Celebration of Giving Service (Continuing Our White Gift Tradition)

Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 6:30pm / Sanctuary
-- featuring our Children's Choirs

Bring gifts (wrapped in white) to distribute to children at Thornwell Children's Home, Hope Center for Children, and to recipients of Mobile Meals.

Gift ideas will be posted on the White Gifts Service Page after November 15.

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 14, 2025
9:00 // Fogartie Hall
8:30 and 11:00 // Sanctuary

This year we will celebrate Lessons and Carols in two worship services. In both services, the congregation will be led by our Music Department in carols of the Advent and Christmas seasons. In the Sanctuary service, our Choir will present Handel's Messiah. 

Christmas Eve Services

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Family Service

4:00 pm
Join us on Christmas Eve for our children's nativity pageant. Any child may come dressed as an angel, shepherd, or king.
 

Candlelight Services

6:00 and 9:00 pm
A tradition in our church, these services feature music by The Christmas Eve Choir. A special message will be delivered and the services will conclude with the Sanctuary bathed in candlelight.

Honor and Remember Your Loved Ones This Season

There are several opportunities to honor and remember your loved ones this Advent season by contributing to the beautiful decorations at First Presbyterian and purchasing Columbarium wreaths. 

Advent Beautification

With a $25 contribution, you can honor or remember a loved one while helping to adorn our worship space for this sacred season of anticipation and hope.

Memorials and honorariums will be acknowledged in the Advent Decorations Brochure, recognizing your meaningful gift toward creating a warm and welcoming environment for all. This year’s decorations highlight our commitment to sustainability, featuring reusable greenery, natural materials, and locally sourced accents. 

Together, we celebrate the wonder of creation while enriching the  Advent experience with beauty, care, and intention. Your generosity helps illuminate this holy season - bringing light, love, and meaning to our shared time of preparation.

Chrismon Trees in the Perrin Room

Chrismon Symbolism

Chrismons are ornaments made from Christian symbols (a contraction for “Christ monograms”) that were first used by Frances Spencer and the women of the Ascension Lutheran Church in Danville, VA in 1957. Greek monograms for Christ “Chi-Rho” and other crosses decorated the first Chrismon tree. Over the years other designs and symbols reflecting Jesus’ life, ministry, and teachings were added. Chrismon ornaments are traditionally made in white and gold to symbolize the purity and majesty of the Son of God. Click the button below to learn what each Chrismon means.