Calling all musicians! Join the Dayspring Choir, members of Euphony, and pianist Nathan Arch, tomorrow, December 15, at 7pm, in this do-it-yourself sing-through of Handel’s MESSIAH. There’s no rehearsal involved, just come! You can sing or play an instrument (strings, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, timpani) or just listen. Soloists will lead us in the solo movements. This is a wonderfully informal and intimate way to experience one of the great works of Western music. Don’t miss it! (Admission by donation; $10 minimum suggested)

The DayspRingers Handbell Choir will perform at the Desert Botanical Garden's Noches de las Luminarias on December 15 and 16 from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. They will be performing in the Webster Auditorium. Tickets are available at dbg.org and are highly recommended, as these events usually sell out.

Tempe Community Chorus presents “A Journey Through the Season” this Saturday, December 16, at 4pm. The 110-voice chorus, under the direction of Cary Burns, will delight you with a program full of holiday songs and pop songs, with a little jazz mixed in, as well as a few surprises. Tickets may be purchased HERE or at the door.

The Secret of Snowflake County, this year’s children’s Christmas musical, is this Sunday, December 17, during the 10am service. Please note, there will be no Sunday school this day so we can all show our support for the children, however, nursery care will be available for children 8 and under if needed.

Our Blue Christmas Service offers a different way to look upon this season – a time when it can sometimes be difficult to envision hope and salvation. Yet, we have the promise of God’s everlasting love, in the birth of the Christ Child, and we are reminded that God will never forsake us even in the hard times that we experience.

This service will be held at Dayspring Tempe on Sunday, December 17 at 4:00 p.m. We will join together for a quiet, contemplative, taizé-style Blue Christmas service to remember that the light of God shines upon and through us even in the darkness. Please join us for an hour of Music, Scripture, Meditation and Silence.

Dayspring will once again be filled with beautiful Christmas Flowers on Christmas Eve. Each plant is given as a memorial to, or in honor of, a special loved one or friend. In addition, gifts may also be made to UMOM’s Shelter for the Homeless in lieu of a plant. 

These gifts will be listed in our Worship Bulletins, projected before services on Christmas Eve, and online. The deadline is 12 noon, this Sunday, December 17. Order online HERE or using one of the forms in the narthex.

This year, during our Christmas Eve Celebrations, we will be collecting diapers, especially larger sizes 3 & 5, for AZCEND (Chandler Community Action Program). Please join us in spreading joy and meeting practical needs this festive season. How fitting that we collect diapers as we celebrate the birth of a child!