Help spread Christmas cheer for Children's Fresh Air Farm Summer Learning students by selecting an Angel Tree student or family! Students are grouped with siblings in the same household who also attend Hayes, so you are able to select an individual child or all children in a household. All Gifts Due: Wednesday, December 6. Please bring unwrapped gifts to Becky Wright's Office at IPC, #212 labeled with the child's name and code (e.g., Child 1a: NAME)

Please join us for the season of Advent! During Advent, join us for a noonday Chapel Service each Wednesday (December 6, 13, and 20) followed by a light lunch in the Great Hall. The menu will be Soup and Sandwich provided by Kim's kitchen. Weekly reservation deadline is Tuesday at 12pm.

If you need help navigating IPC's upgraded website, we invite you to attend our website open house following the Advent Chapel & Lunch. The Communications Team will be in Great Hall Room 1 at 1:30 pm and available to assist with any questions you may have.

Honor and remember loved ones by making an Advent flower donation in their names. Your contribution provides for fresh flowers and greenery throughout the church during the Advent and Christmas Holiday season. The names of all those remembered and honored are included in our special Christmas Eve worship bulletin. The deadline to contribute is Monday, December 7.

Join us for the 74th Annual Holiday House Tour and Tea on Saturday, December 9, 2023. We are thrilled to return to our traditional in-person format this holiday season, offering tours of three stunning homes in addition to a visit to the historic IPC Sanctuary and an Afternoon Tea option in the IPC Great Hall.

Join us during the Adult Sunday School hour for a festive Christmas carol sing.

Under the direction of Dr. Jeff McLelland, the concert will feature the IPC Choir, soloists, and orchestra performing Bach’s Magnificat and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves and Fantasia Christmas Carols. This concert is free to the public.

Please join us for the season of Advent! During Advent, join us for a noonday Chapel Service each Wednesday (December 6, 13, and 20) followed by a light lunch in the Great Hall. The Lunch Bunch will attend chapel & lunch for this month's meetup. The menu will be Soup and Sandwich provided by Kim's kitchen. Weekly reservation deadline is Tuesday at 12pm.

We are organizing five international mission journeys, including three new journeys: Malawi (Feb. 2-9); the Dominican Republic (June 15-22); and Nairobi, Kenya (April 17-28). We also look forward to returning to Chiapas, Mexico (May 25-31), as well as Mwandi Mission, Zambia (August 15-28). Due to airfare coordination, the Dominican Republic journey has a Dec. 31 deadline. If you are interested, please email Melissa Self Patrick. Kennon Walthall will lead the Dominican Republic journey.

More information and applications for all mission journeys will be released shortly.

Join our Presbytery in Pleasant Grove to celebrate the completion of this year’s Habitat Build. Karla and Karter Tolbert’s lovely house will be dedicated on Friday, Dec 15, at 12:30 pm.

Join us for IPC Youth's Annual Christmas Party Lock-In at Urban Air for students in grades 7th - 12th. Drop-Off at 8:00 - 8:30 pm at Childrens Fresh Air Farm (CFAF) on Friday, Dec. 15 and pick up at 8 am at CFAF on Saturday, Dec. 16. We have limited spots due to transportation and registration is open to members only until Dec. 1st!

As part of our commitment to furthering our mission partners, the third Sunday of each month is now Moment for Mission Sunday. In December, we will learn more about the Presbyterian Home for Children.

Join us during the Adult Sunday School hour to hear from the wonderful storyteller, Dolores Hydock, as she shares "A Mixed-Up Christmas: Stories about Christmas mix-ups that somehow turned out just right."

All college students returning home for the holidays are invited to brunch with IPC youth immediately following the 11 am service. You won't want to miss this fun time of food and fellowship.

4th-6th Graders are invited to share a meal, have fellowship and work on a mission project together! M4 allows our oldest children to glance at what their routine in Youth Group will look like when they reach 7th grade.

This event takes place on the following dates this fall: Aug. 20, Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, and Dec. 17.

Join your IPC friends and meet new ones with Beer & Carols at our new location, The Fennec (1630 2nd Ave S). This special Beer & Hymns event with IPC Connect will be full of Christmas cheer while also offering good food and beverages. The event is located at the Fennec. Doors open at 5 pm, children's music begins at 6 pm, and classic carols start at 7 pm.

Please join us for the season of Advent! Join us for a noonday Chapel Service for A Blue Christmas Service that will provide a safe and sacred space to find AND share words of comfort, peace, healing & hope. The menu will be Soup and Sandwich provided by Kim's kitchen. Weekly reservation deadline is Tuesday at 12 pm.

A Celebration of the Nativity of our Lord

With Christmas Eve falling on Sunday this year, join IPC for the Nativity Choir service at 11 am instead of the traditional noon start. All children are invited to the front of the Sanctuary during this family-friendly service.

IPC's Traditional Christmas Eve Service

Join us for one of IPC's beautiful, candlelit services that include music and scripture readings.

Childcare is available for all Christmas Eve services

All Youth, in 7th - 12th Grade, are invited to register for our annual trip to G-burg! Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15 (MLK Weekend)
Cost is $350 and includes lodging, food, and outings and iis due by Sunday, January 7.

IPC's Office will be closed on January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Volunteer with your family or a group to provide evening meals for the women and children staying at First Light. IPC will be providing evening meals each night for the week of January 28 - February 3.