Special December Christmas Events
Wednesday, December 17 - 6:30 pm
Children's Christmas Pageant
Sunday, December 21 - 4:00 pm
Service of Longest Night
Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
Wednesday, December 24
4:30 pm Christmas Eve Worship (service livestreamed; band prelude begins at 4:00 pm)
10:00 pm Christmas Eve Worship
Worship in person or online
You can worship in person or online. Worship begins at 9:30am Sundays. To worship online with your church family:
Children’s Church
After the children’s message, kids pre-K through 5th grade will move to their own time and space for faith formation.
Adult Faith Formation | December 14 | Hope for Creation
During Sundays in Advent, our congregation’s commitment to a year-long period of studying, praying, and acting on climate concerns is “public”. It follows our four-week series on climate concerns offered in the spring of 2025. Join us as we participate in a pilot-program on climate change, called Hope for Creation.
Children's Pageant - Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6:30 pm
Mark your calendars. Word on the street is that there will be live Alpacas. And the barn-yard animals are oh so sweet.
Super Wednesdays! Next: December 17
- Fun, Faith & Food (snack) – K–5th Grade – 3:30–5:30 pm*
- Community Meal – 5:30–6:15 pm
- Adult Choir – 6:15–7:15 pm
- Youth Group – 6:30–8:00 pm
- Handbell Choir – 6:30 pm
* Contact Pastor Donna if you'd like to learn more. Free busing is provided from Bridgewater and Greenvale; walking escort from Spring Creek.
High School Nurse Supplies
Needed! Any items that you committed to purchasing for the high school nurses office. Please bring your items into church by Sunday, December 14.
Advent study with Bishop Lanette: 'A Child is Born'
Plan now to participate in the 2025 Advent Study led by Bishop Lanette. In this study, United Methodists across the Dakotas and Minnesota are invited to read "A Child is Born" by Amy-Jill Levine. Dive into the narratives of Isaac, Ishmael, Moses, and Samuel to reveal how they foreshadow and enrich the timeless Christmas story. Levine shows readers how Scripture's earlier birth stories anticipate the story of Jesus’s birth and how His birth resonates and gives new meaning to those earlier stories. Discussions will be held via Zoom on Monday evenings, Dec. 1-22. More details will be provided as the first discussion draws near. All are welcome!
When
Monday, December 1, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025
Monday, December 15, 2025
Monday, December 22, 2025
Toys For Tots - Overflowing!
Thank you to everyone who donated to Toys for Tots!
2026 Offering Envelopes
The 2026 Offering Envelopes are available for pickup in the hallway outside the church office. They are labeled with your name in alphabetical order. Using your numbered offering envelopes helps the counters and the office correctly credit your contributions to you. If you currently do not have numbered envelopes assigned to you or you do not see envelopes with your name, please contact Sandy in the church office to receive some.
Nativity Displays
MICAH is once again hosting nativity displays in the church narthex. Please contact us if you have a nativity you are willing to lend to the displays during the holiday season. micah@northfieldumc.org.
Northfield UMC Youth Group (current grades 6-12)
NUMC Youth Group includes time for fun and recreation, community building games and activities, a mini-lesson to help our young people connect to God in everyday moments, and time for supporting and celebrating each other through our highs and lows.
Youth Group is Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm unless otherwise noted.
December Youth Group:
During December we will be exploring the themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love through games, activities, discussion, and outreach, including a fun filled “Santa’s cart” outing.
Wednesday, December 17: Children’s Christmas Pageant
Youth readers and assistants needed to help, plus the annual youth camels! Please contact Kristen if you can help. Youth group will follow immediately after the Pageant.
Youth Christmas Party
Please check the weekly Youth Email for updates on date and time. There will be games, white elephant gift exchange, and fun holiday cheer!
December 24 and 31: No Youth Group
Service Opportunities for Youth
Wednesdays from 6:15-6:30pm: Help clear tables after the meal.
2nd Sunday of the Month: read scripture during worship or help in worship.
**look for a sign-up/more info in the weekly Youth Email
**Not on the Youth Email list? Send an email to youth@northfieldumc.org to be added. Please include your name and relationship to youth, youth name and grade and a cell number to be added to the Youth Group chat group (optional).
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sundays
9:30am – Worship
10:30am – Coffee in Fellowship Hall
10:30am – Adult Faith Formation
Monday, December 15: Card Making
2:30pm, Room #120
Tuesday, December 16: Women’s Bible Study
9:00am, Room #120
Wednesday, December 17: Mission Sewing
9:00am, Room #120
Wednesday, December 17: Super Wednesday
Wednesday, December 17: Children's Christmas Pageant
6:30pm, Sanctuary
Thursday, December 18: Bob Franklin Funeral
3:00pm, Sanctuary
Friday, December 19: Men’s Breakfast
8:00am, Fellowship Hall
Sunday, December 21: Service of the Longest Night
4:00pm, Sanctuary
Creation Care Step
Microplastics are lurking in your closet. Clothes made of polyester, acrylic, nylon or other synthetics or synthetic blends shed microplastics when washed. Avoid adding to the problem by washing fewer times, handwashing, or using the gentle cycle. Purchase already washed items from thrift stores or new ones made from natural materials. Read the labels before you buy.
Super Wednesday Meal Menus
December 17 - Pot Roast, Potatoes, Carrots, Green Salad, Jello, Dinner Roll, Ice Cream and Christmas Cookies.
No Super Wednesday December 24th and 31st.
Care Team Prayer List
Please pray for the following folks in the week ahead.
- Hold the family and friends of Linda Ashton in prayer. Linda died on December 4, 2025.
- Hold the family and friends of Bob Franklin in prayer. Bob died on November 15, 2025. A memorial service will be held at Northfield United Methodist Church on December 18, 2025 at 3 pm. Read Bob's obituary here.
- Hold the family and friends of Bebe Diehl in prayer. Bebe died on November 11, 2025. A memorial service was held at Northfield United Methodist Church on November 21, 2025 at 11am. Read Bebe's obituary here.
- Hold the family and friends of Carol Hasek in prayer. Carol died on November 6, 2025. A memorial service was held at Northfield United Methodist Church on November 15, 2025 at 2pm. Read Carol's obituary here.
Please note that we cannot add anyone's name without their express permission, so if you would like prayer on another person's behalf, we need to have confirmation of their willingness to be included on this public list.
Church Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday, 8:00-noon
NUMC News Contact
If you wish to have a church announcement added to the weekly NUMC News email messages please email the information to the church office at northfieldumc@gmail.com.
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Northfield United
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1401 Maple St
Northfield, MN 55057
www.northfieldumc.org
(507) 645-5689
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