Our traditional turkey dinner will be served for Wednesday, December 9th. Afterwards we will sing with joyful hearts carols and hymns, led by our choirmaster Patrick O'Briant. Come celebrate the holidays with us! For more details, contact Patrick O'Briant at (910) 486-7037. Kid's options are available. Cost is $6; children 3 and under eat free.

Our annual rood screen greening! We wrap our rood screen in greenery to celebrate the season of advent. If you'd like to help, join us in Hauser Hall.

While "the world in solemn stillness lay / To hear the angels sing," we gather to behold the glory of the Christ Child at one of our largest services of the year. Join us at 10 p.m. for a beautiful arrangement of choral and instrumental music, featuring the Chancel Choir and the English Handbells Choir. A grand Rite II Christmas Eucharist follows, replete with congregational hymns and carols and choral anthems. Nursery care provided.

We begin our Christmas celebration with a lively retelling of the Christmas story by the children. The pageant is folded into our Rite II Holy Eucharist, in lieu of a sermon, with congregational Christmas hymns and a special anthem performed by the children's choir. Nursery care provided.

Participating children will be fitted for costumes at 5 p.m. December 11. Rehearsals are at 9:15 a.m. December 15 and 22, and 5 p.m. December 18. If your child would like to participate in the pageant, there's still time to sign up on the list next to the Gift Shop.

Fellowship, fun, and food are just some of the ingredients that make up the recipe for our Rood Screen tradition at St. John’s. Please save Wednesday, December 18 on your calendar for the greening of the Rood Screen. Your efforts in Hauser Hall that day will contribute to one of the most recognizable Christmas traditions in all of Fayetteville: applying fresh cedar to the Rood Screen frame. All ages welcome. Feel free to drop by to help for an hour or two or whatever part of the day you can manage. Melene Hatcher has graciously volunteered to make a winter's day lunch: chili, Mediterranean turkey stew, three-potato soup, grilled cheese, and desserts. Plenty of festive music and snacks, including brownies and rum cake, culminating with a light supper at 6 p.m. Bring pruning clippers if you can and a pair of gloves to protect your hands from cedar needles.