We have three identical services for your convenience: 2pm, 4pm & 6pm.
Make Christmas Eve at The Rock a part of your family’s tradition!
Our Christmas Eve services are full of music, laughter and fun. These family-friendly services feature a selection of Christmas music as well as a short message.
Childcare provided for ages 5 & under
The AJO will perform their annual Stan Kenton Christmas Concert at Trinity United Methodist Church (587 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC) at 7 PM on Friday, December 16. This is a free concert, but a good will offering will be collected to raise money for charity and for the Asheville Jazz Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to jazz performance and education.
Friends! Central United Methodist Church, a community for Christ in downtown Asheville invites you to join us in our family friendly Christmas Eve services. We will journey through the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrating with carols and Christmas music and reflecting with candlelight and communion. We will have three services (3pm, 5pm, 11pm) to accommodate your schedule as follows:
Children and Families Service
3:00 pm – Children and youth will lead us in worship and tell the story of the birth of Jesus. Traditional carols and communion will be a part of this service.
Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols
5:00 pm – Prelude to Lessons and Carols service by the Brass Ensemble. Come and enjoy a prelude of Christmas music presented by the Central Brass Ensemble. The prelude begins at 5:00 pm in the Sanctuary.
5:30 pm – This traditional Lessons and Carols service will feature readings from the Scriptures on the Nativity, followed by anthems from the Chancel Choir and congregational carols. Dr. Rob Blackburn will give a meditation and the service will conclude with the lighting of candles and the singing of “Silent Night.”
Candlelight Communion Service
11:00 pm – The Candelight Communion Service takes place in the darkened Sanctuary with candles providing the light. It is a quiet, reflective time of worship. The service ends as Christmas Day begins.
We hope that you will be able to join us in celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, in the presence of family and friends!
Christmas with a cause!
Follow Mary and Joseph down the long and winding road to Bethlehem by way of Liverpool! This is the story of Emmanuel set to the music of the Beatles. This is NOT your Mammaw’s Christmas pageant! This IS a fundraiser in support of Eliada Home. Admission $10.00 per person and donations accepted at the door before and after the event.
All Events begin at 7:30pm Dec 12 – 17 at the following venues:
Mon, Dec 12th: Biltmore UMC 376 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville
Tues, Dec 13th: Clyde Central UMC 410 Charles St, Clyde
Wed, Dec 14th: Gateway Church 20 Integrity Dr, Asheville
Thurs, Dec 15th: Central UMC 27 Church St, Asheville
Fri, Dec 16th: Groce UMC 954 Tunnel Rd., Asheville
Sat, Dec 17th: Eliada Homes PARC Bldg, 2 Compton Dr, Asheville
Old Fort Christmas Parade
The annual Christmas Parade in Old Fort is on the second Saturday of December at 3 pm with line up at 2pm (RESCHEDULED TO 6:00pm) at the Elementary School. Call 668-4244, 460-6577 or 442-3869 for date and information.
Join the Friends of the Mountain Gateway Museum and the MGM staff at our free Christmas Open House. The museum and cabins will be decorated for a mountain Christmas, which you can enjoy while you warm up with free cider or coffee and holiday cookies. Enjoy bluegrass versions of your favorite holiday songs courtesy of Possum Creek.
The Friends of the Mountain Gateway Museum (FotMGM) will be selling luminaries, which will be displayed during the Open House on the museum’s grounds. The luminaries cost $5.00 each with proceeds benefiting the FotMGM supporting the museum in educational programming and community outreach. All orders must be turned in and paid for by November 25.
Email us at MGM@ncdcr.gov for more information. The festivities start at 5:30 on December 07, right after the Old Fort Christmas Parade and lasts until 7:00. We hope to see you there!
Celebrate the season with the holiday tradition A Swannanoa Solstice, featuring award-winning recording artists and multi-instrumentalists Al Petteway, Amy White, Robin Bullock, and special guests David Holt, Phil Jamison and Ellie Grace, E.J. Jones and his band, and host Doug Orr.
Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:00 & 7:00 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville.
Tickets: Regular $45; Student $40; Child $20; Student Rush Day-of-Show (with valid I.D.) $10. Box Office: 828-257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.
We have a very excited group of youngsters who would love to share the holiday spirit with you again this year! Presented by Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52; Sponsored by the Friends of the Library
South Rock is proud to announce that we will be joining forces with Sheep Dog to provide Breakfast with 
🎅 Santa. The event will be at South Rock this Saturday from 8 a.m until 11 a.m. All proceeds go to our local veterans and first responders. So don’t forget ~ Santa will be here this Saturday! Come eat some breakfast, talk to Santa and help support a wonderful cause. We hope to see you there!
Woohooo!!! Come meet Santa! FREE!!