Christmas services: Week of Dec. 23
At Bethany Presbyterian Church, Bridgeville, Christmas Eve services will include a 6 p.m. Family Service with “Noisy Offering” for goats (bring change for the offering), an 8 p.m. Traditional Candlelight Service with a traditional message and carols, and a 10 p.m. Candlelight Meditative Service of lessons and carols with Holy Communion. For more information, visit bethanypresby.org.
At Bethel Presbyterian Church, Bethel Park, Christmas Eve worship will include two holiday services. The first is at 7 p.m. with the Bell Choir providing special music. The 11 p.m. candlelight service will feature the Chancel Choir and brass ensemble. Sunday worship will resume at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 27.
At the Bible Chapel, McMurray, Christmas Eve services will take place 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. and online at 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. Childcare will be available for ages 3 and younger for all Christmas Eve services except the 7 p.m., at all campuses. For more information, visit biblechapel.org.
At Bower Hill Community Church, Mt. Lebanon, the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service begins with music at 6:30 p.m. and is followed by worship at 7. For more information, call 412-561-4114 or visit www.BowerHillChurch.org.
At Center Presbyterian Church, McMurray, Christmas Eve candlelight services will be held at 7:30 and 11 p.m., with Communion offered at both services. A single Sunday worship service will be held at 10 a.m. Dec. 27. There will be no Sunday school that day. For more information, visit www.center-church.org or call 724-941-9050.
At Chartiers Valley United Presbyterian Church, Carnegie (next to the historic Old St. Luke’s Church), Advent Candle Services are offered at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.
• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24.
At Christ United Methodist Church, Bethel Park, Christmas Eve Worship Services will be held 3-11 p.m. Dec. 24. Childcare for infants, toddlers and preschoolers will be available during the 5 and 7 p.m. services. Services include:
• Children’s Christmas Hour (with Rhymes & Rhythms choir, a Children’s Christmas Story and no sermon), 3 p.m.
• Contemporary Worship, 5, 7 and 9 p.m.
• Cathedral Worship, 7 p.m. (with children’s choirs), 9 p.m. (with Chapel Choir) and 11 p.m. (with Chancel Choir)
For more information, visit www.christumc.net.
At the Church of the Atonement, Carnegie, a Christmas Eve service will be held at 7 p.m. Those who are baptized are welcome to accept Holy Communion at the altar. For more information, visit www.atonementcarnegie.org.
At Community of Christ Church, Bethel Park, Christmas Eve Vespers will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, call 412-833-6357.
At Crossroads Ministries, Finleyville, Christmas Eve services featuring Christmas carols and inspiring music and thoughts from God’s word will be offered at 4 and 6 p.m. Celebrations will last one hour. For more information, visit www.crsmin.com.
At In His Presence Church, which has relocated to 250 Brookwood Road, Venetia, in the building across the road from the main sanctuary of Peters Creek Presbyterian Church, a Candlelight Christmas Service featuring special music and easel art will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23. Enjoy fellowship and light refreshments after the service. For more information, visit www.ihpchurchpa.com.
At John McMillan Presbyterian Church, Bethel Park, Christmas Eve worship services will include a 7 p.m. family service with the Celebration Ringers and Children’s Choirs, and a 9 p.m. service featuring the Chancel Choir. Both are candlelight services. For more information, call 412-833-4704.
At Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, McMurray, Christmas Eve services will include:
• Autism Service, 2:30 p.m.
• Children’s Christmas Eve service, 4:30 p.m. Designed for young children and their families, the service will include songs and a retelling of the Christmas story in an interactive way.
• Family Worship Service, 7 p.m. This full service includes music, candles and a children’s sermon in addition to the regular sermon.
• Candlelight Worship, 11 p.m. Usher in Christmas with this service that ends just as Christmas Day begins.
Holy Communion is offered at all Christmas Eve services.
There is no worship service on Dec. 25.
For more information, call 724-941-7467 or visit www.ourredeemer-peters.org.
At Peters Creek Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Venetia, Christmas Eve services will be celebrated at St. David’s Episcopal Church, located at 905 E. McMurray Road, Venetia. Services will include a Family Christmas Eve Service (childcare provided), at 5:30 p.m. and a Traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 9:30 p.m.
For more information, call 724-941-6210.
At Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church, Venetia, a Christmas Eve service will be offered at 5 p.m. For more information, call 724-942-3635.
At South Hills Assembly, Bethel Park, a Christmas Eve service will be offered at 6 p.m., featuring Christmas praise music. For more information, visit www.southhillsassembly.org.
At South Hills Church of the Nazarene, Bethel Park, a Christmas Eve service will be held at 7 p.m. Join in singing carols and be inspired by the music and scripture meditation in the candle-lit sanctuary.
At St. Gregory Byzantine Catholic Church, Upper St. Clair, Divine Services for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord will include a Compline Service and Divine Liturgy at 8 p.m. Christmas Eve, and a Service of Artoclasia-Blessing of the Bread and Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. Christmas Day. For more information, call 412-835-7800.
At St. Thomas More Church, Bethel Park, Christmas services will include:
• Christmas Eve – 4 p.m. in the Family Living Center and church, and 6:30 and 10 p.m. in the church
• Christmas Day – 8 and 11:30 a.m. in the church
For more information, call 412-833-0031.
At Trinity United Methodist Church, McMurray, Christmas offerings will include a Children’s Christmas Program at 11 a.m. Dec. 20, and Christmas Eve Worship Services at 7 and 9 p.m. For more information, call 724-941-4770.
At Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair, Christmas Eve Services will include a 5 p.m. family service, 7 p.m. contemporary service in the WROC and 9 and 11 a.m. services for lessons and carols.
• Communion and Prayers, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 31 in Galbreath Chapel. Communion and quiet prayer time.
For more information, visit www.westminster-church.org.