Christmas Eve candlelight service

Join us December 24th at 5:00PM, for a beautiful Christmas Eve Service. There will be music, scripture, and the Lord’s Supper.  
Invite your family and friends to this special service! Hope to see you there!
Christmas Eve Service Bulletin
Advent Activities
GPBC invites you to join us for 9:40AM Sunday School and 11:00AM worship each Sunday.
Opportunities for Involvement, Service, and Worship
December 1   First Sunday of Advent
11:00 AM – Worship & Hanging of the Greens – The Lord’s Supper
December 4  
6:30-7:30 PM   Advent Bible School  
December 8     Second Sunday of Advent
11:00 AM – Worship
December 11  
6:30-7:30 PM   Advent Bible School
December 15  Third Sunday of Advent
11:00 AM – Worship & Christmas Cantata – Adult Choir
12:00 PM – Christmas Dinner
December 18
6:30-7:30 PM   Advent Bible School
December 22   Fourth Sunday of Advent 
11:00 AM – Worship & Children's Choir
December 24
5:00 PM  - Christmas Eve Service
December 25   Christmas Day
December 31   New Year's Eve
January 1        New Year’s Day
11:00 AM – Worship    

Christmas at gloucester point

As we begin the Christmas season, we hope you will join us to worship and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!

Advent

Advent Wreath: One of the most beautiful and meaningful traditions of the Christmas season is the lighting of the Advent candles. Each Sunday for the four Sundays before Christmas, a candle is lit. Each candle is representative a one of the promises that Scripture gives us about life as a Child of the King.
The first three candles are purple, representative of royalty welcoming the Advent of the King.
The First candle is the candle of Expectation or Hope. It draws our attention the anticipation of the coming of a Messiah.
The Second candle represents Peace.
The Third Candle is the candle of Joy.
The Fourth candle is the candle of Love.
The center candle, which is called the Christ candle, is lit on Christmas Eve.

Advent Bible school

Lottie Moon Christmas offering

Advent Bible School: There will be three nights of Advent Bible School during the 2024 Christmas season: December 4, 11, & 18 6:30 - 7:30 PM for children ages 4 years old through 5th grade and Youth Grades 6-12. Parents who would like to take part may sit with younger children to assist them or observe while they complete their Christmas craft projects and enjoy other Advent activities. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to explore the true meaning of Christmas!
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering: Christmas is rapidly approaching and at this time of year we are called to pray for our missionaries who are spreading the Good News all over the world and support them with the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Lottie Moon – the namesake of Southern Baptists’ international missions offering – has become a legend. But in her time Lottie was anything but an untouchable hero. In fact, she was like today’s missionaries. She labored tirelessly so her people group could know Jesus. For more information on Lottie Moon see the Missions Page.
The Week of Prayer for International Missionaries is December 1 – 8 
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Devotionals

Advent Devotionals: Each year church members and friends contribute devotionals related to scriptures for each day from the First Advent through Christmas. Booklets can be found in the Narthex and electronically below. Thank you to all who wrote a devotional this year!
Advent 2023
Advent 2018
Advent 2022
Advent 2017
Advent 2021
Advent 2016
Advent 2020
Advent 2015
Advent 2019
Christmas Day - Wednesday, December 25
December 25th, 2024
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,but in order that the world might be saved through him.” - John 3:16-17, ESV Christmas morning as a child felt magical. You wake up with eager anticipation,rushing to see the presents under the tree. Soon, wrapp...
Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24
December 24th, 2024
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”(which means “God with us”). When Joseph woke up,he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son.And he gave him the name Jesus. –Matthew...
Monday, December 23
December 23rd, 2024
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to bemarried to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant throughthe Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not wantto expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared t...
Sunday, December 22
December 22nd, 2024
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;with my mouth I will make your faithfulness knownthrough all generations.I will declare that your love stands firm forever,that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,I have sworn to David my servant,‘I will establish your line foreverand make your throne firm through all generations....
Saturday, December 21
December 21st, 2024
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. - John 1:14 God. John 1:1. What greater Joy could we ask for as created beings by the Authorof the Word. As these two verses in John indicate; the Word has always been, andwe see here that it is Jesus our savior. John states that the Wo...

Hanging of the greens

Our beautiful sanctuary is filled with the traditional decorations including wreaths, garland, poinsettias, and the Christmas tree with Chrismons. More information on the history and meaning of the Chrismons can be found: Chrismon History
This beautiful beaded crown (on display in the narthex) was hand-made by Josephine Kimsey and Alice Deal to adorn the top the Chrismon Tree to remind us that Jesus Christ is King. The current crown was donated in later years by Alice Deal, since the tree in the sanctuary is much larger than the original.

Christmas doves

Christmas, Doves can be placed in memory of or in honor of a loved one. Minimum of five dollars but more is gladly accepted. The doves are placed on the Chrismon Tree and the names are included in the Christmas Bulletin.  
The DUE DATE is December 18th.
The form to place a dove can be found here: Doves 2024

Christmas Cantata

Join us Sunday, December 15th at 11am, the Gloucester Point Baptist Church Adult Choir will be presenting a Christmas program! Invite your family and friends to this year’s musical! Hope to see you there!