Christmas Schedule at FBCVA
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
December 24th / 2:00, 4:00, & 6:00 PM
Bring your whole family and join us at our Main Campus for one of our favorite services of the year. We will have three opportunities to worship with us at 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00 PM at our Main Campus.
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Merry Midweek!
December 10th / 6:30-8:00 PM
Wear your favorite ugly Christmas sweater and join us at our Main Campus for our Family Christmas Party! There will be singing, games, appetizers, desserts, hot chocolate, and lot of family fun. We’d love to see you there!
What is Advent?
The word “advent” comes from the Latin adventus, meaning “the coming,” or “the arrival.” The season of Advent in the Church appeared as early as the fourth century in an effort to draw our attention and stir our anticipation of our Savior’s coming at Christmas. Today, Advent still serves as a time of preparation for our hearts by setting aside the four Sundays leading up to Christmas to press into the longing for the promised return of Jesus.
Click here for helpful guides to the season:
Advent Reading Recommendations
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Helping kids understand God’s redemption story from Genesis to Jesus’s birth, this devotional is a fun, interactive way to center your holiday traditions on Christ and to see how he is the fulfillment of promises God made throughout Scripture.
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These 25 brief devotional readings from John Piper begin on December 1 and carry us to Christmas Day. Our hope is that God would use these meditations to deepen and sweeten your adoration of Jesus and help you keep him at the center of your Christmas season.
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In this book, Timothy Keller takes readers on an illuminating journey into the surprising background of the nativity. By understanding the message of hope and salvation within the Bible’s account of Jesus’ birth, readers will experience the redeeming power of God’s grace in a deeper and more meaningful way.
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This Advent devotional is designed to build your anticipation for Christmas so that you can fully absorb and enjoy its central gift Jesus Christ. Reflecting on a few short verses each day, this devotional examines the wonderful gifts of grace that we receive through the coming of Christ and belief in his gospel.