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RELIGIOUS ROUNDUP

Christ’s Outreach Church, 120 Walker Ave., will have a 6:30 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight service. Holy Communion will be served.

The missions prayer focus this week is Sun Valley Indian School in Arizona.

Ministry leader reports are due. Deliver them to the church office.

The pastor’s Bible study for Tuesday is canceled.

Community Life ChurchCommunity Life Church holds services at McQuistion Elementary School.Tonight’s candlelight Christmas Eve service will be from 7 to 8. Nursery and preschool child care will be available.The laundromat ministry outing will be Sunday after the service. Quarters are provided. Meet in the lobby.Communion will be observed at the end of Sunday’s message.The Tuesday weekly prayer meeting will resume Jan. 6.

Covenant Presbyterian Covenant Presbyterian Church, 230 E. Jefferson St., will have a Christmas Eve service of lessons and carols, based on the service at King’s College, Cambridge University, at 7:30 tonight. The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated. Festival music will begin at 7 p.m.“Behind the Music,” a service with stories of Christmas carols, will be Sunday morning. Elders Leanne Heaton, Brian Graff and Mitchell Hortert will lead the service.The noisy offering will be received at the Sunday worship service.

East Butler Presbyterian East Butler Presbyterian Church 9th and Randolph StS., East Butler will have a 6 p.m. Christmas Eve worship with Holy Communion, special music and a candlelight service.

First BaptistFirst Baptist Church, 221 W. New Castle St., will have regular Sunday morning activities this week. There also will be a 6 p.m. worship service Sunday.There will be no prayer or youth group meeting at the church Dec. 31.

First Church of Christ, ScientistThe First Church of Christ, Scientist, 120 W. Penn St., will have a 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve service with Christmas hymns and Bible readings.

Grace @ Calvary LutheranGrace’s Closet, a free clothing bank at Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church, 123 E. Diamond St. will not be open Saturday. It will reopen Jan. 10.

GraceWay GraceWay meets each Sunday at the Center Township Elementary School on Mercer Road.Jenny Taylor and MaryAnn Mahan will provide special music for the Sunday worship service.The all GraceWay youth party will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Taylor residence. Call Jenny Martin for details.

Hill United PresbyterianThe first Sunday of Christmastide will be observed Sunday at Hill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second St.The church office will be closed Thursday and Friday.Members can pick up 2015 offering envelopes in the overflow room.

Mount Chestnut PresbyterianThe church office at Mount Chestnut Presbyterian Church, 727 W. Old 422, will be closed Christmas Day and Friday.There will be two worship services and Sunday school this Sunday. There also will be a 6 p.m. confirmation class.The church office will be closed New Year’s Day.

New Life Christian MinistriesNew Life Christian Ministries, 139 Knoch Road, Saxonburg, will offer only two worship gatherings this weekend at 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. There will not be a Saturday evening worship gathering.New Life will celebrate Christmas Eve with gatherings at 4, 5:30, 7 and 8:30 p.m. today. Child care will be provided for birth to kindergarten.New Year’s Eve at New Life will be from 8 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:15 a.m. Jan. 1. Take a favorite appetizer or dessert to share and board games, puzzles or card games.

North Butler Presbyterian North Butler Presbyterian Church, 137 North Butler Church Road, Chicora, will have an 8 p.m. Christmas Eve worship with Holy Communion, special music by the choir and a candlelight service.

Old Union Presbyterian Old Union Presbyterian Church, 200 Union Church Road, Mars, will have a traditional Christmas Eve service at 7:30 tonight with Communion, prayers and candlelighting.

Presbyterian Church of PortersvilleThe Presbyterian Church of Portersville, 1297 Perry Highway, Portersville, will have a 7 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight service.

Saint Andrews United PresbyterianThe candlelight Christmas Eve service of Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, 201 E. Jefferson St., will be at 7 p.m. Special music will begin at 6:30 p.m.To help with the eighth annual Chili Cook-Off Jan. 24, see Lori Love.

St. John’s Lutheran St. John’s Lutheran Church on Main Street in Connoquenessing will celebrate the Lord’s birth with a 7 p.m. candlelight service Christmas Eve.The December cause of the month is Abiding Ministries, a Pittsburgh-based ministry to assist the homeless of Pittsburgh with clothing, toiletries, sleeping bags, blankets and other essentials.

St. John’s United Church of ChristSally Thompson will deliver the message during Sunday’s service at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 501 E. Main St., Evans City.The church office will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Summit PresbyterianSummit Presbyterian Church, 181 Caldwell Drive, will not have Sunday school or youth group Sunday.There will be no Tuesday women’s Bible study.The office will close Dec. 31 and reopen Jan. 5.

Trinity Lutheran ChurchThe church office at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, will close Thursday. It will reopen at 9 a.m. Jan. 5

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