🎄 Christmas at Gloria Dei
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Worship ✨ All are welcome—come celebrate the wonder of Christ’s birth with us.
Christmas Eve — Tuesday, December 24
4:00 PM • Family Christmas Worship with Communion
A joyful, family-focused celebration perfect for all ages!
This interactive service includes:
🌟 Kid-friendly liturgy
🎶 Jingle bells for extra JOY
🖍️ A special coloring-book bulletin
🍞 Holy Communion
❤️ A warm, welcoming space for families, wiggles and all
Come experience the Christmas story in a way children can see, hear, and feel!
6:00 PM • Choral Candlelight Worship with Communion
Enter the beauty and mystery of Christmas Eve through music and light.
This traditional service features:
🕯️ Candlelit sanctuary
🎶 Choral and instrumental music
📖 Scripture and proclamation
🍞 Holy Communion
🌌 A joyful, celebratory worship experience
A beautiful way to welcome the Christ child into the world and into our hearts.
Christmas Day — Wednesday, December 25 at 10:00 AM
“The Sacred Ordinary: Mary’s Everyday Faith”
Celebrate Christmas morning with a warm, reflective service focused on how God meets us in everyday life. Through Mary’s quiet courage and faithful presence, we reflect on the sacredness woven into ordinary moments.
Unhurried. Joyful. Grateful. Come as you are to greet the newborn Christ.
You may also like the following events from Gloria Dei Lutheran Church - Iowa City:
- This Sunday, 30th November, 09:15 am, Early Christian Art with Dr. Björn Anderson in Iowa City
- Next Wednesday, 3rd December, 06:30 pm, Unfailing Light Advent Midweek Worship in Iowa City
- Next Sunday, 7th December, 08:00 am, The Peace to Come, an Advent service of lessons and carols in Iowa City
