SJL 
Now that we have celebrated Thanksgiving, we begin to anticipate the celebration of Christmas! For four weeks prior to Christmas, the Church celebrates the Holy Season of Advent. Advent is a time of prayer and preparation in anticipation of the Coming of Our Lord on Christmas as well as the Second Coming of Our Lord when He returns at the Last Judgement. This year Church of the Messiah will observe the four Sundays of Advent on November 29th, December 6th, 13th, and 20th. All of our Sunday morning services begin at 10 o’clock.
On Thursday night, December 24th, we will celebrate Christmas Eve with our traditional Family Service. This service includes a special presentation from the children and youth of the church, a reading of the Nativity Gospel, the singing of traditional Christmas Carols, and other special surprises. Please note that this year our Christmas Eve Family Service will begin at the special time of 7:30 pm.
On Christmas Day, we will celebrate the Incarnation of Our Lord with our Christmas Day Service. This service is a brief Said Mass and usually lasts about forty-five minutes. Our Christmas Day Service will begin at 10 o’clock and is our only service of the holiday season that will be held in Church of the Messiah’s sanctuary (where we met before COVID).
All of our services (except Christmas Day) will be held in the sanctuary of Ft. Caroline Presbyterian Church which allows us to be seated with adequate social distancing. For more information on our COVID19 precautions, visit our COVID Precautions Page. For those who cannot join us in person, all of our services will be live streamed via Facebook Live on the church’s Facebook page. Childcare is provided during each of our services (except Christmas Day).
During this season of holidays, we invite everyone to join us, whether in person or virtually, for any or all of our Advent and Christmas service. “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13