Advent
Submit a Reflection for the All Church Advent Devotional!
For this year’s Advent season, we invite you to submit your reflections to create an All Church Advent Devotional. We are starting the process early! Sign up below for a date you would like to write a reflection for! How to write a reflection for the Advent Devotional: Keep it short, approximately 200 words! …
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The Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve
The Christmas Pageant 3:00 and 5:00 PM on our website, YouTube and Facebook First Pres children and youth tell the Christmas story! Click here for the Christmas Pageant Bulletin
Devotion: December 18, 2020
“When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was.” – Matthew 2:9 (NRSV) Dear Friends: This Monday is the Winter Solstice—the shortest day of the year. The forecast is calling for …
Christmas Eve Services
This Christmas Eve, while we may not gather to worship in person, we invite you to join us in one or all of our Christmas Eve offerings: The Christmas Pageant, 3:00 and 5:00 PM on YouTube and Facebook First Pres children and youth tell the Christmas story! Pre-recorded and will air on the church’s …
A Christmas Concert
Edit December 25, 2020: Watch the concert below! — Join the musicians and friends of First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest as they present a virtual concert filled with Christmas Joy! This concert will be recorded and debut on Wednesday, December 23 at 7:00 PM on the church website, FirstChurchLF.org. It will also be …
A Candlelight Gathering on Christmas Eve
Come to church this Christmas Eve and hold up a candle as we say “Merry Christmas!” to one another and listen to “Silent Night, Holy Night” being sung under the heavens. Children are welcome!
Christmas Caroling – from your car!
Following right after the Joy Ride Advent Scavenger Hunt, come to the Deerpath Parking Lot for a Caroling Party led by Pastor Clint with Susan Noble and Dr. Barry Wenger on organ! Using the church’s FM station (90.5), we will be joyfully singing your favorite selection of songs and carols of the season. Hot chocolate …
Joy Ride: Advent Scavenger Hunt
Everyone will stay in their cars for the duration of the event to ensure the safety of all participants. Would you like to be one of our Joy Ride Scavenger Hunt stops? No homes or yards will be damaged in the event! If you would like to participate as one of our stops, …
Longest Night Taize
We have a tradition of gathering on the longest night, when there are more hours of darkness than light. It’s a time to come together for prayers and laments, to mourn the losses and griefs of the year, to let the tears flow for the hurting places in our own lives, as well as for …