Bethel United Church of Christ Celebrates Advent and Christmas with a Concert and Special Worship Services

Everyone is invited to join us at Bethel United Church of Christ for a Christmas concert and special worship services during Advent. This coming Saturday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m., Music at Bethel presents Second City Brass in a family-friendly concert of familiar classical and holiday music, including a Christmas carol sing-along. You won’t want to miss this outstanding group of musicians as they herald the coming of Christmas. Please visit www.MusicatBethel.com or call the church at 630-279-4040 to purchase tickets.

Sunday morning worship at 10:00 a.m. on December 6 features the children and youth bell choir of Bethel in “Christmas Sing!—God’s Gift to Us,” with the congregation joining Bethel’s young people in singing well-loved songs of the season.

On Sunday, December 13 at 10 a.m., Bethel offers its annual Christmas Music Sunday, when the adult voice and bell choirs, along with guest vocalists and instrumentalists, present a morning of wonderful sacred and traditional Christmas songs, a highlight of the Advent season at Bethel. This year’s Music Sunday, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” will feature pieces by both classical and contemporary composers.

Christmas Eve services, led by Senior Minister Rev. Gretchen Sylvester, will be at 4:00 and 11:00 pm. Both will include traditional carols, reading of the Christmas story, and candlelight. The family-oriented service at 4:00 p.m., filled with familiar and well-loved songs and stories, has been created especially for children but will appeal to all ages. At the 11:00 p.m. service of lessons and carols the Bethel adult voice choir will sing traditional and contemporary pieces. The service will end with the singing of “Silent Night” by candlelight as we leave the sanctuary to quietly greet each other in the stillness of Christmas morning.

Everyone is invited to attend the concert and these special services. Bethel is located at 315 E. St. Charles Rd. in Elmhurst; please enter from St. Charles Rd. or from Huntington off Poplar. Sunday worship is at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school classes for children and Breakfast Club for middle school students take place during worship, and nursery care is available for children 4 and under. Both parking and the church are accessible. For more information call 630-279-4040.