Advent & Christmas 2025
The 1st Sunday of Advent ~ Advent Wreath-Making
All the supplies will be on hand to make a beautiful wreath to enhance your family’s preparation for Christmas. Suggested donation - $25.00. You can also just pick up a set of Advent candles for $8.00. Make them after both the 8:00 and 10:00 am service.
Advent Adult Education Series
Advent 1, 2, and 3 we will gather on Sunday at 7:30 pm on Zoom to engage in a guided discussion with the preacher about that morning’s sermon. Whether you attended worship in person or listened later online, all are welcome—recordings of the sermon are posted on our website by noon each Sunday for those unable to be present. Our time together will conclude just before 8:30 pm with the quiet, prayerful service of Compline from the Book of Common Prayer, offering a peaceful end to the day. Come for thoughtful conversation, spiritual reflection, and a meaningful way to journey through Advent. Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87648699744?pwd=BAHSsbyT5wVBb8aSsm3DylQpDPhE4X.1
Global Montessori School Pizza Party
Help us lighten the load of our families at the school on the night of Belmont's Light up the Town! We will provide a free pizza supper for the whole school and then send them into Belmont Center for all the holiday festivities. Sign up in the Clark St. Vestibule OR let Cheryl know if you can help.
All Saints’ Women’s Fellowship
All women of the parish are invited to gather on Friday, December 5 from 7:00–9:00 pm for an evening of fellowship, Bible study, and prayer. Light refreshments will be served. For location details, please contact the Parish Office at office@allsaintsbelmont.org
The 2nd Sunday of Advent ~All Ages Worship
Everyone is invited to our All Ages Worship service on December 7. The liturgy will be slightly shortened, and Cheryl will share a Godly Play story for the homily—The Story of St. Nicholas. Books and art supplies will be available for all ages to use in response to the story, readings, and music. Come worship, wonder, and create together!
The 3rd Sunday of Advent ~ A Pop-up Christmas Pageant
All the children of the parish and the Global Montessori School are invited to join our Co-Rector Cheryl Minor for All Saints' "Pop-up Christmas Pageant!" We will gather at 3:30 in the Clark Street Vestibule to get our costumes and do a quick run-through in the church. Then we will put on the pageant at 4:00 pm. A cookie reception will follow. Let Cheryl know if you can help.
The Fourth Sunday of Advent ~ Greening of the Church
Join us after the 10:00 am service to green the Church in preparation for our celebration of the season of Christmas at All Saints’.
Christmas Eve - The Christ Mass
You are invited to a joyful and beautiful Christmas Eve celebration at 5:00 pm. The church will be filled with candlelight, Christmas greens, and festive flowers as we gather to sing all your favorite carols. Happy, excited children are very welcome—Cheryl will invite them to the lobby during the sermon for their own Christmas story and childcare will be available for our littlest ones. Come share the wonder and joy of Christmas with us!
Christmas Day - Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Come be with us for a quiet celebration (no music) of Christmas!
The 1st Sunday after Christmas ~ Christmas Lessons and Carols
Join us for another opportunity to sing all your favorite music of the season for a simple service of Lessons and Carols followed by a Holy Eucharist.
The 2nd Sunday after Christmas ~ Worship at 8:00 and 10:00 am
This Sunday we will continue to celebrate the joy of the Christmas season on the Second Sunday of Christmas. We will gather for worship with festive music, scripture, and prayer as we reflect on the lasting wonder of Christ’s birth. The Christmas greens and candlelight will remain, reminding us that the story of Christmas is not over—it is still unfolding in us and in the world. After the 10:00 am service we will invite everyone to help us take down the Christmas decorations and enjoy some Three-Kings Cake!