Christmas Eve @ First United Methodist church
Join us on Christmas Eve for a variety of services at different times!
5:00pm - Family Christmas Eve Service
This service is great for families with elementary age children and younger. We’ll have special music for children and battery-powered candles for everyone to use when we sing Silent Night. Join us for cookies afterwards in the Gathering Place! This service will also feature nursery care for children five years old and younger.
7:15pm - Communion Service in Chapel
8:00pm - Lessons & Carols
This service is your classic Christmas Eve service with all the carols. Please note, there will be no nursery care for children at this service.
11:00pm - Candlelight Communion
This service is a quiet, contemplative service to welcome the official start of Christmas Day.
More About First United Methodist Church
First Methodist is a Christ-centered community in downtown Bloomington, Indiana.
Just a few blocks from the IU campus, we offer dynamic opportunities where you can ask questions and grow in your spiritual journey with opportunities to serve God and give to others in world-changing ways.
Sundays at First include our traditional Classic Worship service at 9:30 a.m., followed by our Discipleship Hour at 10:45 a.m. with classes for all ages and stages in faith!
Common Ground is an inclusive contemporary worship experience at 11:45 a.m. with upbeat contemporary music and, community building activities, arts, and justice/service projects.
Join us as we connect, grow, and serve together. We are united and open to all!
First Methodist is a proud member of the Reconciling Ministries Network, an organization “committed to intersectional justice across and beyond the United Methodist connection, working for the full participation of all LGBTQ+ people throughout the life and leadership of the Church.”
