Join us as we anticipate and celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Pause with Worship in Advent
Sundays
8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. • Holy Eucharist
5 p.m. • Order for Evening & Holy Eucharist (December 7: Advent Lessons & Carols)
Wednesdays
12:05 p.m. • Holy Eucharist
Prepare
Advent Decorating & Altar Guild Workday
Saturday, November 29 | 10 a.m.
Deck the Halls for Advent! The joyous season of Advent is almost upon us, and we invite you to help make our Cathedral ready for Advent, spreading cheer and anticipation as we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth. All ages are welcome!
Serve
Advent Workshop
Sunday, November 30 | 11:45 a.m.
All are invited for fun and fellowship at our reimagined Advent Workshop in Founders’ Hall. We’re excited to partner with local organizations to prepare toiletry kits for distribution.
Women’s Lunch & Outreach Project
Saturday, December 6 | 11 a.m.
The women of GHTC are invited to help pack up food for children to have over the holiday break and treat bags for local school children.
Socks & Gloves Drive
Bring warm socks and gloves (for men and women) to the donation basket in the Tower during the months of November & December for the Shelter KC men’s and women’s centers.
Serve in Worship
As we welcome extra people through Advent and Christmas, we need your help to make our services run smoothly. You can help by being an usher, acolyte, greeter, eucharistic minister, serving on the Altar Guild or assisting with audio/video operation. Sign up on Ministry Scheduler Pro or contact Volunteer Coordinator Joan Bergstrom.
Sights & Sounds
The Nativity Puppets
Friday-Sunday, December 5–7
This celebrated annual spectacle comes alive with larger than life, seven-foot puppets and live voices, singers, and musicians for this classic enactment. For show time and to purchase tickets, visit nativitypuppets.org. Discounted tickets with code: NPChurch
Advent Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 7 | 5 p.m.
Our annual service of Advent Lessons and Carols contains Bible readings and music provides an opportunity for spiritual reflection and preparation as we anticipate the joy of Christmas and the hope of Christ’s return. This event is free.
The City Come Again
Monday, December 8 | 12 p.m. [doors open at 11:30 a.m.]
William Jewell College’s gift to the city in words and music, features the college’s Handbell Choir, Concert Choir, conductor Dr. Lawrence Abernathy and organist Dr. Lucas Fletcher. This event is free.
Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral
Sunday, December 14, 2 p.m.
The William Baker Festival Singers & Friends have presented a concert of exquisite beauty and wonder, Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral in the nave of Kansas City, Missouri’s majestic cathedrals. The concert includes beloved carols for the audience to sing, the telling of the Christmas story in traditional scripture, and beautiful choral music from the voices of Kansas City’s beloved a cappella choir. Early arrival recommended for best seats. Buy tickets in advance.
Fellowship & Fun
Mingle and Munch
Saturday, December 13, 5:30-9 p.m.
You are invited to fellowship at the home of Kristen & Mathias Nichols in the KC northland.
Bring a beverage and dish (appetizer or dessert) to share.
Wear your favorite fun holiday sweater/outfit.
ALL ages welcome!
Youth Advent Party & White Elephant Exchange
Sunday, December 14, 6-8 p.m.
All 6-12th grade youth are welcome to gather in Haden Hall for Advent fun. Please keep white elephant gifts to a $20 value.
Winter Chili & Game Night
Friday, January 16, 6 p.m.
Warm up on a winter night with fun, food and fellowship for all ages. Bring your best chili, favorite game to engage in a night that promise laughter and joy for everyone. Let us know you’re coming.
Christmas Worship Services
Christmas Eve
5 p.m. • Christmas Eve with Pageant
Our children tell the Christmas Gospel story through their pageant.
All children are welcome to participate in the pageant. There are no lines to learn and simple costumes are provided. Children should meet in Haden Hall at 4:30 p.m.
After the service, all are invited to Haden Hall for a Cookies and Cocoa reception.
10 p.m. • The Eve of the Nativity
Join us as we celebrate the birth of Christ.
Traditional, familiar carols and service music will be featured.
Christmas Day
10 a.m. • The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Greet the Incarnate Lord on Christmas morning with a celebration of Holy Eucharist with carols and organ music.
Directions and Parking
The Cathedral is located at the corner of 13th & Broadway across from the Convention Center. Our parking lot has entrances on all four sides of our campus. Free parking is available in our parking lot for about 100 cars. Handicapped spots are available near the main Cathedral entrance (by the playground), as well as to the east of Founders’ Hall. Enter through the courtyard between Founders’ Hall and the Nave.
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 West 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Additional parking is available in the Cathedral Square Parking garage, enter from 13th Street. You will need the barcode below to enter and exit without paying.
Gifts of Flowers and Greens
Flowers and Greens will once again adorn the Cathedral as part of our celebrations. Your gift in memory of or in thanksgiving for a loved one helps provide festive decorations for Christmas Eve through The Feast of the Epiphany. This visual proclamation of the glory of the Incarnation adds so much to our celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
- Give online.
- Text “GIVETOGHTC flowers” to 73256 to give using your mobile device.
- Mail a check to the Cathedral office.
Please contact the Cathedral office with the following information:
- The names of those you wish honored or the blessing(s) you wish to name.
- Your name as donor (optional).
To have your name appear in the Christmas bulletins, make your gift by Wednesday, December 17. (Gifts received after this date will appear in subsequent bulletins.)
Thank you for your generous gift in celebration of Christmas!
Christmas Offering
Fifty percent of the Christmas offering is always donated to one or more organizations that are doing good in our world. Please consider making a generous and sacrificial gift. The remainder of the offering is used for the mission and ministry of the Cathedral.
Offerings may be placed in the offering plate, made securely online or by texting “GIVETOGHTC christmas” to 73256.
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