It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

It took the work of many volunteers to bring Christmas joy into the entryway, lobby, and sanctuary at Monaca UMC. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to decorate the church on November 29th!

There are several opportunities for you to find the Christmas spirit at Monaca UMC this season, including:

  • Sunday, December 3 @ 11am
    First Sunday of Advent with special music by Mary Beth Shannon on flute
  • Sunday, December 10 @ 11am
    Second Sunday of Advent
  • Sunday, December 17 @ 11am
    Third Sunday of Advent
  • Thursday, December 21 @ 7pm
    Blue Christmas Program (Check out this post for more details.)
  • Sunday, December 24
    Fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve
    @ 11am: Share in the story of the First Christmas with our Nativity Play! Soloist John Hesser will perform “O Holy Night.”
    @ 5pm: Experience Monaca UMC’s traditional candlelight Christmas Eve worship service.
  • Sunday, December 31
    First Sunday of Christmas and New Year’s Eve
    @ Noon: Join friends for a New Year’s Eve Brunch after worship.

We hope you will join us for these events, but however you celebrate the “reason for the season,” we are praying for the peace of the Holy Spirit to be within you this holiday season!

Coming Up…

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      1Happy New Year! all day
+ Google calendarAA Meeting from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
2Busy Hands from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Volunteer Group
Carey Community Center + Google calendar
3 4AA Meeting at 10:30 am
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
5Adult Sunday School from 10:00 am to 10:45 am
+ Google calendarWorship w/ Communion at 11:00 am
Holy Communion Offered Church Sanctuary + Google calendarKids' Sunday School from 11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Times are approximate. Begins after children's message during 11am worship. + Google calendar
6 7Bowling League from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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8Aliquippa First "PhDs" at 6:30 pm
For "Projects Half Done" - knitting/crochet group; 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month at Aliquippa First UMC + Google calendarMeeting of the Eves from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Evening Women's Group Monaca + Google calendarAA Meeting from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
9 10 11AA Meeting at 10:30 am
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
12Prodigal God Study from 10:00 am to 10:45 am
Adult Sunday School
+ Google calendarWorship at 11:00 am
Traditional worship, including prayer and the singing of traditional hymns. Church Sanctuary + Google calendarKids' Sunday School from 11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Times are approximate. Begins after children's message during 11am worship. + Google calendar
13Book Club from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
"Reading United Methodists" Discussing:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Aliquippa First UMC + Google calendar
14Food Pantry Distribution from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
+ Google calendarBowling League from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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15Staff-Parish Relations Committee Meeting at 6:00 pm
+ Google calendarAA Meeting from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendarExecutive Council Meeting at 7:00 pm
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16Busy Hands from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Volunteer Group
Carey Community Center + Google calendarMinistry Action Team (MAT) at 6:00 pm
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17 18Story Hour & Coffee Klatch from 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Story and games for the kids; grown-up conversation for the adults Carey Community Center + Google calendarAA Meeting at 10:30 am
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
19Prodigal God Study from 10:00 am to 10:45 am
Adult Sunday School
+ Google calendarWorship at 11:00 am
Traditional worship, including prayer and the singing of traditional hymns. Church Sanctuary + Google calendarKids' Sunday School from 11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Times are approximate. Begins after children's message during 11am worship. + Google calendar
20Martin Luther King Jr. Day all day
+ Google calendarBible Study - Part II from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Focus on the Gospel of Mark
Aliquippa First UMC + Google calendar
21Bible Study - Part II from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Focus on the Gospel of Mark
+ Google calendarBowling League from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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22Aliquippa First "PhDs" at 6:30 pm
For "Projects Half Done" - knitting/crochet group; 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month at Aliquippa First UMC + Google calendarAA Meeting from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
23 24 25The Eves' Bake-a-Thon at 10:00 am
Baking cookies for the local first responders.
Please RSVP. Flour, sugar, butter, eggs provided. Bring recipes, mixers, pans.
Aliquippa First UMC + Google calendarAA Meeting at 10:30 am
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
26Prodigal God Study from 10:00 am to 10:45 am
Adult Sunday School
+ Google calendarWorship at 11:00 am
Traditional worship, including prayer and the singing of traditional hymns. Church Sanctuary + Google calendarKids' Sunday School from 11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Times are approximate. Begins after children's message during 11am worship. + Google calendar
27Bible Study - Part II from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Focus on the Gospel of Mark
Aliquippa First UMC + Google calendar
28Bible Study - Part II from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Focus on the Gospel of Mark
+ Google calendarBowling League from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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29AA Meeting from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Hall + Google calendar
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