December 2025-January 2026
Worship Schedule
IN-PERSON & FACEBOOK LIVESTREAM AT 11:00AM

​Services are livestreamed on Facebook and posted to YouTube. If you are not receiving the weekly emails and would like to, visit fpcedgewood.org and fill out the sign-up form.
 
🥖🍷 = We will celebrate Communion / Lord’s Supper
 
November 30: First Sunday of Advent
“In the time of Herod, we long for God to break in”
Lamentations 3:55-57; Luke 1:5-13

December 7: Second Sunday of Advent 🥖🍷
“When we're running out of hope, God is at work”
Isaiah 43:19-21; Matthew 11:1-11

December 14: Third Sunday of Advent
“Even in our fear, we are called forward”
Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 1:26-39
The North Hills Singers will help lead music during worship.
**Following the service, we will have a CONGREGATIONAL MEETING to review the budget, approve the pastor's terms of call, and elect our 'class of 2028' church officers**

December 21: Fourth Sunday of Advent
“When you're afraid, give me your hand”
Isaiah 41:5-10; Matthew 1:18-25
On the shortest day and longest night of the year, we will be with one another in song, silence, and love as we embrace worship in the style of the Taizé Community in France.

December 24: Christmas Eve Worship at 8:00PM 🥖🍷
“Good news is louder than fear”
Luke 2:1-20
Interested in joining the choir during our Christmas Eve service? All are welcome! Rehearsal will be 7-7:30 PM on Christmas Eve. Reach out to our Minister of Music, Shaun Cloonan, for more information ([email protected]).

December 28: First Sunday after Christmas
“Let fear fuel a fire for justice”, Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
Potluck Brunch Worship in the Gathering Place! This will be a casual service around tables with food and conversation. Inspired by the story of baby Jesus’ birth, we end our Diaper Drive during the worship service. Dress for comfort!

January 4: Epiphany of the Lord 🥖🍷
“Fear doesn’t stop us”, Matthew 2:1-12, 16-18
As the Magi followed the star, ultimately leading them to Jesus, we will receive star words to guide us through the new year.

January 11: Baptism of the Lord
Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 29; Matthew 3:13-17

January 18: Second Sunday after Epiphany
1 Corinthians 1:1-9; Psalm 40:1-11; John 1:29-42

January 25: Third Sunday after Epiphany
1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; Matthew 4:12-23

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About our Advent and Christmas Theme:
“What do you fear?”
                  Luke’s Gospel begins the story of Jesus with this opening line: “In the time of Herod…” This detail may seem minor to modern readers; however, it reveals layers of information about the fearful world Jesus entered, one filled with rampant oppression, economic disparity, uncertainty, and instability. A world not so unlike our own. And yet, throughout the stories of Christ’s birth, we hear the whispers of angels delivering a surprising message: “Do not fear.” When Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and the magi are each called into God’s redemptive story, they do not deny their fears—they move through them. They ask questions, hold fast to courage, trust in good news, and say, “Here I am, Lord.” When we find ourselves in fearful times, can we acknowledge our fears while also insisting on hope?
                  This Advent series takes seriously the angels’ message and trusts that Christ’s birth truly is good news of great joy for all people. The resources look closely at the fear and terror looming in the background during the time of King Herod and invite us to consider the fears we hold now. Fear can divide and paralyze us and even be used as a tool for oppression. But what if we formed a different relationship with fear? Can we acknowledge fear without letting it rule us? Might we catalyze our fears into love and action? What if naming our fears helps us see more clearly how God is breaking in and where God is at work?
                  As we journey through this season, may our hope become gritty and resilient. May we remember: hope that trembles is still hope. This season, let us insist on hope and trust that good news is greater than fear.

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Worship at Edgewood

Sunday Morning Worship is held
at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary
September through May,
and at 10:00AM in the Gathering Place
​June-August.

Worship services at First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood vary in style from Sunday to Sunday.  Most weeks, worshipers will experience what we call "Classic" worship -- a traditional Presbyterian Reformed order of worship with piano accompaniment and choir music leadership.  Once per month, "Emerging" worship takes place.  This service, while still focusing on the 5 tenents of Presbyterian worship -- gathering around, proclaiming, responding to, sealing upon our hearts, and bearing into the world God's Word -- is presented in a relaxed atmosphere.  A screen is placed in the front of the sanctuary, a worship ensemble of mixed instruments accompanies song leaders, and God's Word is presented in a multitude of ways.  Worshipers in this service will experience a wide variety of presentations, from reader's theater to VBS kids singing, choral presentations to standard sermons.

To see video of some previous Emerging Worship services, visit
​ http://fpceworshipservice.blogspot.com.

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