SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday, December 13 | 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Ages 3 years - 5th grade
Drop off your children for a holly jolly afternoon of Christmas fun! They will decorate gingerbread houses, enjoy yummy snacks, play festive games, and make special holiday memories together!
December 14 | 9 & 11 am | Sanctuary
Bring your friends and neighbors for this special service filled with joyful Christmas music.
Sunday, December 21 | 9:45 am | Rec Center
Join us for breakfast, activities, and fun for all ages.
2 pm | Children’s Pageant
This worship service will include scripture, carols, and a message celebrating our Savior’s birth. There will also be an instant children’s pageant! Any child attending can wear a church-provided costume and participate in the story.
4 & 6 pm | Lessons & Carols
Join us for a joyful celebration of Christ's birth, featuring the beauty of Lessons & Carols. Come and experience the wonder of the season with family and friends as we worship together!
8 pm | Communion
Celebrate the birth of Christ with us this Christmas Eve at WHPC. We will gather for worship and Communion and welcome the season with hope, joy, and the warmth of community.
Save The Date | Feb 27-March 1, 2026 | T Bar M
This is an amazing three-day experience of community, enriched with conversation, music, prayer, worship, unexpected moments of grace, and delightful surprises.
For more information, contact Teresa Ward or Martin Hunt.
April 24-26 | Mo Ranch
Save the date for a relaxing, fun weekend with your family & friends.
Registration will open January 15. Contact Teresa Ward
if you have any questions.
STUDIES & READINGS
Sundays, Nov 30, Dec 7, & Dec 14 | 9:45 am | Parlor
Come to learn about these special prayers traditionally sung the week before Christmas in many Christian traditions. These are petitions for the coming of hope into the world - all taken from the Book of Isaiah. Stacy Ikard and Anne Nabors will lead us as we study the Bible, listen to the music and consider the spiritual significance of these ancient yet very relevant prayers of longing.
Wednesdays | 10 am | Parlor
WWBS is for women of all ages who desire to keep their faith steady as well as enjoy and support one another. Join us for fellowship and Bible study.
Sept 10 - Dec 10: Study on Ephesians
Contacts: Christy Engemoen (cengemoen@aol.com) or Mary Allaway (mballaway@aol.com).
Tuesdays | 7:00 am I Church Parlor
Through December 23, our study will be "Who Needs Christmas" by Pastor Andy Stanley. All men are welcome on Tuesday mornings at 7:00 am in the WHPC Parlor. For more information contact Mike Ussery .
Sundays | 9:45 am | Room 202
Contemplative Christian practice quiets the mind to allow for the experience of God’s presence in that moment and (eventually) in every aspect of life. Our Contemplative Christianity class offers the opportunity for group study, discussion, and experience of this ancient-yet-modern Christian approach to knowing God. We share a group reading and discussion, often accompanied by a practice opportunity.
Janis Claflin facilitates the class and is happy to answer questions, 512-657-5498, jcforpeace@gmail.com.
Tuesdays | 8 am | Zoom
Join this small group of men who read through the Bible, explore the context in which it was written and discuss its meaning for our lives today. Contact Bill Allaway for a Zoom invite.
LIBRARY EVENTS
Dec 18 | 11:00am CST in-person only
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin F
Join us at 11:00am CST for lunch and a discussion. Turn a tumbledown Paris hotel into a perfect boutique, bookish retreat, and have it open for Christmas? What could possibly go wrong? One thing’s for sure… as the fairy lights twinkle all over the city of lights and the first snowflakes start to fall… this will be a Christmas in Paris to remember.
Jan 8 | 6:30 PM
Ghost Justice by Helen Currie Foster F
Outsiders seize permits to build a concert venue which threatens a small town's water supply. The mayor demands help. Lawyer Alice Greer is determined to solve the death of the engineer hired by the venue developers. * Helen will attend and provide her author’s insights!
Jan 15 | 11:00 CST in-person/Noon Zoom
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict HF
Join us at 11:00 CST for lunch and a discussion. Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans and understood more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee from their castle, and the escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.
