At Christmastime, we remember and honor loved ones. This year, we'll decorate the church with a smaller number of poinsettias and won't offer them to be purchased. Instead, we invite you to submit names of loved ones you'd like to remember. We'll list them (at no cost) on a special handout available at the Welcome Center on Christmas Eve. Please use the button to provide the names of those you'd like to include.

As we have for the past few years, we are using a digital Advent Devotional from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. If you've signed up in the past, you won't need to this year. By the end of November you should receive an email notification from them. If it's your first time receiving the the digital devotional, please click here to link to their devotional page where you can sign up.

This year, during Advent, small groups, adult classes, individuals and more will be reading Names for the Messiah, by Walter Brueggemann. We're forming some new small groups to study the book. If you'd like to join one, click here and complete the form. Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. In this study, best-selling author Walter Brueggemann tackles the questions: “What were these expectations?” and “Did Jesus

It's the time of year when we ask for help to make Christmas bright for children and families at Thornwell. This Christian ministry provides a safe and nurturing environment, educates, equips and supports residents in a variety of ways. This year we ask you to select a tag from the tree in the Gathering Space. Most are ordering from Amazon, as you'll see on the tag. However, we will have a list of items folks may purchase locally and place unwrapped under our tree by Decembe