Category: Holidays

Christmas Eve Schedule

Christmas Eve Services
Please note, because Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday, our worship times will be different. We will NOT meet for worship at 10am. Instead you are invited to attend one or both of the following services.
Family Christmas Eve Service — 4 pm.
Once again the family service will begin with an extended prelude offered by our own musicians, from amateur to professional.  If you’d like tmichelangelo_merisi_da_caravaggio_-_nativity_with_st_francis_and_st_lawrence_-_wga04193o participate, please let either me or Mary Jane know so that we can formulate an order.
The service itself consists of the birth narrative (Luke and Matthew) and Christmas carols.  The hallmark of this service is a Christmas story appropriate for children of all ages (of course including adults!)  As always we’ll sing Silent Night by candle light.
Nine Lessons and Carols — 7 pm
Led by our fantastic choir, we’ll work our way through the prophecies of the birth of Jesus, the stories of his birth and the reason why they are so important even still.  The choir will sing several glorious pieces of Christmas music and the congregation will add their voice with some of the carols we love to sing — including, of course, Silent Night by candle light.

Lenten Lunches: Thursdays in February & March

Lenten lunches started yesterday. They are held Thursdays from 12-1PM and rotate among several churches in Waterbury.
What are Lenten lunches? They are an opportunity to break bread together in unity and love during Lent in the Waterbury area. Lunch begins at noon with a short devotional led by the host church with lunch to follow provided by the host church. There is no charge for the meal but an offering basket is available to support the Waterbury Good Neighbor Fund which helps those in need in our area. Let us prepare in fellowship and joy to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus in the unity and love of the Holy Spirit from different churches but one in Christ.
Here’s the schedule:

  • 2/19 at the Waterbury Congregational Church, hosted by Wesley UMC Waterbury
  • 2/26 at & hosted by the Waterbury Congregational Church
  • 3/5 at & hosted by the Waterbury Center Community Church
  • 3/12 at & hosted by the Hunger Mountain Christian Assembly
  • 3/19 at & hosted by Saint Andrew Church in Saint Leo’s Hall
  • 2/26… To be announced

We hope to see you there!