Christmas at Prince of Peace

We invite you to worship with us this Christmas!

Come join us as we rejoice in the joy of Jesus’ birth and the peace that comes from God’s love, God’s presence, and God’s forgiveness.

During the Joyous Season, we rejoice with special services, events, and activities.

Christmas Eve Children’s Service at 5 pm
Our first service is especially designed for families with small children. We read the Christmas story, place the figures in the Nativity scene and sing some favorite Christmas carols.

Christmas Eve Carols and Holy Communion at 7 pm and 10 pm
Our other Christmas Eve services include the singing of Christmas carols, Holy Communion, and candlelight. We feature our choirs and special instrumentalists to add special music to our celebration of Jesus’ birth!

Christmas Day at 10 am
Our Christmas morning service also includes Christmas carols and Holy Communion, with different Bible readings and a different sermon from Christmas Eve.

Special Activities as we
Celebrate Jesus' Birth

• Our second Annual Christmas Cantata will be held on Sunday evening, December 4 at 5:00 pm.  Join our choir and guest instrumentalists as we usher in the season with “Joy, Joy, Joy – Celebrating the Season, The Story, The Savior”, by Deborah Craig-Claar and David T. Clydesdale!

• Our Annual Christmas pageant will be held on Sunday, December 11 at 6 pm! You can also attend the dress rehearsal on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 6 pm.
  
  
• Our Living Nativity will be back from December 19-22 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm along Route 28 as members of Prince of Peace dressed up in costumes share the Christmas message with people driving by and walking by our church! Read more about it in the article about us on patch.com!
  

Sharing Hope

Gifts of Hope is an alternative gift program. Traditional gift giving involves buying an item to give to a relative or friend. Alternative giving involves buying a symbol of a gift and giving the symbol to someone. The actual item goes to someone who needs the gift. For example, you could buy new sheets for homeless women or food for an abandoned child in El Salvador. You will receive a Christmas card with a description of each gift that you choose. The Gifts of Hope "market" opens December 3rd and runs through December 18th - before and after services in the narthex.

Providing Christmas Gifts for needy children in our local community. You can make a child's Christmas special by providing a gift for Christmas. The City of Gaithersburg sponsors the program, and this year we are working with Rachel Carson Elementary School to porvide a happy Christmas for students there.