(For people with visual impairments, there are various images of worship services, faceted glass windows from the church and the words ,”You are loved just as you are. Here, you can grow and find acceptance. Like the windows, to God, even your brokenness is beautiful. Walnut Creek UMC: where you belong.)
First Sunday of Advent November 30th, 2025
Advent is a season of preparation and anticipation leading up to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. It begins four Sundays before Christmas and marks the start of the Christian liturgical year. Advent is a time to reflect on the coming of Christ in three ways: in the past as the baby born in Bethlehem, in the present as Christ comes into the lives of believers, and in the future when Christ will come again in glory.
The season emphasizes themes such as hope, love, joy, and peace, which are often symbolized by the lighting of candles on an Advent wreath each week. Worship during Advent includes scripture readings, prayers, hymns, and sermons that help people prepare their hearts and minds for the coming of Christ. It is both a solemn and joyful time, marked by spiritual reflection, expectation, and renewal.
For more information about Advent, please click here:
https://www.umc.org/en/ways-we-grow/advent-christmas
https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/all-about-advent
We are happy to have Reverend Pablo Róvere as our pastor, effective July 1, 2025.
Pastor Pablo comes to us from the Central Valley District where he led the congregation of Hanford UMC since July of 2018. Prior to Hanford UMC, Pastor Pablo served in several capacities in the Cal-Pac Conference and in Arizona. Pastor Pablo was born, raised, educated in Argentina, completing theological classes here, and is a life-long Methodist.
Read more about Pastor Pablo on our staff page.
Sunday Service
10AM (PST), services also here online
Nursery and Toddler Care
9:45 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.
Children’s Sunday School
10:20 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Walnut Creek United Methodist Church is a congregation united in God’s love, actively sharing that love with all.
Although we celebrate our differences, our common bond is to help people in the community who are hurting and in need.
With an open mind and open heart…
New! GAYme Night, 2nd Saturdays, starting October 11. More information here.
Reconciling Church
We are proud to be official members of the Reconciling Ministries Network, an organization of United Methodists for LGBTQ inclusion. We welcome all persons as Christ did regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, cultural background, physical or mental health, family status, or financial circumstances.