Fellowship: 10 a.m. in our basement fellowship space. Join others for treats, drinks, and conversation before worship. Worship: 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. Worship will include a carol sing featuring Christmas carols in the hymnal we haven’t yet sung this year, an impromptu Christmas pageant, the village gossips, and prayers of the people. For children and youth: Nursery […]
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From Pastor Heidi: Come to church in layers Dec. 22!
Our beautiful sanctuary has an 80-year-old furnace that is nearing the end of its life. Unfortunately, the two boilers that heat the sanctuary are not working. On Friday, December 20, the staff and Building and Grounds team learned about the heat loss. The boilers will be difficult to fix. Luckily it is not bitterly cold […]
Christmas Eve worship
Come join us for a family-friendly Christmas Eve worship. We begin at 6:45 p.m. with special prelude music featuring friends and members of McKinley, including Zoey Yao, Stephen Larson, Scott Dibler, Viktoria Franken, and Yohei Endo. The service will include candle lighting, carols, the Bible story of Jesus’s birth, and the building of the creche.
This Sunday, Dec. 22
Choir rehearsal: 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. Fellowship: 10 a.m. in our basement fellowship space. Join others for treats, drinks, and conversation before worship. Worship: 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. The winter solstice happens on Saturday, December 21, at 4:19 p.m. CST. The next morning, McKinley will celebrate with our almost-annual Solstice/Blue Sunday service. For many […]
This Sunday, Dec. 8
Adult choir rehearsal: 9:45 a.m. in the sanctuary. Fellowship: 10 a.m. in our basement fellowship space. Join others for treats, drinks, and conversation before worship. Worship: 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. This second Sunday of Advent features the annual Christmas pageant. Both the adult choir and kids choir will sing, the “noisy offering” will be collected, and […]
Artists' Alley reception: Symbols of Christmas
Continuing the tradition started last year, the children of McKinley have used their imaginations and creativity to represent some of the traditional Christmas symbols. The artists, ranging in age from 3 to 10, spent several weeks during Sunday school creating this exhibit of original work representing the Symbols of Christmas that we now present to […]