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Bring your holiday creativity to life by joining our first-ever Gingerbread House Village! Families, individuals, church groups, classrooms, and community teams are invited to craft a festive gingerbread creation for all to enjoy!
How it works:
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Build your own gingerbread house at home—big or small, simple or elaborate!
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All materials must be 100% edible.
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Bring your finished house to East Side Church by Monday, December 2 to be part of our Christmas Village display.
Your creation will be showcased during A Christmas Experience, where the community can vote for their favorite. The house with the most votes wins an Amazon Gift Card!
Gingerbread House Contest
From December 1 to December 13, Operation Love Ministries returns with their Christmas Wishes program, helping families in need provide gifts for their children during the holiday season. If you’d like to serve with this year’s Christmas Wishes, you absolutely can! There are plenty of opportunities to help. Together, we can make Christmas special for families in our community.
Operation Love's Christmas Wishes
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Want to experience Christmas? Bring your family and friends to A Christmas Experience at East Side Church of God on December 4 and 5 from 6-8PM. The evening will be full of FREE hands-on, interactive fun for families. Here what's you can expect:
- Professional Photos with Santa
- Performances by Christian comedian, Donald Martin
- Elf Training Special Activity
- Cookie Decorating
- Hot Cocoa Stations
- Bethlehem Re-created (complete with live sheep!)
- Horse and Wagon Rides
- Kid-Friendly Crafts
Like any event, we need a team to make this all happen. If you are interested in spreading the love of the season to our community at this year’s A Christmas Experience, check out these opportunities here!
A Christmas Experience
Christmas Events and Opportunities
WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS SEASON
The Christmas season is our absolute favorite time of year! It’s the perfect time to come together and embrace the hope, joy, and love that this season brings. From opportunities to serve our church and community to special events for kids and families, there’s something for everyone to celebrate the birth of our Savior. Join us and make this season extra meaningful!
Tis' the Season!
We can’t wait to celebrate Christmas Eve with you! Starting at 6PM, this year’s service will feature beautiful worship music as well as a heartfelt telling of the Christmas story. As always, we’ll share in communion, light candles, and sing carols together—it’s a truly special way to honor the reason for the season. This will also be a family worship service, so we invite you to bring your children to join us in the Worship Center. (The nursery will be open, but child care for other ages will be closed.) Come be part of this meaningful celebration with us!
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Christmas Experience Serving
Whether you love decorating or helping create meaningful experiences that share the hope of Christ, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to jump in and get involved!
Join our A Christmas Experience team — there are spots open now through December.
You can also give directly to:
Help make it happen!
Christmas Devotionals
GET INSPIRED
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