Christmas Events

Advent

Broadmoor's Advent celebration begins December 3. Check back here for a weekly guide that you and your household can use throughout the season.

Join the Broadmoor family as we celebrate Advent beginning Sunday, December 3. 

What is Advent? The Advent season includes the four Sundays leading up to Christmas and begins this year on Sunday, December 3. It’s a time of expectancy and preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

How do I join Advent at Broadmoor? If you are already a part of our Bible Reading Plan text, you will begin to receive the passages for each day through a daily text. If you want to be a part of the Bible Reading Plan, text BIBLE to 32373. You can also find weekly Advent Guides by clicking the button below. 

There will also be printed weekly guides in the Advent stations around campus for you to pick up and follow along if you prefer. 

Regardless of how you join in, get involved with Advent at Broadmoor this year. Don’t forget to share your journey with us on social media by tagging @mybroadmoor and using the hashtag #christmasatbroadmoor.

Giving Generously

Many folks are looking for opportunities to give this Christmas season. If that is you, we encourage you to give to one of these areas this year as you give generously.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) goes directly to missionaries serving around the world through the International Mission Board (IMB). These funds help offset ministry needs that regular funding do not cover. 

Year End Giving
Many of the areas Broadmoor ministers to on a daily basis come from the ministry budget. Missions support, ministry resources, and operational expenses are all areas that depend on the ministry budget dollars. Did you know almost 25% of the church’s ministry budget comes in the months of November and December? As we end 2023 and look to 2024, we want to finish strong to give and resource even more in the coming year. Your year end giving makes that possible.

Giving Generously of Our Time

Giving generously does not always have to be monetary. You can also give of your time and resources. Below is a opportunity to do so. 

Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Gift Bags
Live generously this Christmas season by gifting the female inmates at Central Mississippi Correctional Facilities (CMCF) with a small gift bag of hygiene products. Broadmoor will collect items in bins around campus from November 21 through December 10. A packing party will take place on December 10.

Activities

Lottie Moon Post Office

Send your Christmas Cards through the Lottie Moon Post Office. Donate the money you would pay for postage to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and transform lives today. The Post Office will open December 3rd. Please address cards with the recipient’s first and last name. USPS Stamps currently are .60 cents each. Check the mailbox each Sunday for your own Christmas cards. And be sure to tag donations as “Lottie Moon Post Office”, either on checks or on the giving page. The Post Office will close December 31, 2023 so cards will be available in the church office after January 2, 2024. 

 
 
 

Central Mississippi Correctional Facilities Christmas Bag Collection

Live generously this Christmas season by gifting the female inmates at Central Mississippi Correctional Facilities (CMCF) with a small gift bag of hygiene products. Broadmoor will collect items in bins around campus from November 21 through December 10. A packing party will take place on December 10.

We are collecting the items below to prepare Christmas bags for inmates at CMCF. Each bag consists of the following gifts placed in a gallon-sized zip lock bag:
• One pair of white crew socks
• 30 pieces of hard candy that are individually wrapped and placed in a smaller zip-lock bag
• Clear shampoo with tape over the top to keep it from spilling
• Clear deodorant
• Females can have three small non-metallic hair ornaments (there are approx 1000 women living at CMCF)
• An optional Christmas card or note from the group, church, or organization that created the bag
 
Examples of Clear Deodorants for Ladies:
• Arrid Extra Dry Antiperspirant Deodorant
• Secret Flawless Clear
• Lady Speed Stick Gel
• Soft & Dry Dri-gel
• Dry Idea Clear Gel
• Mitchum Power-gel
 
Examples of Clear Deodorants for Men:
• Arm & Hammer Ultry Max Clear Gel
• Old Spice High Endurance Clear Gel
• Right Guard Sport Clear Gel
• Speed Stick
• Right guard total Defense 5 power gel
• Gillette Clear gel
 
Examples of Clear Shampoo:
• Suave
• White Rain
• V05