Christ Presbyterian Church

Churchwide Tailgate & Turkey Bowl 2025
2025-11-23 11:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
Join us for our annual Churchwide Tailgate and Turkey Bowl! We’ll have a time of food and fellowship after Sunday School from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The entire church is invited to a potluck-style tailgate on the Breezeway with BBQ and burgers provided. Once you’ve registered below, families with last names A-N are encouraged to bring a side dish and last names O-Z are encouraged to bring a dessert.

Turkey Bowl MMXXV will be held on the CPA Soccer Field with games beginning around 12:30 p.m. and ending by 2:30 p.m. Everyone from 1st grade to 12th grade, college, young adults, and beyond, are invited to join a team for this flag football tournament! Teams will be pre-assigned with mixed ages and a focus on fun and safety. If you want to watch the games and join in the fun, we have spots available to serve as a referee, first aid team member, score keeper, emcee, and more!

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.

Advent Quiet Hours
2025-12-04 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.

Jingles & Jammies
2025-12-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Hope House at Christ Presbyterian, 2301 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
Join us for pancakes, games, crafts, and Christmas cheer! Bring your family and friends and wear your Christmas jammies! This event will be held at the Hope House at Christ Presbyterian, Old Hickory Blvd and is geared towards families, but all are welcome.
RSVP here.

Donation Collection for Preston Taylor Ministries (Music Row)
2025-12-07 | Scarritt Bennett Center, 1110 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37209, United States
Join us this Christmas season in serving one of our Missional Partners, Preston Taylor Ministries, through a donation collection for their Nativity Store! We will be collecting items the morning of our worship service on Sunday, December 7. You can also sign up to volunteer at their Nativity Store.
Donation item ideas, including toys and wrapping supplies like:

Craft supplies
Board/card games
Sports equipment
Dolls and stuffed animals
Fidget toys
Small lego kits
Wrapping paper
Ribbon
Gift bags
Gift tags

Sign up to volunteer here.

Women's Christmas Party (Music Row)
2025-12-07 19:00 - 21:00 | TN
Celebrate the Christmas season and get to know other women from Music Row! Join us for fellowship, celebration, and a favorite things gift swap.
When: Sunday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Mary Catherine Berg’s home (address will be listed in RSVP confirmation page)
What to bring:
– An appetizer or dessert
– Think of your “favorite thing” from the year worth $15 or under and bring 2 unwrapped identical versions of it to the gift exchange!
RSVP here.

Women's Christmas Reflection | A Silent Night
2025-12-08 18:00 - 21:00 | TN
This night provides the women of our church an opportunity to reflect, in a quiet place, on the meaning and importance of Christmas. The evening itself involves several stations where you are asked to reflect on a specific quality or aspect of Christ’s birth. The true meaning of Christmas.
Please bring a journal to write your thoughts as you ponder the questions at each station. The nights offered are December 8 and 10 and will be held at Jenny Cleckner’s home. For those interested, please sign up for your preferred time.
Note: Time slots are organized as follows 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm; then 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm; and 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm with 10 slots per hour.
Sign up here.

Young Adults Christmas Party (Music Row)
2025-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Tailgate Brewery Germantown, 915 3rd Ave N, Nashville, Tennessee, 37201, United States
All young adults are invited to join us for our Young Adults Christmas Party at Tailgate Brewery Germantown on Thursday, December 11th at 7 p.m.! No RSVP needed; just show up.

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.

4th & 5th Grade Christmas Party
2025-12-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Fellowship Hall, Lower School, 2323 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
During the Sunday School Group hour at 10:30 a.m. on December 14, 4th & 5th graders are invited to a Christmas Party just for them! This will be a morning of fun and friends as we celebrate the season in the Fellowship Hall. We’ll decorate cookies, have a cereal bar, and do a white elephant gift exchange! Please bring a unwrapped box of cereal to eat and a wrapped box of cereal to participate in the white elephant game.

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.

Youth Christmas Party (Music Row)
2025-12-17 18:30 - 20:00 | TN
All 6th-12th graders are invited to a Christmas Party just for them! Come dressed in your most festive Christmas attire, enjoy a White Elephant gift exchange ($15-$20 at most), games, snacks, dinner, and invite your friends! We’ll meet at the Hobday’s home and address will be provided upon RSVP.
RSVP here.

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.

Carols & Cocoa
2025-12-19 16:00 - 18:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
Join us for a night of delicious hot cocoa and festive caroling! We will be partnering with The Cookery to do a winter hat drive. Bring a new or gently used adult beanie, gather in the Fellowship Hall and grab a cup of cocoa. We will then separate into groups, and head out on buses to our caroling destinations.

When: Friday, December 19 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm.
Where: The Fellowship Hall
Bring: New or gently used winter hat (beanie) for The Cookery
Wear: Your most festive Christmas attire!

Please RSVP by Monday, December 15 to help us plan group assignments and transportation.

RSVP here.

Family Worship Service (Music Row)
2025-12-21 09:30 - 11:00 | Scarritt Bennett Center, 1110 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37209, United States
We will be having a family worship service at our 9:30 a.m. service! There will not be childcare or Kids programming. Wiggles and giggles are welcome!

Hope. Peace. Salvation. : A Christmas Eve Candlelight Service – Old Hickory Blvd (3 & 5 p.m.)
2025-12-24 15:00 - 18:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
Hope. Peace. Salvation.
A Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Join us on Christmas Eve for candlelight services at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. as we celebrate the birth of Jesus together. These family-friendly services will feature traditional carols and inspiring words from our pastors as we reflect on the true meaning of Christmas about a Savior who would bring hope . . . peace . . . and salvation . . . to all people.
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3:00 p.m. Service

Our friends with special needs and their families can enjoy worship with buddy support from the Window Room (livestream TV available). Please notify Gigi Sanders if you have need of a buddy.
Nursery available.
A Wiggles and Giggles room will be available for those who need it.

5:00 p.m. Service

Our friends with special needs and their families can enjoy worship from the Window Room (livestream TV available) if desired.
A Wiggles and Giggles room will be available for those who need it.

No ASL interpretation will be available at either service.

Lessons & Carols - Music Row
2025-12-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Scarritt Bennett Center, 1110 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37209, United States
Join us for a Lessons & Carols candlelight service 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.
No Childcare or Kids Programming available.

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.

Family Worship Service (Old Hickory Blvd)
2025-12-28 09:00 - 10:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
We’ll be having a family worship service at our 9 a.m. service!
Sunday, Dec. 28 | We’ll break from Sunday School Groups, Kids programming (birth – 5th), and Special Needs buddies.
Sunday, Jan. 4 | Sunday School and Kids programming will remain on break. Special Needs buddies will be available.

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.

Young Adults Happy Hour (Music Row)
2026-01-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Monday Night Brewing, 1308 Adams Street, Nashville, 37208
All young adults are invited to happy hour at Monday Night Brewing! No RSVP required; just show up.

GriefShare
2026-01-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
GriefShare is a free, 13-week seminar and support group that will help you heal from the loss of a loved one. It’s a warm, caring environment led by people who understand what you’re going through. You’ll learn practical information that will help you deal with the challenges you face and gain hope for the future! Sessions focus on different aspects of grief and include both video teaching and small group discussion. We will break from meeting for Spring Break.
Register here.

CPC101 – Cool Springs
2026-01-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
Are you interested in learning more about Christ Presbyterian Church at Cool Springs and what it means to be a member? CPC101 is a class on our mission, values, and core beliefs. Membership is not required once you complete CPC101, but for those wishing to become members, participation in CPC101 is a prerequisite. The class will be after the 10:30 a.m. service and lunch will be provided.
Register Here.
For more information, please contact Melanie Rainer.

Churchwide Bowling Night (Music Row)
2026-01-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Tusculum Strike and Spare, 5315 Nolensville Rd, Nashville, 37211, United States
All Music Row members and guests are invited to join us for an evening of bowling! We’ll meet at Tusculum Strike and Spare for plenty of fun and games. Lanes will be reserved, but families will be responsible for shoe rentals.
Sign up here.

CANCELED: Newcomer Coffee
2026-01-25 10:30 - 11:15 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Old Hickory Blvd, 2323 Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS, THIS EVENT IS CANCELED.
If you are new to Christ Presbyterian Church or perhaps visited multiple times, we invite you to join us at the Newcomer Coffee to meet several of our church staff and elders, and find out more about the church and how to connect. Please reach out to care@christpres.org if you have any questions!
RSVP here.

CANCELED: Cool Springs Families with Special Needs Lunch
2026-01-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Christ Presbyterian Church – Cool Springs, 325 Seaboard Ln, Suite 100, Franklin, TN, 37067
Due to impending weather, this event is canceled. Should we reschedule to a new date, we’ll update the website with that information.
We will host a Families with Special Needs Lunch at Cool Springs on Sunday, January 25. We’ll provide childcare for all kiddos, and provide lunch for your whole family! This will be a time of togetherness and celebration of the beautiful lives of your kids who were made in the image of God, and the unique blessings and difficulties of your families.
RSVP Here

Youth Snow Tubing (Music Row) (RESCHEDULED)
2026-01-31 - 2026-02-01 | Ober Mountain, 1001 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738, United States
UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, this event has been cancelled for the weekend of January 31-February 1. A rescheduled date will be announced soon.
All students (4th-5th & 6th-12th grade) of Christ Pres, Music Row are invited to join us for a weekend of snow tubing! Please RSVP so all arrangements and tickets can be finalized. Invite a friend or come make a new one!
Where: Ober Mountain, Gatlinburg, TN
When: January 31st – February 1st (Saturday & Sunday)
Cost: Free!
Transportation: We’ll meet at the Old Hickory Blvd campus and take a small bus

Itinerary:
Saturday, Jan 31
6:00 a.m. Leave from OHB
9:30-10 a.m. Arrive at Ober Mountain
10-11 a.m. Check-In at Ober Mountain
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Snow Tubing (Break for Lunch)
5:30 p.m. Dinner
Stay overnight in Gatlinburg
Sunday, Feb 1
Breakfast
9 a.m. Leave Gatlinburg
12:30 p.m. Arrive at OHB
Please contact Peter Wells with any questions.

RSVP here.
Complete Permission/Medical Form here.

Men's Pancake Breakfast
2026-01-31 08:00 - 09:30 | Fellowship Hall, Lower School, 2323 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37215, United States
Due to inclement weather, this event was rescheduled from last week to this new date – January 31 at 8:00 a.m.
With power restored to the church (thank you, Lord—and thank you to our utility workers!), we plan to move forward with the men’s pancake breakfast this Saturday, January 31, at 8:00 am. After breakfast, we’ll also be mobilizing volunteers to assist church members and neighbors who may need help following the winter storm—whether or not you plan to attend the breakfast, please respond and sign up if you’re willing to serve (including availability starting now). And if your family could use a hot meal due to power loss or displacement, please bring everyone—men, women, and children are welcome; just be sure to sign up so we can plan well.
Join us for a Men’s Ministry Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, January 31, 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall! In addition to pancakes, we’ll have plenty of coffee, additional breakfast items, a guest speaker (Carter Crenshaw, Founding Pastor of West End Community Church), and time to get to know and encourage one another.
Register to attend here. | Register to serve storm victims here.
