Christmas At MBCC

Diapers are being collected again this year for the families served by Community’s Child at their Building Hope Transitional Shelter in Lomita. The drive will culminate on Christmas Eve during the 5 pm service when the children in our congregation will have a special part to play.

You can drop off your donations in the Narthex of the Sanctuary. It’ll be a Christmas theme crate to hold all the diapers! Or you can drop it off in the office.

MBCC has adopted/sponsored 10 families from the 1736 Family
Crisis Center this holiday season. Please see the link to sign up to buy an item. Please
bring the unwrapped gift no later than December 15th. We are also looking for cash
donations to purchase warm clothes, gift cards, and bigger items. Checks can be made
to MBCC with 1736 in the memo line or you can send to the QR code

Contact Jenna Humphrey (818)399-0597

Our Advent Celebration will be held on December 8 in the Community Hall. Advent is gingerbread themed this year! Come join us for sweet decorating and other delightful crafting activities! Let’s make something special together. Children will go to the Community Hall immediately after the Time with Children and all others are encouraged to partake in the fun after the worship service.

December 9th 5PM-8:30PM

Church families will gather in the front parking lot to await the MB Santa float. Santa is expected to drive by around 6pm. Once everyone has had their photo with Santa, parents will depart for a holiday mixer at Barsha. The kids will hang back at church for pizza, Christmas games and a Christmas Eve rehearsal led by Kate Crellin with the help of several Mariners. Contact Amy at jmuamy@yahoo.com for more information.

You are invited to join your Shipmate friends at our Annual Chili Dinner and Christmas Caroling event on Friday, December 13th at 5 pm in the Assembly Hall. Please RSVP to, Pat Martzen, either by email or text 805-8863618 no later than December 10th. Let Pat know how many will be coming and whether you can help by bringing chili, salad or dessert.

The annual MBCC Alternative Christmas Fair will be held on Sunday, December 8, in the church patio following the morning’s worship service. (In the event of rain, the location will be announced at the worship service.) Since its inception, the Fair has provided our congregation the opportunity to rem ember and support people near and abroad who face adversities and hardships. This year’s four organizations selected carefully by your Social Action Board are All Peoples’ Community Center, A Sense of Home, Child Aid Village Guatemalan Pre School, and the UCC Global Ministries partnership which provides Ukraine Humanitarian Aid. Further detail about these four organizations can be found in a letter sent to all MBCC members and will available at the Fair. If you are unable to attend the Fair, you contribute on line at http://tinyurl.com/altxmasfai

Join us for this amazing start of Christmas Week! Listen to our wonderful choir perform classic Christmas music! Like every year, we end the night with caroling with the audience! Directed by Kate Crellin & John Elg. Sunday December 22nd at 4:00PM.

December 24th 5PM

This fun and festive service will include several performances by MBCC kids. A nativity scene will be created and lots of Christmas hymns will be sung.

Dec 24th @ 8:00 PM

This joyful yet reflective service weaves Christmas readings with carols, choral anthems, and special music to evoke the wonder of this holy night.