The Pittsboro United Methodist Church invites you and your family to join them for special services during the Christmas week! The Christmas Cantata will be held at 7 pm on December 20 in the Family Life Center. A family Nativity Service will be held at 10 am on December 22 in the Family Life Center. Two candlelight communion services will be held on December 24 in the Sanctuary, one at 7 pm and one at 9 pm.

Nighttime sonic ceremony is back by popular demand! Join us the third Friday of each month for a candle-lit evening sound bath featuring a variety of singing bowls, chimes and percussion accompanying the human voice. Honoring seasonal cycles, Ancient Song Therapy crafts sonic landscapes that are conducive for relaxation and mediation, as well as journey work and integration. RSVP is required. Please contact [email protected]

Flyleaf Books has special hours for the holiday week! Plan ahead!

Join West End Kitchen for tea on the last Monday of every month, from 2-5 pm. Reservations required.

Join us New Year’s Eve at The Sycamore….we won’t be ringing in the New Year but will have a Chefs Tasting Menu with seatings available through 8:30pm. Finish off 2024 with an amazing meal, and delicious drinks. Make your reservation today !

Ready to make a change? Thousands of women have reached their goals using The BOLD Framework. With this roadmap for success, you will believe in yourself without question, own your destiny, learn from setbacks and success, and design a life you love. Flyleaf will offer seating for up to 70 in-person guests, with priority access given to folks who purchase the book. Please indicate in the comments if you’d like 1-2 seats held for you at the event. Signing line at 5:30pm, talk begins at 6:00pm. Leigh Burgess is a thought leader, game-changer and powerhouse connector determined to ignite and support the bold journeys of others. After over twenty years in healthcare, she founded Bold Industries Group, a platform for uniting, inspiring and empowering women that brings together a unique global network via her Bold events, the Bold Leaders Collective membership, The Bold Lounge podcast and through her dynamic speaking, coaching, and consulting engagements.

Join us for a panel discussion surrounding reducing food waste and food insecurity, both locally and abroad, alongside Truffles & Trash author Kelly Alexander. Appearing with Alexander will be award-winning Chef and restaurateur Sera Cuni, who runs the Feed-Well Fridges program in Chatham County and surrounding areas, as well as organizers from the Durham Community Fridge.

A groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us. Flyleaf will offer seating for up to 70 in-person guests, with priority access given to folks who purchase the book. Please indicate in the comments if you’d like 1-2 seats held for you at the event. Signing line at 5:30pm, talk begins at 6:00pm. Kurt Gray is a Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. He received a PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University and is the recipient of numerous early-career and best paper awards. His findings have been featured in the New York Times, The Economist, Scientific American, Wired, and NPR’s Hidden Brain. Molly Worthen teaches history at UNC, with a focus on North American religion and politics. Her last book, Apostles of Reason, was about the intellectual backstory of the rise of the Christian Right. She is also a freelance journalist and writes about religion, politics, and higher education for the New York Times and other publications.

Through linked personal essays crafted in lyric, fabulist, and fragmented forms, Wolf Act charts a young man’s transformation. Weaving together wolfish fairy tales and mythology, Mormon theology and practice, piercings and tattoos, cave explorations, ghost stories, and more, Romriell explores a childhood of hiding, a familial reckoning, a religious exodus, and an effort to understand one’s life as worth saving—even when the meaning of the word “saving” must be reimagined. Flyleaf will offer seating for up to 70 in-person guests, with priority access given to folks who purchase the book. Please indicate in the comments if you’d like 1-2 seats held for you at the event! Signing line at 5:30pm, talk begins at 6:00pm. AJ Romriell is a writer, photographer, and educator who has published work in Black Warrior Review, Brevity, Great River Review, and elsewhere. Originally from Sandy, Utah, he currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his partner and their feline companion, Sokka the Wildercat. Melissa Faliveno is a writer, editor, and teacher. The former senior editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, she has also had essays and interviews appear in BitchMedia's magazine, the Millions, Prairie Schooner, Isthmus, DIAGRAM, and Midwestern Gothic, among others, and received a notable selection in The Best American Essays 2016.