Ways to Help this Holiday Season
November
For more than 30 years, Asbury has shared Christ’s love by providing Christmas gifts for local children—and this year we’re grateful for the chance to bless 83 children and their families in Shelby County through Angel Tree.
December 3 & 10
Join us Dec. 3 & 10 to pack five different meals for food pantry patrons. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve our community and share the love and hope of Christ during the Christmas season.
December
Embrace Alabama Kids began over 130 years ago as an orphanage. Today, the organization is one of the state’s most comprehensive and vital resources serving babies, children, youth, teen mothers, college students and families.
December 7
Experience Christmas with us!
Step back in time to Bethlehem on the night Jesus was born – and follow the star to find the newborn King. Visit our missions market for last-minute gifts from nonprofits like Prodigal Pottery and Hope Filled Rooms. Get a picture with Santa and enjoy cookies and milk. And, enjoy Christmas Carols by Asbury singers! It all happens Sunday, Dec. 7 from 4-6:00 p.m.
December 8 & 9
December 11
December 14
Preschoolers and Kindergartners in CASA (Children Are Special At Asbury) will perform a Christmas Pageant on Dec. 8 & 9 at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.
Families of those caring with dementia or memory loss can enjoy a casual, zero-expectation worship service with their loved ones on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 1:00 p.m.
Kindergarten-fifth graders with Asbury KiDS will carol their way through the Adult Ministry wing singing carols loud for all to hear on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 9:45 a.m.
December 14
Enjoy Christmas music at its finest. Asbury’s talented chancel choir and orchestra presents its Christmas Cantata on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Traditional worship led by Music Director Nancy Beard. The 11:00 a.m. service will be live streamed.
Dec. 17
Food, drinks, music, games, fellowship, and FUZZY SOCKS! It awaits middle and high school students at RESET’s Christmas Party, Wednesday, Dec. 17 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the youth space.
Dec. 21
Mary, Jospeh, the shepherds, angels, and wise men. Kindergarten-fifth graders with Asbury KiDS will retell the beloved Christmas story as part of Modern Worship on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 11:00 a.m. in Williams Chapel.
Dec. 21
Asbury’s Service of Loss and Light is a reflective Christmas service to acknowledge grief and find hope in community and the birth of our Savior. The service will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. in Williams Chapel.
December 24
On Christmas Eve we celebrate the birth of our Savior! We offer several services, detailed below.
4:00 PM: Modern Worship featuring contemporary carols and Asbury KiDS Choir
4:00 PM: Traditional Worship featuring Asbury KiDS Choir and the Chancel Choir
8:00 PM: Traditional Worship featuring a string quartet
11:00 PM: Traditional Worship featuring soloists
December 25
Merry Christmas! Join us virtually for a Christmas Day celebration featuring a message from Rev. Robert Mercer and a beloved carol by Asbury and select Birmingham Boys Choir musicians! Look for the greeting on YouTube @asburybham.