Hanging of the Greens
Join us on Wednesday, December 3, as we deck the halls and fill the PazNaz campus with the beauty and wonder of Advent and Christmas! Beginning at 6:00 pm we’ll hang ornaments, string lights, and add joyful touches of hope and peace to every corner. At 6:30 pm there will be a special Advent prayer service to help us prepare our hearts for this special season.

Ladies Night Out
Buy your tickets now for Ladies Night Out on Friday, December 5. Doors open at 5:00 pm for a silent auction and gift basket raffle followed at 6:00 pm by dinner and entertainment by illusionist Johnny Ace Palmer. A free children’s Christmas celebration is available with the purchase of an adult ticket and advance registration. Tickets are $35 per person and may be purchased at the Women’s Ministries table on Sundays. For more information, please contact Bonnie Jakeway at bonniejakeway6@gmail.com.

Third Annual Oasis Talent Show
Celebrate the season at the third annual Oasis Talent Show: Christmas Edition, hosted by PazNaz’s Special Needs & Disabilities Ministries. Join us on Saturday, December 6, at 7:00 pm in Lee Chapel for an evening filled with musical performances, audience sing-alongs, Christmas carols, scripture readings, and poetry. Stay after the show for refreshments and fellowship. For more information, contact Special Needs Ministries Coordinator, Gretchen Moss at gretchenmoss66@gmail.com.

PazNaz Village Christmas Gift Sponsorship
This Christmas season, please consider adopting a PazNaz Village single mom and her family. Grab a friend and sponsor a family together. Gift card donations in the amount of $25+ to local grocery stores, Target, Amazon, gas, fast food restaurants, and movie tickets are also welcome. For more information or a family’s wish list, please contact Erika de Santiago at erika.des2@gmail.com.

PazNaz Village Clothing Drive
Do you have gently used clothes taking up space? Bring them to the PazNaz Village Clothing Drive on December 13, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon in the PazNaz Lower Parking Lot. PazNaz Village volunteers will be on hand to help unload donations. Please place donations in trash bags for easy handling. Acceptable items: clothes, shoes (use rubber bands to keep mates together), linens, handbags, towels, backpacks. Not acceptable: damaged, dirty, mildewed, stained, ripped, or soiled items. No undergarments, bras, diapers, socks, electronics, books, or furniture. Donations are only being accepted on December 13. Please do not bring donations to the church office.

Widows’ Breakfast
The monthly widows’ breakfast will not meet in November and December because our usual meeting time coincides with Thanksgiving and Christmas. We will resume again on January 23 at the Corner Bakery as usual. Have a blessed holiday.

Thanksgiving Offering for World Mission
A special Thanksgiving Offering will be received through November 26 for Nazarene Global Missions. Please prayerfully consider giving above and beyond your regular tithes and offerings to extend God’s mission of love, salvation, and transformation around the world.

Church in the Park Coat Drive
Church in the Park is asking for donations of winter coats and outerwear in adult sizes for the unhoused population of Pasadena. Donations can be brought to the Welcome Center on Sunday mornings or to the church office during the week.

The Christmas Experience Concert
Saturday, December 13, at 6:00 pm in the Sanctuary
PazNaz hosts Victory Bible Church for a premier holiday concert featuring a 100-voice choir, live orchestra, and guest artists to unite Pasadena for a night of music and hope. Tickets start at $50 and can be purchased at Paz.nz/tce. Proceeds from ticket sales will help victims of January’s Eaton Fire.

Blue Christmas
Wednesday, December 18, at 6:30 pm in Lee Chapel.
Not everyone is cheery for the Christmas holidays. Dealing with the death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, coping with the loss of a job, living with cancer or some other disease that puts a question mark over the future, and a number of other human situations make parties and joviality painful for many people. Join PazNaz for this reflective service, accepting where we really are, while holding out for healing and hope.

Gallery Doxa
The second part of PazNaz’s art show is on display through Sunday, December 28. Each of the pieces of art displayed in the Sanctuary Foyer reflects this year’s Gallery Doxa theme: Bathed in the Same Light. Take some time this advent season to let this art inspire and challenge you to consider what it means for everyone to be bathed in the light of God’s love.

Family Christmas Worship
Sunday, December 21, at 9:30 am, in the Sanctuary
There will be a special performance by the children’s choir during the English morning worship service. Following their performance, children will return to Lower Sanctuary 102 for a special Christmas celebration.

Christmas Eve
Wednesday, December 24, at 5:30 pm, in the Sanctuary
As we gather, we remember the Christmas story through singing carols together, hearing scripture, a special children’s story time, and being invited into new and ancient ways the good news of Jesus birth can bring healing and hope to our community.