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Religious education classes for preschool through grade 5 are on Sunday. To register, contact the parish office (812) 466-1231.

Terre Haute Reformed

Presbyterian

The Word for the Week:

Why was Jesus born? Did He desire to push His way to the head of the table of this universe? Was His mission to garner adoration and praise? Was this uppermost in His mind? This was not the case. He came to serve.

“Although He existed in the form of God, [He] did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Philippians 2:6-8).

The Second Person of Trinity entered creation as the babe in Bethlehem to be a ransom payment. In the ancient economy, a benevolent master might buy a slave for a stated price. He then might grant the slave freedom. The purchase price ransoms this burdened soul from a life of servitude.

Christ’s perfect life and subsequent death is a ransom payment loosing sinners from their slavery to evil conduct. With this ransom payment, God “rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son” (Colossians 1:13).

 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

Please join us for worship this Sunday. The title of Pastor Bill Roberts sermon on Revelation is: “The River of Life and the Tree of Life.” The Terre Haute Reformed Presbyterian Church meets in the church building at the South-East corner of 6th and Washington (1400 South 6th St.). Sunday School, for children and adults, begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:45 a.m. A nursery for children three and under is available during the worship service. After worship, a meal will be provided and all are welcome to stay for food and fellowship.

Berean Baptist

David Thomas will continue his uplifting study of Daniel at 9:30.

The Annual Christmas program featuring the combined music and drama departments directed by Betty Sontag present, Jesus: The Greatest Gift, during the 10:30 worship Hour. Dick and Judy Triestram have prepared dramatic visuals for this drama. Pastor Larry Lilly will present a brief sermon titled, The Magnificent Dream. Josephs dream changed his mind and life from good to best. Larry will point how this event can give you insight into your own heart.

At 6 p.m., a time of singing Christmas Carols, giving testimonies, and a solo by Janet Rose followed by Larry’s sermon, In God’s Time. Larry will emphasize the importance of the phrase by Paul, “fullness of time.” Knowing this can give you patience and courage in life’s trying times.

Berean Baptist Church is located at 6770 N. Clinton St., Terre Haute.

Centenary United Methodist

The congregation of Centenary, located at 301 North Seventh St., in Terre Haute’s Arts Corridor and adjacent to Indiana State University, welcomes you to our beautiful 145 year old church. We invite you to worship with us at 9:30 a.m. Hear the Rev. Paul Wagner’s sermon, “Third Advent: Jeroboam, the Shepherd,” and listen to Bill Cain’s organ mastery and Erich Kendall, singing “Thankful” (by Richard Page, Carol Bayer Sager, and David Foster).

The Children’s Christmas Program will follow the worship service and fellowship time at 10:45. It is titled, “Broadcasting Christmas.” Join the children and youth as they present a 1940s radio broadcast: Gil Gumshoe is on the case to help Miss Placid find the true meaning of Christmas. Stay after the program for a light lunch, provided by the Education Ministry and supporters of CUMC’s Sunday School.

 Also Sunday, Dec. 18 at 4 p.m., a community service, titled “Lessons in Carols,” will be presented at Centenary by Farrington Grove Chorale. Everyone is welcome to attend this Christmas season event.

Special Christmas events at Centenary include a Traditional Christmas Eve Service of lessons and carols at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day Service at 9:30 a.m.

The College Age Class meets after the “Worship Alive” Evening Service, from 7 to 8 p.m. with supper provided. They are reading and discussing C.S. Lewis’ book, “Screwtape.” The Sunday evening new casual contemporary “Worship Alive” team welcomes everyone to come and worship God in a new way and in a cafe setting, from 6 to 7 p.m.

The Church’s Seventh Street entrance is handicapped accessible, and ample parking is located behind the church. Consider participating in our “Prayer and Meditation Time,” led by Lay Preacher Tom Barnett on Thursdays, from 11 a.m. to noon. Our Wednesday Evening Bible Study, from 6:30-7:30, led by Pastor Wagner, will not meet until after the Holiday Season.

If you have interest in Centenary’s music programs, such as Chancel Choir, please let us know. Choir rehearsals are Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m., prior to church service. Also our Handbell Choir is directed by Debbie Thompson. If you would like to participate in Sunday School, in youth activities, directed by Amanda Tramel, and in our very active women’s ministries, please call the church office, any day, at (812) 232-2319.

First Church of the Nazarene

The church is at 801 Fort Harrison Road: visit www.thnaz.org; call (812) 466-5817.

“Connecting in Christ to love, grow, and serve others!”

Traditional worship at 8:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10 a.m; Contemporary worship at 11:15 a.m. Pastor Mark Fleschner invites you and your family to experience God with our family of believers. Worship times listed above are for Sunday; for all other events, visit our website or call the church office. Also, nurseries are provided from infants to toddlers for worship and class times.

Our traditional worship, led by Worship Pastor Heath Thompson, is our praise to God rooted in the hymns, followed by God’s word as delivered by one of our pastors.

The Small Group, Sunday School and discipleship ministries are growing at First Church and we are excited to see people studying God’s Word. Our goal is that you will find a place to “connect” with Christ and others. We invite you — whether you attend our traditional or contemporary service — make attending a discipleship group part of your worship experience with us.

Our contemporary worship, led by our Worship Arts Team, will encourage worship through contemporary Christian music, centering on the relationship between God and His people. Pastor Mark will bring a message that is relevant and designed to help you move from where you are to where God wants you.

Pastor Jason Riggle leads our teen worship, which meets every Sunday at 6 p.m. Teens are challenged to develop an authentic, vibrant, and personal relationship with God.

Wednesday is an exciting night for kids. Children, teens and adults present a live skit to display the virtues of God. Parents bring your kids at 6 p.m. for KidStuf, a worship experience geared for kids and parents. Adults, you are welcome to join us for our weekly prayer meeting that convenes at 5:30 p.m. Our prayer group addresses the prayer needs of individuals and the church for the moment and the upcoming days. In addition to the ministries described, First Church is engaged in making an impact on our community through various outreach events.

First Church will be having a special musical presentation Sunday, Dec. 18 in both of our morning services (see times above). Christmas Eve Communion Service will be on Dec. 24 from 6-7 p.m., and on Christmas Day, our worship service will be at 10 a.m. We hope you will choose to worship with us at one of our special services.

First Church is experiencing some of their most exciting days, as God’s Holy Spirit is present in our worship services, challenging God’s people to live a committed life for Him. We invite you and your family to come, worship, and connect with the First Church Family.

Full Gospel Assembly of God

The Children’s Ministry will be performing “For the Glory of the King” Sunday, Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. This will be our first service at Roselawn Chapel at 7500 N. Clinton Rd., which will be our transitional location while our new worship facility is being built. We will also be having a Christmas service on Dec. 25 at 10:30 a.m. The church’s new mailing address is P.O. Box 5235, Terre Haute, IN 47805. For more information please call the church office at (812) 234-5020.

Seelyville United Methodist

Pastor Jack Diel and the entire Seelyville UMC Family invite you to join us during this very special season for Sunday morning worship at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Coffee Hour and Sunday School Classes for all ages beginning at 10:45 a.m.

On Dec. 18, the fourth Sunday of the Advent Season, we will light the Advent candle and hear Pastor Jack’s sermon titled “Servants of God,” with the focus on our willingness to trust our future to God. Scripture readings are from 2 Samuel and Luke 1. The choir, under the direction of Cathleen Flynn, will present the anthem, “My Soul Waiteth for the Lord.” Organist Mary Jensen will play an “Advent Pastoral,” Offertory on the French Carol “What Is That Lovely Fragrance,” and an arrangement of the familiar Old English Carol “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen.”

Agape Circle will meet at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, in the home of Edith Tucker.  Webelos 1 meets at the church at 6 p.m. On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Prayer and Bible Study group will gather at 10 a.m. in the church library with Webelos 2 following at 6:10 p.m. The Christmas Eve Service at 9 p.m. will offer an evening of Lessons and Carols. Our church will celebrate Christmas Day with a regular service at 9:30 a.m.  There will be no coffee hour or Sunday School Dec. 25, so that members can enjoy time with families and friends.

Come join us during the Advent Season at SUMC on the corner of US 40 and Second St., in Seelyville. The church office phone number is (812) 877-1868 with email addresses of seelyvilleumc@frontier.com or www.seelyvilleumc.org. ”We are a caring family making disciples for Jesus Christ.”

First Unitarian Universalist

Congregation

The church is located at 1875 Fruitridge Ave., Terre Haute.

Sunday, Dec. 18, at 10:30 a.m. “Spiritual Journey” will be presented by Jonnee Western. Jonnee is a retired marriage and family therapist. She has devoted her life to helping people who have found themselves lost in the world of their own families. On Sunday, Dec. 18, she shares her own story of exploring the dynamics of the spiritual world in which we live. She believes that sharing life’s stories between individual family members can enrich the journey of faith and life of all. She hopes her story will contribute to that.

Sunday, Dec. 18, at 9:15 am Our Adult Education Group, The Rationalist Free Thinkers Discussion Group, led by Dr. Ed Warner will meet in the library. This week their topic will be “What Do You Want For Christmas?”

Children’s Religious Education begins at 10:50. There are two groups, youth ages 5 to 9 and Tweens, ages 10 and up. Child care for younger children is provided for the entire service.

We welcome everyone to Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Our regular service is each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. We have disabled access, and can provide large print bulletins and hearing assistance devices if needed. We also provide child care for young children. We can be reached by phone at (812) 232-1193 or visit our website at www.terehauteuu.org.

Northwest Church of Christ

The Northwest Church of Christ is located at 625 Florida Ave., in Terre Haute, on the West Side of U.S. 41 North at Florida Ave. Sunday Bible Classes at 9:30 a.m. with worship services at 10:30 a.m. Worship and Bible Classes are also at 6 p.m. Sunday and  7 p.m. Wednesday. For information about what to expect at the Northwest Church of Christ, you may visit graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com. You will also find information about opportunities at the Northwest congregation, and an archive of daily devotionals. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Philippians 4:23

Peniel United Methodist

Christmas is almost here. You are invited to join those at Peniel to celebrate the upcoming event! Our Sunday School begins at 9:45 and church services at 10:45 a.m. In between services this Sunday, there will be beverages and pastries served in the Fellowship Hall. Always a good time to catch up on everyone’s activities and get acquainted with new friends.

The Children’s Christmas Program will be Sunday (Dec. 18) at 7 p.m. Don’t you enjoy watching the little ones perform. It’s also a good experience for them. Highlighting the evening will be a Christmas Cantata followed by a visit of a special jolly guest in a red velvet suit. There should be treats for good little girls and boys.

Keep in mind that there will be Family Communion on Dec. 24 from 3 - 5 p.m.   Everyone is welcome. You do not have to be a regular attendee at Peniel.

This Sunday’s Children’s Message is “When We All Get To Heaven!” and for Adult Worship Service: “The Impossibility of Love!”

Laundry and dish detergents are needed by the Food Pantry this week.

The church is on Kennedy Crossing Road in Brazil.

For more information contact Pastor Pippin at (812) 443-8489.

Central Presbyterian

Central Presbyterian Church (125 N. Seventh St.) will gather Sunday for traditional worship at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Lant Davis’s sermon, “Light in the Cloud,” will be based on Luke 1:26-38, which tells how the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. As a part of the service the youth and children of the church will present a musical Christmas drama titled A Very Important Christmas Pageant. A time for conversation and fellowship follows the 10:30 worship service, downstairs in Fellowship Hall. Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:30 a.m. Nursery care is provided. Korean-language worship begins at noon, followed by a communal meal downstairs in Fellowship Hall. On Friday at 4 p.m. Korean students meet at the church for Bible study and supper. On Saturday at 7:30 p.m. the congregation will celebrate Christmas Eve with a candlelight service of Lessons and Carols. The service will be preceded at 7 p.m. by a prelude concert of organ and vocal music. After the service all are invited to Fellowship Hall for Christmas cookies and other goodies. For more details, call the church office (812) 232-5049 or visit us online at www.thcpc.org.

Church of Christ at Terre Haute

Are we justified by faith only? What does the Bible say? You are invited to be with the church of Christ at Terre Haute this Sunday as this important question is discussed. The church of Christ at Terre Haute assembles in the meeting room of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2645 S. Joe Fox St. (Exit 11, I-70 & SR 46), Sunday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Bible is our only guide, and we defend everything we teach and practice. Find us on the web at churchofchristatterrehaute.com. To arrange a Bible study in your home, contact us at (812) 320-4450.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal

Join us as we prepare for Christmas this Advent with celebrations of the Holy Eucharist on Sundays at 8 and 10 a.m. and Thursdays at noon in the chapel. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Communion at these services.

After the 10 a.m. service Sunday, Dec. 18, parishioners will decorate the church for Christmas. While the greening is going on others will wrap presents for the family St. Stephen’s has adopted for Christmas.

Following a pitch-in lunch and carol singing everyone will welcome the Christmas pudding.

Morning Prayer is read in the chapel Tuesday through Friday at 8 a.m.

The choral festival Christmas Eve Eucharist will be celebrated at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24.

The Feast of Our Lord’s Nativity will be celebrated with Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 25.

The parish office is open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Phone (812) 232-5165. Website is www.ststephensth.indydio.org.

The Rev. Joseph H. Chillington’s email is Rector@StStephensTH.indydio.org.



Father’s Glory Ministries

Father’s Glory Ministries invites you to join us as we celebrate our Lord’s birthday.  Dec. 18, we will have our regular Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., our worship service at 10:30 a.m., then a carry-in dinner to follow with great fellowship and fun. On Dec. 23, we will have a special Christmas Service starting at 7 p.m. We will have worship music, a short message, communion, and close with a candlelight song and prayer. Everyone is welcome to come to 12565 Pimento Circle and worship with us. We will not have a worship service on Sunday, Dec. 25.

Our pastor is Larry Swan. For more information, call him at (812) 230-6003. Merry Christmas.

Rosedale Baptist

The Rosedale Baptist Church is at Depot and Middle streets.

For more informatoin contact Pastor Randy McPike at (765) 548-2857. Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Eve Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday Night Prayer and Bible Study 7 p.m.

Dec. 18 Sunday at 11:30 a.m. We will be having Youth Group we will have Puppets, a lesson and lunch will be served. we will be staying at the church to put together gifts for the senior citizens in the area. We will deliver them and do some caroling at the same time. We will return to the church and have kids ready for pick up at 4 p.m.

 Dec 18 Sunday at 7 p.m. We will have Drama Night with the adult and teens Dec. 24 Sunday at 10 p.m. will be our Christmas Eve service. The Sunday, Dec. 25 9:30 a.m. service will include the children’s recitations. We will have combined services this morning. Sunday, Dec. 25 at 7 p.m. we will have our evening service. Please come and celebrate our Savior’s birth with us. God bless you and Merry Christmas.

Mount Pleasant United Methodist

Pastors Aaron Wheaton and Rick Swan along with the entire Mount Pleasant family invite you to join us by attending a worship service or other activity at our church. Sunday worship services are 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. with Sunday school classes for all ages at 10 a.m. Communion is the first Sunday of each month.

Christmas Eve services will be 4 p.m. at our North Campus (formerly Northside Community at 1075 N. Fruitridge) and at 7 p.m. at our South Campus (3050 E. Davis Road). Pastor Aaron Wheaton will be leading both of these services. Christmas Day worship includes a 9 a.m. Worship service at our South Campus, and 9 a.m. Sunday School and 10 a.m. Worship Service at our North Campus.

Mount Pleasant offers a Sunday evening service called “6:35” that is held on the second Sunday of each month beginning at 6:35 p.m. It is an intergenerational worship experience featuring praise, prayer and a message while incorporating elements of drama, dance and art.

Lifeline, our ministry for youth grades 6th through seniors, meets Sundays at 9:50 a.m.-10:40 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. -8 p.m. X-Treme Tweenz is a group for all fifth-graders that meets at 4:30 p.m. every other Sunday.

To start the work week, every Monday the church holds a prayer meeting at 6 p.m. in the Chapel. Boost, our midweek gathering, starts with dinner at 5:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Center and classes for all ages at 6:30 p.m. We host sessions twice a year. Our next session will begin spring 2012.

Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered recovery program from hurts, habits and hang-ups, meets every Friday evening beginning at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Center. If you want to grow in Christ and in your Christian faith you might want to try one of our small groups or various Bible studies available throughout the week.

Music and arts opportunities at our church include the praise band, choir, hand bell choir and drama team. Other groups include the Lunch Bunch (women), Yarn Spinners and our Men’s Fellowship Group.

We also offer the Upward basketball, cheerleading and soccer programs during the fall and winter. Upward participants are children in kindergarten through eighth grade. We have a Special Needs league, too. Basketball and cheerleading are under way and soccer season will follow.

Mark your calendars now for our New Year’s Celebration that begins at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 31. It’s a night filled with food, fellowship and fun. Families can stay as long they like or stay the night. On Jan. 1, we will share breakfast together and attend Sunday morning worship service.

Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church - South Campus is located at 3050 East Davis Drive in Terre Haute. For more information about us, visit our website at www.mountpleasantfamily.org or call (812) 232-4808. We are connecting families and individuals with God and God’s family through Jesus Christ.

Central Christian

-Disciples of Christ

Our worship service will begin at 9:30 Sunday morning. As part of our celebration of the fourth Sunday of Advent, our Youth and Young Church will share their Christmas Pageant. We will gather and dedicate our Christmas Special Offering, 100 percent of which is used to support the ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indiana. Communion is served every Sunday, and all believers are invited to partake. Nursery care is provided during worship and Sunday School. We will have a Happy Birthday, Jesus party during our time of Fellowship following worship.

Sunday school for all ages will meet at 11 a.m. An adult Bible study group meets on Monday mornings at 9 a.m. This group meets at the church with the Rev. Zelensky.

The General Board of the church will meet at noon Sunday for a time of prayer, fellowship, and business.

As part of our Outreach Ministry we have Fair Trade coffee and tea for sale. We also begin our Food Drive for Booker T. Washington Community Center and encourage our members and friends to bring nonperishable items to the church. We are also collecting gloves, mittens, and hats for our Fuqua Elementary School Mitten Tree. If anyone would like to give a special gift to those in need, please see the list of Angel Tree items available at the church.

Please join us at 4950 E. Wabash Ave. The church office or our minister, Rev. Rebecca Zelensky, can be reached at (812) 877-9959. Our church website is www.cccthdisciples.org.

Grace Community

The people of Grace Community Church of Terre Haute invite you to celebrate faith in God with us. Our celebration begins at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday. Grace is a safe place to experience and interact with God. Children are very important at Grace. Here they meet God as their friend. They learn about His love.  

Each Sunday we start with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. for people of all ages. Our Children’s Sunday School is something your children will love. Our Youth Sunday School is a great time of encouragement and learning.

Our adults enjoy good fellowship, discussion and teaching. All this is in an environment of love and respect. Our worship is a contemporary/traditional mix and lead by top notch musicians whose love for God and people are expressed in clear and comfortable ways. We often get comments of how people enjoy hearing the people around them sing.

The message is always Bible based and helps lift our eyes to Jesus Christ. Mike Pringle is our pastor. He has a way of making the truths of God practical and helpful.  

We meet in the Gospel Assembly Church fellowship hall at 401 W. Springhill Drive, in Terre Haute. It is just west of Debaun Funeral Home on the north side of the street. Come in the east door where all the cars are. You will be glad you did. We look forward to meeting you. In life there are many trials. At Grace you will find the love and help of God.  

For more information visit our website, www.gccth.org or call (812) 307-4422

Emmanuel United Methodist

Everyone is welcome at Emmanuel UMC on Sunday for Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. and Worship at 10:30 a.m. Please join us in celebrating the love of God.

The Christmas Eve service will be at Emmanuel at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24. Christmas morning service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25. There will not be Sunday School on this day.

We welcome you and your family to worship with us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 6076 US Hwy 150, West Terre Haute; (812) 535-4218

www.eumc.homestead.com

Unity Presbyterian

On Sunday, Dec. 18, Worship service at 1207 E. Springhill Drive is 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Our Pastor is Linda Peters.

Her sermon: “Dethroning the Powerful,” based on Psalm 89:1-4 and Luke 1:39-56. On Thursday, Dec. 22, Unity will have a Carol Sing at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve, 7:30 p.m., a Communion and Candlelight Service with lessons in Carols. There will be no worship service on Christmas Day, Unity Presbyterian will be closed.

For the month of December, we are praying for McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. This week, we are praying for the Bethlehem International Presbyterian Church.  We also, will pray for Terre Town Elementary School. Join us for a Praise Service each Thursday evening 6, with dinner following the service. Call the church office at (812) 299-2206.  

A variety of wildlife make their home on our site. You are welcome to come and explore. Our outdoor sanctuary is behind the office building enjoy a time of rest and quiet.

Northside Community

United Methodist

Join us for our Worship Opportunities as we celebrate the Living Christ in our daily lives. Northside will soon be known as Mount Pleasant North Campus as we give you more opportunities for worship at either our North or South Campus.

This Weekend’s Sermon will be given by Pastor Rick Swan. The sermon topic will be “Mary’s Response and Our Response.”

This Sunday we will celebrate the Fourth Sunday in Advent with the lighting of the Advent Candle.  

Join us on Sunday Mornings for Sunday School at 9 a.m. followed by the intergenerational Worship Service at 10 a.m.  

Communion service is the first Sunday of every month. We invite you to join us each Tuesday for Bible Study at 10 a.m. as we strive to find God’s message for us today.

Christmas Eve services will be 4 p.m. at our Mount Pleasant North Campus (Northside Community UMC) at 1075 N. Fruitridge and at 7 p.m. at our South Campus (3050 E. Davis Road). Pastor Aaron Wheaton will be leading both of these services.   

Christmas Day worship includes 9 a.m. Sunday School and 10 a.m. Worship service at our North Campus, and 9 a.m. Worship Service at our South Campus. We invite you to attend either of these services.

We are located on the corner of Maple and Fruitridge avenues.

For more information, call our office at (812) 232-2478. Office is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

First Baptist

The Fourth Sunday of Advent will be celebrated during our 10:15 a.m. Worship Service as the Sanctuary Choir presents the cantata “Tapestry of Light” by Joseph M. Martin.

This cantata, which features music written in a Celtic style, is a joining of traditional carols, primarily from the British Isles, with scripture readings and appropriate narration.

The choir will be accompanied by an instrumental ensemble consisting of flute, violin, cello, piano and rhythm section. The choir will be directed by our music pastor Rev. Steve Newman. The service will also include the lighting of the advent candle of love.

A children’s story will be presented by our children’s minister, Jill Kirchoff, after which all elementary age children are welcome to participate in Children’s Church.  Sunday School, with classes for all ages is at 9 a.m.

This Sunday morning a congregational breakfast will be served in Esken Hall at 8:15 a.m., prepared and hosted by The Living Faith Sunday School Class.

Pre-School Sunday School and extended care is provided throughout the morning.

Our Christmas Eve Service will be held on Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. with the theme “Waiting for Confirmation” with scripture text from Matthew 1:18-25.

This traditional style service will include carols, children’s story, special music and sermon by Pastor Bernie Jackson. It will conclude with the traditional lighting of candles and singing of “Silent Night” by the congregation. Nursery and preschool child care will be provided.

On Christmas Day we will have a casual, family-oriented service at 10:15 a.m.

We will celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child with carols, special music and a conversational style sermon by our pastors and staff.

There will be no Sunday School on Dec. 25. However, our nursery will be open and Children’s Church will be as usual including a birthday party for Jesus.

First Baptist Church is an American Baptist congregation located at 4701 E. Poplar Drive. Further information is available on our website at www.thfbc.org.

Crossroads Baptist

Christmastime is here again. Come join us as we celebrate the Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We will have a one-hour Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24 beginning at 6 p.m. EST. We will read the Christmas Story, sing Christmas music, and end with a candle-lighting ceremony. Join us at the Excalibur Catering building on U.S. 40 in West Terre Haute. Remember, Jesus is the Reason for the Season.

United Methodist Temple

United Methodist Temple delights in discipleship at its building at 5301 S. U.S. 41. United Methodist Temple invites all to come and share in the worship of the Child born to save us all, to become disciples of the true God who entered humanity to defeat death and evil once and for all.

As we prepare for the fourth Sunday in Advent, we follow the theme of “outside the box” thinking. Jesus was born outside the frame, in a tiny little backwater, outside the box of dominant culture.

We all received stones with the word “expect” in the first Sunday in Advent, and were instructed to expect great things from God, just as the Israelites expected, waited, longing for a Messiah.

n the second Sunday in Advent, we all received stones saying “accept”  and we were encouraged to accept the greatest gift,  God having come as a human baby, to live with, love with, and fight for, all of us, in our human struggle.

On the third Sunday, we all received a stone with the word “family”  and we were reminded how the Body of Christ is a forever family, and constantly extending that family through solidarity with the whole human race, through radical hospitality.

This Sunday we will have a single service at 10:30 a.m. We will receive the rock marked “light” and be reminded through reading and cantata, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. We are called to be conduits and conveyers of that light.  The cantata is titled “Tapestry of Light.”

We will be inspired to share the light of Christ with everyone we know, and overcome the darkness with light.

We are a “Tapestry of Light” created by God to glorify him throughout the earth by service and sacrifice. We cannot keep this good news to ourselves.

Sunday, Dec. 18, at 5:30 p.m. we will be gathering for our youth lock-in. Please call the office at (812) 299-1898 and talk to Margaret Fulsom or Jill Kuckewich if you wish to be involved in this all night fun and fellowship for youth.

Our Christmas schedule is exciting. On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, we will be having our traditional Candlelight Service at 7 p.m. All are welcome to join us for this great service of worship. We will be having a Christmas Taize Communion at 11:30 p.m., with music led by the Sperry Family. Come and join us to sing in the day of Jesus birth.

On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, we offer two opportunities for worship.  Simple worship will happen at 11 a.m., in a simple service of carols and reading and preaching.

 At 5 p.m., we will be gathering for a more musical gathering, this especially for those who have Christmas morning traditions. Please join us for any or all of these worship services as we honor the Season of the Child, the one who promises “Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men,” the Babe of Bethlehem.

United Methodist Temple staff can be reached at (812) 299-1898, or by emailing Margaret Fulsom, our secretary at thumt@frontier.com or Rev. Steve Cain at (812) 870-5749 or revscain@yahoo.com.

Breden Memorial United Methodist

The message for this 4th Sunday of Advent will be: “They Called Him … Everlasting Father.” The scripture is recorded in Luke 2:1-8.

The words everlasting and eternal mean “always will be.” This is hard to explain and comprehend.

To try and explain to anyone that God has always been and will forever be is hard to grasp. When you try to tell a small child that God created all things you may get that message across. But then many children ask, “Where did God come from?” and we all get stumped on that one.

Faith must play a big role in our understanding of God. Many adults believe that Christians try to make faith too easy. Jesus said, “We as adults need to approach the kingdom like the small child does.” Enough said. Our worship service begins at 9:30. Sunday school follows immediately after worship at 10:50. AA meets on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Ladies’ Prayer Group meets Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

First Congregational

First Congregational Church, 630 Ohio, in Terre Haute, invites you to join us this Sunday, Dec. 18, as Rev. Dawn Carlson completes the Advent series with “The Greatest Love.”

Stories of God’s love, care and redemption fill the Bible, but no act of love was greater than that expressed in John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son. Join us as we explore this amazing gift – the gift of the Savior.

Church services are at 8:30 (meditative) and 10:30 (traditional) each Sunday morning. Children’s Church is part of the 10:30 service and then children are invited to attend Sunday School downstairs. There is a staffed nursery during the 10:30 service.

On Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m., we invite all in our community to join us for the Longest Night/Blue Christmas service.

This service is an opportunity for those who are dealing with grief or family crises and find Christmas a less than joyous time. Our Annual Candlelight Christmas Eve service will be on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m.

You are invited to arrive between 6 and 7 p.m. and share in the wassail bowl. Christmas Day’s Sunday service will be just one, joint service at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, check us out on the web at www.FirstChurchTH.org.

New Life Fellowship

Come celebrate Christmas with the New Life Sanctuary Choir on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. as they present “More Than A Holiday.” Come enjoy a night of celebration and worship.

An encore performance of “A Classic Christmas” will be Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. featuring New Life Youth Choir, Ensemble, and Elevation – this is a program you will not want to miss. Visit New Life Fellowship on Facebook or this link www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrB_qxRFEKM to see a promo of this exciting program.

 Tickets are $5 (Free Admit to Children 8 and Younger).