Christmas Eve Worship Schedule

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6:00pm at the North Syracuse Campus. This worship will include Christmas Carols, and traditional Candle lighting. Special musical including a guest or two will add to the celebration of the birth of Jesus.

8:00pm at the Clay Campus. This worship is a more contemporary way of celebrating the birth of Jesus. The worship will include special music from the hammer dulcimer, special guests, and the Clay campus choir. The service will end out of doors, and will have us join shepherds and make the journey to the stable to discover the infant Jesus. Refreshments will be served in the Fellowship hall following the worship.

11:00pm at the North Syracuse Campus. This traditional worship will include special music, communion, Christmas Carols, and candle lighting. This late night worship brings us into the day we celebrate the birth of the Savior of the World.

Easter Worship Schedule 2015

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• Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday : March 29th – 9:00am – Our worship will begin with a parade with palms, and then we will hear the rest of the story.
• Holy Thursday : April 2nd – Soup & Sandwich Supper at 6:00pm with worship to follow at Trinity United Methodist Church (8396 Morgan Rd, Clay NY 13041)
• Good Friday : April 3rd – Passion Narrative with Music at 8:00pm at Andrews Memorial United Methodist Church
•  Easter : Sunday, April 5th – 9:00am – Come and celebrate the resurrection! Our worship will begin in the darkness, then as the story unfolds, it comes to light and life.

Ash Wednesday – February 18th, 2015

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• All Day – Fire Outside at Trinity UMC
• 6:00pm – Covered Dish Dinner at Andrews Memorial UMC
• 7:00pm – Worship at Andrews Memorial UMC

We will begin the journey to Easter 2015 with a day of repentance and deliberate journey to a deeper understanding of the resurrection. Andrews and Trinity will combine to start this journey together. It will begin with a fire burning outside at Trinity that will last throughout the day. Everyone within the church community, and the community at large, will be invited to stop by the open fire. It will be a place to pray. It will be a place to confess sins and shortcomings on paper, which will be placed in the fire. It will be a place to receive the ashes of the fire, mixed with the spiritual healing of olive oil, and receive the sign of the cross.

In the evening, the fire will be extinguished, and everyone will be invited to a covered dish supper at Andrews, at 6:00 pm. At 7:00 pm, we will enter the sanctuary for worship. It will be a time to confess, and a time to prepare ourselves spiritually for the journey to Easter.

Christmas 2014 Worship Services

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Blue Christmas:

Monday, December 22nd at 7:00pm – This worship service at Andrews for those who find the excitement of this season difficult to handle. With the loss of a loved one or other traumatic event, the excitement of the Christmas season can intensify the grief.  This worship service is a low-key worship that focuses on the healing aspect of our God. In this worship, we will light candles in memory of those whom we have lost. If this worship might help you to connect with God in a good way, come and join in worship with those who might feel the same.

Christmas Eve Worship Services:

6:00pm – This Worship at Andrews will include carol singing, and the traditional candlelighting. Special music will also be part of this worship, as well as some different ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus.

8:00pm – This worship at Trinity will continue some new traditions. Music will include the band, the choir, the hammer dulcimer. The Christmas story will be shared during the worship, and again at the end, where we will follow Mary and Joseph outside for a dramatic finish to the worship. Refreshments will be offered in the fellowship hall following the worship.

11:00pm – This late night worship at Andrews in a traditional style will include the singing of Christmas carols, traditional candle lighting, and great music. This late night worship always has a different feel, and an amazing way to start the first minutes of Christmas 2014.