God’s greatest gift comes as a baby in a manger. Angels announce the “good news of great joy” and proclaim God’s blessing of peace.
Come celebrate Christmas Eve at 4PM, 6PM, 8PM, or 10PM this year.
Worship will be a brief service with beautiful music: Holden Evening Prayer. We will gather in the Sanctuary. Take time from the busy season of Advent to quiet your heart and hear God's word.
Join us for a time of helping together. Volunteers will pack rice, fortified soy protein, dried vegetables, and a blend of 21 vitamins and minerals into bags that will then be sealed, boxed, and prepared for international shipment to children who need it most. Open to all ages and abilities. This event is open for the first 80 people so sign up soon to save your family’s spot!
Worship will be a brief service with beautiful music: Holden Evening Prayer. Gather in the Sanctuary. Take time from the busy season of Advent to quiet your heart and hear God's word.
LIFE Giving Tree
Bring Unwrapped Gifts by December 10
If you are looking for a way to give back this Christmas, consider donating a gift for the LIFE Holiday shop. Look for the Giving Tree in the POP entryway this week. All are invited to take a tag (or a few!) and return unwrapped gifts for our neighbors experiencing times of need.
All gift donations will be sent to the Hooliday Giving Shop where LIFE clients can select gifts for their families. This traditional shop in Loveland has supported over 200 families.
Worship will be a brief service with beautiful music: Holden Evening Prayer. Gather in the Sanctuary. Take time from the busy season of Advent to quiet your heart and hear God's word.
We look forward to sharing one big community meal during the season of Advent - a time to gather and share a simple supper. Thrivent will help provide the soup, so you are invited to just come and enjoy. If you would like to contribute bread, dessert, or a drink, click here. (There is also a sign-up posted on the bulletin board.)
This Advent, we have another opportunity for a YogaFaith Class with POP's own instructor, Jennifer Jody. This is a Yin/Restorative with Christian meditation. Please bring the following: Yoga Mat, 2 pillow, Blanket, Yoga blocks (optional).
Take some time to connect with others while enjoying a warm breakfast, coffee, and Advent crafts. On Sunday, December 3rd at 9:30 AM, join others in the Gathering Space to make an ornament, create an Advent wreath (or update a current wreath), fill your belly with delicious food, and grab extra Advent Candles and a new devotional to enhance your Advent season at home. Please email Ginger Tomes with any questions.
Fill and drop off Holiday Meal bags for LIFE Food Pantry!
Click here to see a list of items needed and to sign up to contribute a ham: popluther.org/advent
You’re invited to shop for a local family’s holiday meal so that all may have hope this Christmas. Distributed through LIFE food pantry, holiday meal bags will help support 100 families in need in Loveland. Pick up a donation bag and shopping list in the Gathering Space. Then, drop off filled bags to the coat alcove by December 18. Volunteers are also invited to come together to transport bags or pick up pre-paid perishables at Kroger or ALDI on 12/18 or 12/21.
Come one, come all to the interactive story telling pageant that will be performed by…EVERYONE! No preparation is necessary (costumes will be provided at the pageant), just come as you are and pick out your favorite player in the story of Jesus’ birth, find a provided costume that you’d like wear, and enter the Sanctuary. Our guest narrator will help tell the story as we participate in the visual representation of the story, sing songs, and celebrate the season together.
Contact Ginger Tomes with questions.
Senior Connections is hosting our annual Christmas lunch. The cost for a multi-course meal (pork loin, winter salad, potatoes, bread, and more) is $15 per person. Please bring a dessert to share.
Please RSVP to Anne Wentz - annecwentz@gmail.com, or sign up on the bulletin board next to the restrooms in the Gathering Space by December 11.
OIKOS Christmas Party
Our December Oikos for high school students will be a Christmas party! We'll be at Mackenzie & Justin Evans' house in Little Miami. Wear an ugly sweater and a big appetite! Contact Tanner for the address and with any questions!
Come together in community and share a meal with one another at 6:15 PM, then enjoy an evening of quiet contemplation and sing songs of expectancy and hope during brief prayer services at 7 PM on Wednesdays in Advent in the Sanctuary.
For the month of December, our POP456 meeting will be moved up one week because of the Christmas holiday. Join us in the PLC at 6PM for Christmas themed activities, devotions, and connection as we prepare our hearts and minds for the weeks to come!
Due to many other activities happening in the church, please make sure to drop off and pick up your child at the PLC Gym entrance. All children will be waiting to be picked up in the PLC Gym.
Many hands make light work - join us in the Gathering Space for a treat and a chance to help make our space welcoming and warm for Advent and Christmas.
Come together in community and share a meal with one another at 6:15 PM, then enjoy an evening of quiet contemplation and sing songs of expectancy and hope during brief prayer services at 7 PM on Wednesdays in Advent in the Sanctuary.
THE GIVING TREE IS COMING SOON!
One of our favorite Christmas Traditions is returning! All are invited to take a tag or a few and return an unwrapped gift for our neighbors experiencing times of need. Gifts need to be dropped off by 12/4.
All gift donations will be sent to the Holiday Giving Shop where LIFE clients can select gifts for their families. This traditional shop in Loveland has supported over 200 families.
During our Spark and Sparklers normal meeting time, families are invited to join us as we learn more about the Advent Season. We will conclude our morning by creating a nativity scene that families can take home with them.
Sparklers and Spark will NOT be meeting during this time.
Please RSVP so we have adequate supplies for the Nativity Scenes.
Come together in community and share a meal with one another at 6:15 PM, then enjoy an evening of quiet contemplation and sing songs of expectancy and hope during brief prayer services at 7 PM on Wednesdays in Advent in the Sanctuary.
If you’d like to provide something for the soup supper, please sign click here or sign up at POP. We'll need soup, bread, dessert, and salad for a crowd that varies between 25-40 people. If you can't contribute this week, no worries! Please have food to the Old Kitchen by 6 PM.
All are welcome to explore the season of Advent together. There will be a light breakfast and activities to help us learn more about the season as we connect with others in a relaxed setting. Join the celebration in the Gathering Space right outside of our Sanctuary.
Holden Evening Prayer is cancelled for Wednesday, December 23, due to technical challenges.
We gather Wednesday evenings in December through bandwidth for a time-honored Advent Tradition. Advent is a season of preparation for the expectant joy of the Christ child. Let’s prepare together.
On this darkest day of the year, we come with our honest yearnings seeking the return of light and hope. POP is inviting people to sign up to come into the sanctuary to keep vigil during the longest night of the year or join livestream from home.
We gather Wednesday evenings in December through bandwidth for a time-honored Advent Tradition. Join us for a livestream of Holden Evening Prayer each Wednesday evening at 7 pm. Reflection on Zoom to follow.
We gather Wednesday evenings in December through bandwidth for a time-honored Advent Tradition. Join us for a livestream of Holden Evening Prayer each Wednesday evening at 7 pm. Reflection on Zoom to follow.
