Advent & Christmas at DUMC

CHRISTMAS EVE EVE WORSHIP

Modern Christmas

Monday, December 23 | 7:00 p.m
Fellowship Hall
Family-friendly modern worship featuring contemporary carols and candlelight. Nursery will be available.
Livestream

CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP

This year we are asking you to kindly RSVP for one of our seven Christmas Eve worship experiences. This ensures that we prepare a place for you. We are so excited to celebrate this season with you here at DUMC!

The First Communion of Christmas 

Tuesday, December 24 | 1:00 p.m.
Chapel

Dr. Phil Schroeder, Preaching
Communion worship in the Chapel.

Family Service with Children's Choirs

Tuesday, December 24 | 4:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Sanctuary

Family-friendly worship featuring candle lighting and music from DUMC's Children's Choirs. Nursery will be available.
Livestream

Candlelight Communion

Tuesday, December 24 | 7:00 p.m.
Sanctuary

Dr. Phil Schroeder, Preaching
A traditional service with Holy Communion, featuring music from DUMC's Youth Choir and Handbell Choir held in the sanctuary.
Livestream

A Service of Lesson and Carols

Tuesday, December 24 | 9:00 p.m.
Sanctuary

Traditional worship rich in music and scripture, featuring choral classics and candle lighting.
Livestream

Candlelight Communion

Tuesday, December 24 | 11:00 p.m.
Sanctuary

Dr. Phil Schroeder, Preaching
Traditional worship with Holy Communion and candle lighting to welcome Christmas Day.

Parking & Shuttle Service

In addition to our church parking lot we will also be using the parking deck located at 100 Ashford Center North for Christmas Eve parking. When you turn off Ashford Dunwoody Road onto Ashford Center North, you will turn right into the 100 parking deck. The shuttle service will start at 3:15 p.m. and will end after the 9:00 p.m. service. 

Christmas Eve Offering

Each year, DUMC dedicates our Christmas Eve offering to missions outside the walls of our church. This year that offering will support two worthy causes - our annual Habitat for Humanity build and disaster response. By giving on Christmas Eve you help DUMC provide stable, affordable housing for a family in our community. You will also make a difference for communities in Eastern Georgia and Western North Carolina as they recover from the devastation caused by recent hurricanes. DUMC is grateful for the generosity of our congregation and the difference your giving has already made in the world. This Christmas season, we pray that you’ll join us as we continue to make God’s love known in the world through our giving.

Communion During Advent

As we wait in hope for the coming of Christ, DUMC will not celebrate Communion in our Modern and Traditional services on Sunday, December 1. Communion will be celebrated each week in our 8:30 a.m. chapel services, as well as in our Blue Christmas service on Thursday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. We will also share Communion in worship on Christmas Eve at 1:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2024

One Worship Service

Sunday, December 29 | 11:15 a.m.
Sanctuary
Combined traditional worship to welcome the New Year. 
Standard worship times will resume on Sunday, January 5, 2025.

Advent at DUMC
December 1 - December 25

The season of Advent begins Sunday, December 1 and continues for the remaining three Sundays leading up to Christmas Day. View our daily Advent devotional, and make plans to join DUMC as we worship and celebrate during this season of preparation and anticipation. All are invited!

Christmas Poinsettias

The Christmas season is the time for poinsettias, and we have them for you to purchase. You can purchase them in memory or honor of someone special, and they will be used to add color in our three worship spaces. Click the button below to order yours today!

Our Gift to You
Through the Advent Season

Are you ready to create a holiday season full of memories? Browse through this guide for lots of family activities for a magical and meaningful Christmas season!

 Ways to serve during 
the holidays in our Community
 

There are those in our community who could use our help to make the holidays better. We have several options available for providing for families during the holiday season. Click the button below to see how you can help.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Music Ministry presents, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo!"

Sunday, December 15, 4:00 p.m
Sanctuary

We will celebrate the glory and majesty of the Christmas season with the Chancel Choir presenting “Gloria” by John Rutter, Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata”, and a variety other holiday choral masterpieces and carols featuring a professional brass ensemble and percussion. The concert will also feature our chamber choir, Musica Gloria, and the Dunwoody Handbell Ringers.

Miracle on 34th Street

Thursday, December 20-22, 7:00 p.m
Fellowship Hall

"This is a tale that we want to believe in, that creates a world we seem to desperately desire, free of the blatant commercialism that surrounds us, where love and decency and generosity of spirit are their own rewards. What we want Christmas to be all about, really." So writes the Santa Cruz Sentinel of this most heartwarming holiday story. Join DUMC'S Theater 1548 as they bring this holiday classic to the stage, Thursday, December 19 - Sunday, December 22. Click below to purchase tickets and learn more.