Door To Hope Church

Christmas Eve Service Tuesday Evening December 24-Door To Hope Church

This Year’s Christmas Eve Service

Pastor Barry and Mrs Anita Smith are fast preparing for this year’s Christmas Eve service. The service will be held on Tuesday Evening December 24.

All visitors are Welcome!
Anita usually has the children of the Door To Hope’s Children’s ministry prepared to present a special section of the Christmas Eve Service.
The service will be featuring an always exciting candle lighting part, that all of us look forward to each year.

Order of the Service

The service usually starts with 2 or 3 Christmas songs. Then that is followed by a couple of readings, proclaiming the birth of Jesus the Son of God.

Next in the program is usually a part of the Christmas Story as told by Anita and the children of Door To Hope Church.

The children’s part is always extra special for all attendees. That is followed with a couple songs, another reading and then the Good News.

The Birth of Jesus is proclaimed and we all participate in the candle lighting section of the service.

A Simple Christmas Eve Service

That gives you a general idea of how the service goes. The service usually is around a hour long, and then greetings are extended among the attendees as the service is dismissed.

We at Door To Hope Church wish all of you and your’s a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed Holiday season!

We Celebrate Advent In December-The Door To Hope

Some Background On Advent

Here is the meaning of advent for you. Advent means ‘Coming’ in Latin. So Advent is the coming of Jesus into the world.

Our church body as part of the community of Canandaigua churches use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.

We pause to remember the true reason for the season….

Where Did The Tradition Start

Lighting an Advent wreath is a custom that began with Lutherans and Catholics in 16th-century Germany.

Tradition in the Catholic and Lutheran churches has long held onto the tradition of lighting of four candles before christmas day, and then one final a white candle after the birth of Jesus.

These candles are all part of the traditional Advent wreath.

Typically, the Advent wreath is a circle of branches or garland with four or five candles arranged on the wreath.

This Is Our Advent Schedule for 2018

During the season of Advent, one candle on the wreath is lit each Sunday as a part of the Advent services.

Sunday December 2-The purple candle is the first week’s candle to be lit. It signifies the candle of Hope. This is taken from the prophecy of the birth of Jesus.
Sunday December 9-Week 2 the candle is also a purple candle. This is often referred to as the Bethlehem or the preparation candle.
Sunday December 16-This candle is the pink candle. It is known as the candle of joy or some know it as the Shepherd Candle.
Sunday December 23-The fourth candle a purple candle is also know as the candle of Love or some know it as the Angel Candle.

A fifth week candle is usually placed in the center of the wreath. This candle is a white candle. The white candle is known for being the candle that represents the birth of Jesus. It represents purity, the purity of Jesus.

Christ is the sinless, spotless, pure Savior. He is the light come into a dark and dying world. Also, those who receive Jesus Christ as Savior are washed of their sins and made Clean by the blood of Jesus on the Cross at Calvary.

Join Us Starting Sunday December 2

Advent at Door To Hope Church Starts this year on Sunday December 2 at our 10:45 am Weekly Service.

As in the past 3 Christmas seasons, Anita Smith will lead the Children in the Advent section of our Sunday Service.

Please join us for this year’s Advent Services.

Annual Church Picnic Was Held Sunday July 8, 2018

Our Annual Church Picnic Was Held

July 8th in Baker Park in Canandaigua, New York, Door To Hope Church held it’s 6th Annual Summer Church Picnic.

This years version was well attended an proved to be a very successful time of Praise and worship and Christian fellowship.

The service started around 10:50 with Pastor Barry leading the Praise and Worship team in three of the more popular contemporary christian songs of the last 30 years. The songs that your author enjoyed the most were, Come, Now is the Time to Worship, and We Exalt Thee.

Those In Attendance

The picnic was attended 50 of our church body. The service was 1 hour 15 minutes in length. The message was brought to us by brother Matthew Warren. Also one of brothers shared about how we never know how our testimony might effect another in their life.

A testimony was given to him by a fellow brother this week at his brother’s funeral service. He had shared something over 30 years ago that touched a pastor, enough to start his ministry walk with the Lord back then.

Please don’t forget how God will use your story for His benefit. Praise the Lord!

The Picnic And Fellowship

The food followed the service, and the food was enjoyed by all, and a couple hours of conversation, and fellowship was had by all. The children enjoyed the recreational facilities that Baker Park provides.

Please enjoy a few of the photos I captured at this years picnic.

Church Picnic 2018 More Photos

Here are more Photos from the Door To Hope Church Annual picnic, held on Sunday July 8, 2018. the picnic was held in Baker Park in Canandaigua, New York.