Local churches plan special Christmas celebrations

by Mary Le Arneal
Published 12/14/22

‘Tis is the season of special offerings by area churches to celebrate the birth of Christ. Christmas services are open to the public at any church.

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Pleasant Valley will be open for a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. The church, which closed in 2002, is located near the intersection of County Roads L and 4, eight miles north and three miles west of North Bend.

St. Peter Lutheran Church will have its children’s Christmas program on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 6:30 p.m. On Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. the Little Lamb Preschool program will be presented. There will be Christmas Eve services the 24th at 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. with Christmas Day service Dec. 25 at 9 a.m. The New Year’s Day service Dec. 31 at 9 a.m.

United Presbyterian Church youth Christmas program is Dec. 18 at 10 a.m. There will be a Christmas Eve Candlelight service at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24. Christmas Day service will be at 10 a.m.

St. John Ridgeley Lutheran Church will have a youth Christmas program Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. Christmas Eve service will be at 6:30 on Dec. 24. Christmas Day service is at 10:30 a.m. The church is located nine miles north and 4.5 miles east of North Bend.

St. Charles Catholic Church will have Christmas Eve Mass Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will hold the Midnight Mass.

At St. Leo Catholic Church in Snyder the Christmas Eve Mass will be at 4 p.m. There will be a Christmas Day Mass at 10 a.m.

In Morse Bluff, St. George Catholic Church will have Christmas Eve Mass at 6 p.m. and Christmas Day Mass at 8 a.m.

Cedar Hill Sacred Heart Catholic Church will sing Christmas hymns starting at 11:30 p.m. Dec. 24 followed by Mass at midnight. Christmas Day mass will be at 10 a.m.

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