Celebrate Advent and Christmas with Church of the Messiah

Church of the Messiah invites you to celebrate the entire holiday season with us as we wrap up 2021!  Sunday, November 28th, begins the season of Advent that is the four Sundays immediately before Christmas.  Advent is a time of special prayer and preparation as we anticipate Our Lord’s ultimate return as well as remember when He was born in Bethlehem almost two thousand years ago!  As we finish the season of Advent, we begin to celebrate the season of Christmas!  Our Christmas celebrations begin on Friday evening, December 24th, with our Christmas Eve Family Service.  We will have special presentations from our children and youth, an exciting children’s sermon, as well as Christmas Carols by candlelight that evening.  Our Christmas worship continues on Saturday, morning, December 25th, when we celebrate our Christmas Day Mass.  Join us for this special service celebrating the birth of Christ on the morning of His birth.  This is a brief, said Mass and is the perfect was to “keep Christ is Christmas.”  At Church of the Messiah, the celebration of Christmas does not end the day after Christmas; we celebrate Christmas for the entire Twelve Days of Christmas!  We will be having Christmas services on Sunday morning, December 26th and January 2nd!  We would love for you to join us any time throughout the Advent or Christmas seasons.  If you are unable to join us in person, we invite to worship with us virtually via our live stream Church of the Messiah’s Facebook page.  We are so excited to celebrate the coming of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and we hope the you will join us!

Church of the Messiah’s Holiday Schedule

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