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904 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98501

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Olympia First Baptist Church

Traditional Worship with Modern Twists | Sunday at 10AM

Advent Activity Calendar: December 1st - 25th

December 1st, Sunday, 10 a.m. – First Sunday of Advent

Theme: Hope Communion

December 7th, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. –

Women’s Ministries Christmas Brunch 2024

December 8th, Sunday, 10 a.m. – 2nd Sunday of Advent

Theme: Peace

December 15th, Sunday, 10 a.m. – 3rd Sunday of Advent

Theme: Joy

December 17th, Tuesday, 5:45 p.m. – Christmas Caroling

December 21st, Saturday, 4:00 p.m. – Blue Christmas

December 22nd, Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4th Sunday of Advent

Theme: Love Cantata: Invitation to a Miracle

December 24th, Tuesday, 7 p.m. – Christmas Eve Service

A Candlelight Service for the entire family

December 25th, Wednesday – Christ is Born!

Christmas caroling

One of the more joy-filled experiences we have during the Advent season is to go caroling to members who are more home-bound and/or have experienced the loss of a loved one this past year. The smiles, the surprise, the eyes filled with both joy and tears are reasons enough to make this a must-be-there-event for you as a member of our beloved community.

Here are the particulars:

Tuesday, December 17th at 5:45 pm • Gather in the Fireside Room

Depending on the number of people who turn out, we are hoping to break into 3 teams. Each team will have a musical point person who will get their team on pitch & note and get them started in their Christmas carols. If we are on time and stay on task, we hope to be organized and out the door to carol our designated people by 6:00 p.m.

Post-Caroling, we return to the church for some hot chocolate, coffee, tea and some delicious cookies as we share our experiences and the enjoyment of being together. We hope to see you then!

Blue Christmas: A Worship Experience Acknowledging our Grief

Saturday, December 21st, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Blue Christmas is a day within the season of Advent that signifies the longest night of the year. In many Christian traditions a service is offered to acknowledge and honor those who have lost a loved one as well as the grief that this season often brings.

While Blue Christmas deals with our experiences of grief and loss, it also reminds us that God is present with us as we sit with our grief. God offer us, in these times of quiet reflection, hope, comfort, and care. This is our second year of offering this worship experience that is open to anyone who has experienced loss and grief in their life.

We are blessed to have Rev. Mylinda Baits and John Paget take the leadership in facilitating and planning this worship service.

Christmas Families 2024

OLY FIRST

Every year, as a congregation, we try to help those within our congregation who could use a little something extra for the holiday season. This is our way of saying Merry Christmas and that we recognize their importance in being a part of our community. If you would like to contribute you can designate your gift to the Deacon’s Fund and Christmas Families (in the memo of your check). Again, if you wish to donate please do so by Sunday, December 8th.

WORLD RELIEF

This year, as part of our partnership with World Relief and their ministry of Refugee Resettlement, we had wanted to adopt 2 of their newly arrived families for this Christmas season.

After further conversation with the World Relief Staff, their experience and counsel are that they will provide a list of specific items that can be purchased for the families they assign to us. It would be similar to a gift registry.

On Sunday, December 8th, we will have the privilege of welcoming Hannah Snelling and Kate Barlowe to our worship service and share an Advent moment with us. We hope to have that list available to us by the 8th when they are with us. Especially with how we are doing the gifts for the World Relief families, it is possible that 2 or 3 people could go in together to purchase a specific gift on a family’s list. Stay tuned!