Join us this Christmas Season as we celebrate the greatest gift of all:
Jesus Christ, Our Lord & Savior.
Advent Meal & Devotionals
Wednesday
Dec. 4, 11, 18
6:30P
Fellowship Hall
We gather for a devotional appropriate to Advent, the time of anticipation of the birth of Jesus.
We begin with a light supper of soup & sandwiches followed by the devotional led by members of the congregation.
Our weekly devotions will be based on Rachel Billups' An Unlikely Advent which shows how "supporting characters" — Elizabeth and Zechariah, Herod, the Magi, and the shepherds — in the story can teach us about faithful living as we explore the Advent themes of hope, love, joy, and peace.
Dec 4: Clam Chowder & sandwiches
Dec 11: Menu to be announced.
Dec 18: Menu to be announced.
Saturday, Dec. 14
2-3:30P
Fellowship Hall
Join for this special party to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
• Games • Crafts • Cake!
Text your RSVP by Dec. 6 to: (910) 738-7641
From the fertile musical grounds of the North Carolina mountains, folk duo Tom Eure & Amelia Osborne bring their unique take on the holidays to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church for a 1 PM concert that is free to the public.
Eure and Osborne offer up a heartfelt fusion of Celtic, Appalachian and Spiritual influences that inspire creativity, community and justice. The two come together as a veteran singer-songwriter and a fine artist with the voice of an angel combining their multi-instrumental talents to paint a picture as uplifting as it is engaging.
Their new yet familiar sound instantly has listeners tapping their toes and singing along. These multi-instrumentalists swirl together fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars, bodhráns, and rousing vocal harmonies, painting a musical picture that’s fresh and up-lifting.
No Depression Magazine said their music “…comes off as the result of genuine artists pouring old wine into new bottles and making listeners believe”.
Their Christmas album A Promise Of Hope (2019) stands as a timeless celebration of the season.
Learn more at: tomeure.com
Tom & Amelia will also bring their music to our 10:30A worship service.
A "Finger Foods" reception will be held after worship and before the concert.
All are encouraged to bring a their favorite finger food(s) to share.
Sunday, Dec. 22 during Fellowship
Bring large batches of your 2 best Christmas cookies and the recipe too to exchange.
(Christmas cookie calories don't count!)
Christmas Eve
Tuesday, 12/24
7P, Sanctuary
Service of Lessons & Carols
A tradition that dates back at least to the Middle Ages, a Service of Lessons and Carols tells the entire Biblical Christmas story from early prophecies to the Miracle of Miracles, Christ's birth, by reading important Bible passages, the lessons, and tying them to well know Christmas carols based upon those passages.
Featuring multiple readers, special music performances, and much congregational singing, the service is a wonderful meditation on the greatest gift of all, Jesus.