- December 7, 2025
Shelly Boehm, Barbara Willis, and Laura Lewis work together to put up Christmas decorations in the sanctuary.
Jennifer Linton helps put up the garland and wreathes in the sanctuary.
Barbara Willis finishes putting the lights on the Christmas tree.
Ellis Sorrell and Jane Linton are making crafts to hang up in the auditorium.
Sarah-Beth Priest was the volunteer in charge of hanging up the wreathes along the inside of the sanctuary.
Lloyd Louzier helps unload Christmas trees from the back of a pickup truck.
Jeffrey Linton takes a lift to a balcony over the pulpit to hang a large wreath.
Jennifer Linton hangs up garland and wreathes inside the sanctuary.
Barbara Willis helps string the lights on the Christmas trees on stage.
Lloyd Louzier assembles one of the Christmas trees in the atrium.
Amberlee Meeker puts final touches on the hanging wreathes.
Barbara Willis and Laura Lewis helps finish stringing lights on the Christmas tree.
Sarah-Beth Priest, Lloyd Louzier, and Amberlee Meeker work together in decorating the sanctuary.
Right as church service ended on Sunday, Nov. 25, volunteers unloaded trucks full of Christmas trees and wreaths. In preparation for Advent season, First United Methodist Church of Port Orange has a yearly tradition to decorate its sanctuary in an event called The Hanging of the Greens.
A tradition at First United Methodist is to incorporate a "Chrismon Tree," which stands for Christ Monograms. This tradition is organized by church member Shelly Boehm. A Chrismon Tree has white and gold decorations with a crown on top, and ornaments that are made by Boehm's preschoolers.
