We recommend arriving 15-30 minutes early, especially for Christmas Eve services, which tend to fill up. This gives you time to find parking, grab coffee, drop kids at check-in if needed, and settle in before the service starts. Our team will be ready to welcome you and help with any questions.

Whatever makes you comfortable! You’ll see everything from jeans and sweaters to dresses and button-downs. There’s no dress code, and we genuinely mean that. Come as you are.

Brader Way & Fitchburg
As you arrive, the Parking Team will welcome you, assist you in parking, and point you to our main entrance.

Downtown
Several UW campus parking garages offer free parking after 4:30 PM, and street parking throughout downtown is free after 6:00 PM. You’ll also find pay-on-exit ramps on Lake Street and Frances Street, plus a heated underground ramp directly below Upper House.

Services marked with an asterisk (*) offer Blackhawk Kids programming for birth through kindergarten, with age-appropriate fun, music, and the Christmas story. Everyone is invited to check their kids in, whether you’re a regular, it’s your first time, or you’re just visiting for Christmas. Pre-register to make drop-off even faster. Pre-register here >

Older kids are welcome to sit with you in the service. We promise it won’t be boring—the music is engaging, and the message is accessible for all ages.

This season on the Next Steps Podcast, we’re entering into Advent together. We will explore what Advent is, why it matters, and how to celebrate it. We’ll also hear from worship leaders as they guide us through the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. Whether Advent is familiar or brand-new, we’d love for you to journey with us.

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Advent Reading Plans

• Practices of Advent | Blackhawk Church (PDF | YouVersion)

Books

• Waiting for Jesus: An Advent Invitation to Prayer and Renewal: An Advent Christmas Devotional | Rich Villodas
• Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Annie Dillard, Thomas Merton, C. S. Lewis, Henri J. M. Nouwen
• Fullness of Time | Esau McCaulley, Emilio Alvarez, Tish Harrison Warren, Emily Hunter McGowin, Fleming Rutledge, Wesley Hill, Amy Peeler

Messages

• 2023 Advent Series | Blackhawk Church
  

Website

• Advent | Bible Project
• The Advent Project | Biola University

Our Christmas Countdown packet is designed to help your family prepare your hearts together throughout December. This year’s packet includes an interactive daily reading plan and a new set of five Advent ornaments, each with family discussion questions to spark meaningful conversations around your tree.

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During the Christmas season, we join a movement called Advent Conspiracy—an invitation to pause, remember God’s generosity in giving us Jesus, and respond by being generous to the world around us.

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