First Fruits Food Drive
2025-11-02, 2025-12-07, 2026-01-04 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
The first Sunday of every month, we’ll be having a food drive for GraceWorks Ministries, one of our Missional Partners. Help feed those in need by bringing non-perishable food items on the first Sunday of the month!

Room in the Inn Serving Opportunity
2025-11-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-07 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
It’s that time of year when Christ Pres joins churches across Nashville to serve our neighbors without homes through the Room in the Inn winter shelter program. Now in our 14th year, Christ Pres will again provide meals, fellowship, overnight lodging, and the love of Christ on ten Sunday nights between November and March. Volunteers from all three worship locations are invited to serve at our Old Hickory Blvd site, with opportunities ranging from cooking and hospitality to devotional leadership, overnight hosting, and more. Together, we get to extend warmth, dignity, and welcome in Jesus’ name.
Sign up here.

CPA Hosts: Family Worship Night for Academy and Church
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Outdoor Quad at CPA, 2323-A Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
DATE CHANGE!
Join us Thursday, November 6 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. on the Quad at CPA for Family Worship Night. The evening will be led by CPA Arts Instructor and Christ Presbyterian Church Director of Worship & Arts, John-Mark McGaha, and the CPA student worship team. Bring a blanket or chair. All Academy and Church families are invited.

C. S. Lewis & The Pursuit of Joy: A Holiday Seminar with Dr. David Filson
2025-11-13 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-11-20 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-18 18:30 - 20:00 | CPA – Lumen Hall (Upper School), 2323 Old Hickory Blvd, NASHVILLE, TN, 37215-5311, United States
C.S. Lewis & The Pursuit of Joy: A Holiday Seminar with Dr. David Filson
Dates: Nov. 13, 20, Dec. 4, 11, and 18
Location: Lumen Hall (CPA Upper School) Library
Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
C.S. Lewis and his quest for “sensucht” – the German word for inexpressible joy – in Christ can be found everywhere from his literary work to the friendship turned courtship of his dear wife Joy Davidman. Dive into Lewis’s life and thought as he begins to discover that while he was in pursuit of joy, joy was in pursuit of him. This library lecture series is open to the public, and is best enjoyed with curiosity and a hot tea.

Women's Fellowship Dinners (Cool Springs)
2025-11-13 18:30 - 20:00 | TN
CS Lewis wrote, ‘The typical expression of opening friendship would be something like, “What? You too? I thought I was the only one.'”
Christ Presbyterian Church, Cool Springs Women’s Ministry hosts monthly fellowship dinners, open to a small group of women in the congregation, around a specific topic, life experience, or stage in the journey of womanhood. Upcoming dinners include:

November 13: For Women Navigating Grief during the Holiday Season
January 15: For First-time Moms
February 12: For Women Who Have Experienced Miscarriage

Registration will open for each event a few weeks prior.
REGISTER HERE for Nov. 13

The Public Reading of God's Word: The Gospel of Mark
2025-11-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
“Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture” (1 Timothy 4:13, ESV). We invite you to join us as we simply gather to listen to God’s Word together. On this evening, we’ll read straight through the Gospel of Mark—no agenda, no teaching, just the living Word spoken aloud. Come ready to hear, to receive, and to let God’s Word shape your heart. Children of all ages are encouraged to attend as they are able.
Our vision is to be a Bible-centered, prayer-driven church, committed to making disciples of Jesus Christ.

GraceWorks Manger Wrapping Room
2025-11-19 08:00 - 17:00 | TN
GraceWorks is hosting its annual free Christmas shopping experience to help low-income families provide Christmas gifts for their children. We have two time slots open for Christ Pres Cool Springs on Tuesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10.
Volunteer tasks would include setup, organizing, manning gift tables, replenish gifts, greeter, clean up, etc.
Sign up here.

Helping Public Schools Succeed Serving Opportunity
2025-11-20 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-25 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-09 17:00 - 21:00 | TN
The Helping Public Schools Succeed City Group invites all to help serve at Lawson High School Wrestling Team home meets! This opportunity has two-hour slots to serve light concessions and provides time to encourage teens and their families from across the greater Nashville area.
The heart behind the Helping Public Schools Succeed City Group is to walk beside the teachers, staff, and students of Metro Nashville and Franklin Special School District to encourage and assist in the education process.
Sign up here.
Learn More and Contact Linda Nelson for more details.

Men's Overnight Hike - Cool Springs
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-22 | TN
Cool Springs men, do you like to backpack? All men are invited to join us for an overnight hike happening November 21-22. It’s our sixth annual men’s hike in the Savage Gulf Wilderness area. This 16-mile round trip trek is a moderate to strenuous hike along a ridgeline overlooking the Savage Gulf in the South Cumberland Wilderness of southern Tennessee. We’ll leave early Friday morning and be home by dinner on Saturday.
REGISTER HERE.

Share the Light
2025-11-30 - 2025-12-14 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
This holiday season, help us share the light of Christ to our missional partners! Beginning November 30, you’ll find a strand of Christmas lights in the Cool Springs lobby. Each light holds a specific need from GraceWorks, New Hope Academy, and the Oak Cottage for Women. Take a light home, shop for the item, and return it to the bins in the lobby by December 14. Together, let’s shine the light of Christ in our community and beyond this Christmas season.

5th Sunday Family Worship (Cool Springs)
2025-11-30 08:30 - 12:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
On 5th Sundays, families are invited to worship together in the Sanctuary! Nursery will still be available.

Advent Quiet Hours
2025-12-04 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
This Advent season, we’ll have the Sanctuary available from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. for anyone to spend time in quiet reflection, stillness, and prayer. We’ll also have a prayer guide and prompts.

Our Savior, Emmanuel: A Choral Christmas Program & After-Party!
2025-12-13 16:00 - 18:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
This all-church family event celebrates the birth of Jesus through music and songs from our very own adult choir with expanded orchestra. Invite your friends & neighbors as we celebrate an hour of worship about a Savior who would bring hope . . . peace . . . and salvation . . . to all people.
A festive After-Party on the Breezeway will immediately follow the service. Don’t miss sampling a variety of soups, cookies and hot cocoa as you gather with friends afterward and enjoy time together!

The Window Room will be available for our families with special needs.
No childcare will be available.

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Kids Nativity Play (Cool Springs)
2025-12-14 08:30 - 11:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
We are having a simple and fun Nativity Play! For Kindergarten through 3rd grade, performing on Sunday, December 14th at the 8:30 am and 10:30 am services.
Rehearsals will be November 30th and December 7th in between services from 9:45-10:15 a.m.
Preschoolers are welcome to bring an animal costume and join in the play too — no rehearsals necessary. Just arrive a few minutes early and find Ms. Abbie Ridley before the service.
Sign up to participate here.

Blue Christmas Service
2025-12-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
Blue Christmas is a traditional contemplative service during the Advent season for those experiencing grief, loss, and suffering. Cool Springs will host our Blue Christmas service as an open-house style time of guided prayer and quiet. Several people will be on hand to pray with you, if you’d like. Please join us for a quiet evening during the hectic holidays to lament while we hold on to hope for the coming of our good King Jesus.

Winter Break Parents' Night Out (Cool Springs)
2025-12-19 15:00 - 18:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
Christ Presbyterian Cool Springs Children’s Ministry hosting a Parents’ Night Out! Parents can drop off kids (ages 6 months to 5th grade) from 3-6 p.m. and we will provide childcare via volunteers, staff, and student volunteers. We’ll play a family friendly Christmas movie, have some pizza, simple crafts, and possibly a group game! Kids are also invited to wear PJs!
RSVP here.

Lessons & Carols - Cool Springs (4:30 & 7 p.m.)
2025-12-24 16:30 - 20:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
Join us for Lessons & Carols services at 4:30 and 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve!
“Lessons and Carols” is a traditional service celebrated by churches throughout time and across the globe. It began in the late 1800s in the Cathedral of Turo in the UK, and was later performed regularly at Kings College in Cambridge beginning in 1918. There are seven lessons from Scripture, leading us from Isaiah’s prophecy of the Messiah’s birth to the annunciation to the visit of the magi. Carols are sung by the congregation in response to each lesson.
Nursery for ages 2 and under will be available.

Family Worship Service (Cool Springs)
2025-12-28 08:30 - 11:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
Both our 8:30 & 10:30 services will be family services! Nursery only will be available for ages 3 and under. We’ll have fidgets, coloring sheets, and other quiet tools or feel free to bring your own! Wiggles are welcome; it’s always a joyful (and lively!) time as our youngest image bearers join the church family in worship.

Winter Break Mini Bowling
2026-01-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Franklin Family Entertainment Center, 1200 Lakeview Dr, Franklin, TN, 37067, United States
Join us for mini bowling before winter break ends! We’ve reserved all six lanes for two hours. Kids can mini bowl for free (small lanes with pins on strings) and no bowling shoes are required. Food and drinks will also be available for purchase at the bowling alley. This is a family event, but the whole church is invited! No RSVP required.
