Mama2Many4 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I'm Catholic so Sunday is required regardless. Although this year we're killing too birds with one stone for the way it falls. Christmas Mass and Sunday Mass requirements. The Masses are at 4pm, 10pm, on Christmas Eve and 8am, 11am on Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah C. Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 My Catholic church is having two Christmas Eve services, one midnight mass, and three Christmas morning services. My in-laws' nondenominational church is having a Christmas morning service. So is the Baptist church which my grandmother attends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is skipping Sunday School and Sunday Evening service, but keeping the regular 11:00 am service. That's what ours is doing. I'd love to have a candlelight Christmas Eve service too, but that's not something our little church has done before (at least not in recent years). Maybe we'll add that eventually. (Dh is the pastor.) I can't imagine cancelling church altogether on Sunday because it's Christmas. :confused: That just seems wrong to me. As for the huge number of volunteers needed at larger churches for the children's ministry, why not just have family-integrated services for Christmas? Our church has been more and more family-integrated lately anyway, so I doubt we'll even have nursery next Sunday. I've been keeping all of my children in church with me for the last several months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Catholic. So naturally we will have mass. Orthodox, ditto here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Yes, we are having a brief (11-12) service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didadeewiththree Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Ours is having a quick casual service on Christmas, at 1015 am. There will be some fun for families, no Sunday School, and gifts for the children too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is not having service on Christmas day. We're having our traditional Christmas Eve service, though. This is our first time being in a church that isn't having service on Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacie Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 We will be having regular services on Christmas Sunday, just like every other Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church has 4 services on Christmas Eve (3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 11pm). On Christmas morning, there will only be one worship service (no Sunday School). That service will be at 11am. We are Methodist, if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is huge, and will be having ten "Christmas Eve" services on two campuses Thursday-Saturday. On Christmas morning, there will be no regular service, but an open time for prayer and communion. Pastors will be there. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCrazyMama Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Ours is having a candlelight service Christmas Eve, and a Christmas Day service. We are looking forward to it. Ours too.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Ours is having the regular Christmas Eve service and a regular Sunday morning service on Christmas Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Usual Catholic procedure - vigil, midnight and 3 on Christmas day here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraciebytheBay Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church has Christmas Eve services and Christmas Day services. I think we're only attending on Christmas day, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is having a candlelight service on Christmas Eve and a Service Sunday morning at 10. The Service on Sunday will be carols and a play. My ds is in the play so we will be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 We have a family Christmas Eve service at 4 and the main one at 11, and Christmas fay the usual service at 10:30. Even if it was not Sunday we would have a Christmas morning service. I think there is also Evening Prayer in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church has a Christmas Eve service and no services Christmas morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church has 4 on Christmas Eve and 1 on Christmas Day. All services are identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 My church is having three services on Christmas Eve- a children's service at 4:30, a Traditional service at 7 and my daughters will sing at that one, and a Jazz service at 11pm. There will be a combined service at 11am on Christmas Day and another one on New Year's Day. No Sunday school and only one service rather than two. My girls are so interested in going to church that they not only want to go to the service they are in but also the Jazz service. We will see. We will also go on Sunday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our Church is having a breakfast at 8.30 (usually it's at the pastor's house but they're away this year) and then a short service at 9.30 - earlier than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is having only one service at 10AM, rather than the usual 10:45(so no regular evening service), no Sunday school. We won't be attending that because since it is Christmas, we will be attending the church that my FIL pastors and I believe they are having regular sunday school/morning service, but no evening service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 We will be having a wonderful Christmas Eve service (which we will not be attending because of 2 family committments that day) and our regular Sunday morning service, but no Sunday School. It would be odd not having church on Sunday, considering why we celebrate Christmas in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is having a service at 10:00 Sunday morning instead of 11:00. No Christmas Eve service Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is having a service at 11 on Christmas Day and 6pm on Christmas Eve. We have always gone to the Christmas Eve service, but I am debating which we will do this year. Actually, I have been pondering going to both :001_smile: He is the reason for the season, why not celebrate and honor Him at both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liza Lee Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 The church I attend normally has two services on Sundays--9:15 & 10:45. On Christmas there will be one service at 10:00 and there will not be any of the normal Sunday School classes. I don't know if the nursery will be open because all of my kids are older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church had several extra services this weekend, they have Christmas Eve services next week, but no Sunday services. We would not be going anyway. We spend Christmas morning at my parent's house and if we were to go to church as a family, it would be at their church (which does have a Sunday service on Christmas.) But we are generally too busy with family time to go anywhere Christmas Day. I have no problem with a change in schedule to allow the ministry staff a special day with family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 It's Sunday. We have church on Sunday, whether it's Christmas Day or not :) We also have a Christmas Eve candlelight service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calledtobehome Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is having a Christmas Eve service. I'm kind of glad because we love to stay in our PJ's on Christmas! It's a tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Is your church having Christmas day services since Christmas is on a Sunday this year? Ours is not. They will have Saturday evening services instead. I don't think I like it. You??? Dawn Christmas morning service, no Sunday school and no evening service, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church is having NO Christmas Eve service. They are doing a Christmas Evening candlelight service at the Wednesday night service. We are having the regular three services on Christmas Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Is your church having Christmas day services since Christmas is on a Sunday this year? Ours is not. They will have Saturday evening services instead. I don't think I like it. You??? Dawn We are having Christmas Eve service and a Christmas Day service. The Eve service will be full communion and Lessons and Carols. The Day service will be quiet and reflective and start an hour later than the usual Sunday morning service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 We are having a Friday evening service only--nothing on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Is your church having Christmas day services since Christmas is on a Sunday this year? Ours is not. They will have Saturday evening services instead. I don't think I like it. You??? Dawn We are also having service on Christmas Eve in the evening...We rent our facility and couldn't get it on Christmas Day so we have to have service on Saturday...If not, we would have had it on Sunday like normal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi3129 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Ours is having our two regular Sunday morning services. Interestingly, we're only having one combined service the following Sunday (New Year's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Our church has five services on Christmas Eve. There will be one service on Christmas Day (as opposed to the four we usually have). We will also have only one service on New Year's Day (rather than the four regular services). It does seem odd to me that in order to celebrate a Holy Day the church reduces its services. It seems even more odd that this is also done for New Year's Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Midnight Mass Christmas day Mass at 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Long prayer service Friday morning.Divine Liturgy Saturday morning. Two people being baptized Saturday afternoon. Festal Vigil (2 hours, non-Eucharistic) Saturday evening. Divine Liturgy Sunday (Christmas morning) at 9. Followed by a quick feast together. :0) Every Orthodox Christian parish will have services Sunday/Christmas morning. This is our schedule too, minus the baptisms and the feast--we are to go home and celebrate with our families.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Is your church having Christmas day services since Christmas is on a Sunday this year? Ours is not. They will have Saturday evening services instead. I don't think I like it. You??? Dawn We will have Christmas Eve and Christmas day services.. But then we always have a service on Christmas day no matter when it falls. I didn't grow up with that tradition but I rather like it that way since the whole reason we're celebrating anything at all is because of what God has done for us. But I digress...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Christmas Eve service only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) LDS - Yes but it is only a 1 hour service -normally it is 3 hours. They shorten it to encourage people to spend family time together on Christmas day (and probably because the Primary (kids) teachers don't want to be cooped up for 2 hours with kids who got up at 4am and had candy for breakfast) :) Edited December 18, 2011 by sewingmama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Is your church having Christmas day services since Christmas is on a Sunday this year? Ours is not. They will have Saturday evening services instead. I don't think I like it. You??? Dawn The Orthodox Church has a ramped up service schedule this whole week and has Divine Liturgy on Sunday. I'm still learning, but I think there would be a Divine Liturgy any day of the week that Christmas would land on. The Church will be all decorated for the special feast. It will be my first experience of the feast of the Nativity this next Sunday. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Our church is not having service on Sunday, just Christmas Eve. I'm not sure what the logic is, but I don't think I like it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Long prayer service Friday morning.Divine Liturgy Saturday morning. Two people being baptized Saturday afternoon. Festal Vigil (2 hours, non-Eucharistic) Saturday evening. Divine Liturgy Sunday (Christmas morning) at 9. Followed by a quick feast together. :0) Every Orthodox Christian parish will have services Sunday/Christmas morning. Same schedule here, minus the baptisms as Caitlin said (but with a parish Christmas dinner at our house). Usually in our parish (and this is probably true for a lot of Orthodox parishes), the Christmas Day Divine Liturgy is held at about midnight beginning on Christmas Eve, ending well into actual Christmas day. Since it's on a Sunday this year, though, that has been changed so that the service is at the usual time for a Sunday. We've almost got our kids talked into opening gifts on the 26th instead of on the 25th. We wouldn't do it before Liturgy on the 25th, and when we get home after the small feast at church it will be almost noon. Then we have guests coming at 4:00, so I'll be cooking from getting home until about 4:00. It seems like it'd be funner, more relaxed, to wait until the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineW Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 One service with the whole family at 10:30. We'll be travelling which is good since we once attempted the family service in the summer and it involved taking turns with all three kids outside. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burleygirl Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 No change in any Sunday service - worship as usual. We never have a Christmas Eve service. But then again it's not a religious observation for church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbholly Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Our church is having both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Christmas and New Year's services are cancelled. Our Christmas service is today (Dec. 18). Pastor told us to be with our families and friends on Christmas and NY. We're a small church, and we like it that way. Similar. Small church. Most every one travels a minimum of thirty minutes - some, like us, travel longer. There are also additional weather concerns. Main reason, however, is that pastor and family will be traveling to be with family, whom they haven't seen in awhile and there are serious medical concerns. Not sure how I feel about no church . . . I can see the practicality of canceling . . . Yet, it's Sunday . . . I think perhaps it just comes down to the reality of a small church in a small, winter-weather-prone area . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 We will also have only one service on New Year's Day (rather than the four regular services). It does seem odd to me that in order to celebrate a Holy Day the church reduces its services. It seems even more odd that this is also done for New Year's Day. This does seem odd for a Holy Day of Obligation, to only have one mass. We'll have one less mass (the Sunday evening LifeTeen mass) on Christmas and New Year's(Solemnity of Mary), and lots of extra masses on Christmas Eve, but otherwise, pretty much the same schedule as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It's Sunday. We have church on Sunday, whether it's Christmas Day or not :) We also have a Christmas Eve candlelight service. Same here. No Sunday school for the few weeks around xmas/new year as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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