Christmas at SPC

At SPC, children and adults decorate the church building for Christmas and hold a short worship service, after which everyone goes outside to decorate the tree on the front lawn. This year the Hanging of the Green is on December 3 at 6 PM.

In every Advent Season, the SPC Handbell Choir helps to lead 10 AM worship with liturgical music and anthems for the season. This year, the handbells will be part of the service for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 14. 

In every Advent Season, the SPC choir brings their talents to worship for a cantata of multiple anthems throughout the 10 AM worship. This year, the cantata service will include songs and a script from the Community Christmas Concert. The choir will lead worship on the fourth Sunday of Advent, December 21. ​

At 5 PM on Christmas Eve, SPC celebrates the birth of Jesus in the sanctuary with service for all ages featuring the Friendly Beasts and a candle light closing to the service. 

In every Advent Season, worship features our youngest singers in the 10 AM service. This may be anthems one year, or a whole Christmas pageant the next. This year, the children will sing on the Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 7 at 10 AM.

This Christmas concert features choirs and speakers from Aldersgate UMC, Ascension Lutheran Church, Central UMC, Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, and Shelby Presbyterian Church. 

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Sunday, December 14, at 3 PM at Central UMC, 200 East Marion St., Shelby

At 6 PM on  Monday, Dec. 22 in the chapel, this worship service will acknowledge and address the grief, loss, stress, and pain that can make it hard to celebrate in this season.

In prayer and reflection, with music and scripture, all who grieve in this season are invited to SPC's chapel for a relaxed, friendly environment to pause and ask God's help and presence through the often unanticipated and unintended results of the holiday season. 

At 11 PM on Christmas Eve, SPC members help lead worship for a solemn service that closes in candlelight and caroling around midnight.