Christmas

HENNEPIN KIDS FAMILY ADVENT FESTIVAL

Saturday, Dec 7
10am–1pm

–Please RSVP so we can make enough cookie dough–

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Join the fun at the Hennepin Kids Family Advent Festival. Activities include making gingerbread creations, holiday ornaments, and so many cookies!

Please bring a donation of baking supplies for Groveland Food Shelf. Children 12 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Invite your friends!

Cost is $20/family and includes lunch and 6 dozens cookies to bake, decorate, and take home. Register at haumc.org/register.

MANAGING CHRISTMAS EXPENSES ON A BUDGET

SUNDAY, DEC 8
12:30PM IN THE LONGFELLOW ROOM

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Adulting 101 is a fun casual way for young adults to engage in topics they care about. Each session features a topic expert, an opportunity to discuss the day’s topic, and chance to connect with other people with shared interests. This Fall Adulting 101 will return from 12:30–2pm in the Longfellow Room.

On December 8th, we’ll discuss how to manage Christmas expenses on a budget. View and share this event with your friends!

Christmas on Copper Street Holiday Concert

Thursday, Dec 12
10am in the Sanctuary
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Sunday, Dec 22
3pm in the Sanctuary

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Copper Street Brass presents two holiday concerts full of familiar favorites for the whole family, played with passion, humor, and virtuosity. All are welcome, invite your friends!

Tickets available at copperstreetbrass.org.

LIFE ADVENTURES FOR SENIORS & FRIENDS: Christmas Bells with Krista Riedel

FRIDAY, DEC 13
12pm in the Social Hall

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Join Life Adventures for Seniors & Friends programs monthly, and invite friends! All programs are held in the Social Hall and begin at noon with a full catered meal including dessert.

Come celebrate this special time of year with Hennepin Avenue UMC member Krista Riedel, who will ring in the season with songs you will remember. Krista has been ringing handbells since she was in the 4th grade. She has rung bells in Hennepin Avenue UMC’s worship services and is currently in the community ensemble Bells of the Lakes and a member of the quartet Bells of the Pond.

Cost is $18 and includes lunch. Prepaid reservations are due by noon Monday, December 9. Please register at the church reception desk, or call 612-871-5303. All are welcome!

For more information about Life Adventures for Seniors & Friends, please visit the web page: haumc.org/adults

A Blue Christmas
Worship Service

Sunday, Dec 15
4pm in the Art Gallery

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Feeling Blue this holiday season? Gather to share words and songs of comfort, consolation, and hope at this subdued service of soothing music and gentle prayer.

All are welcome at Hennepin Avenue UMC.

A Great & Mighty Wonder: A Musical Celebration

December 21
4pm in the Sanctuary
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December 22
10am in the Traditional Worship Service

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Join our marvelous musicians in a musical celebration of Advent and Christmas at “A Great a Mighty Wonder” featuring our Sanctuary Choir, soloists Mark Billy & Mikah Meyer, harp and orchestra. The concert will feature holiday favorites, including carol settings old and new: Silent Night, The First Noel, Good Christian Friends Rejoice–and featuring the choral gems “In Terra Pax” by Gerald Finzi, “Dona Nobis Pacem” from J. S. Bach’s B-minor Mass, and Holst’s “Christmas Day”.