Church services at Christmas

Amity Presbyterian Church at 103 Newport Bridge Road in Warwick will celebrate Christmas Eve with a family service of music and scripture at 7 p.m. Pastor David Ham will deliver the message and Mary Pohlman will lead the music. Craigville Bible Church at 789 Craigville Road in Chester will perform an Advent Service and Cantata “The Gift Goes On” on Wed, Dec. 28, at the Campbell Hall Rehab Center. On Saturday Dec. 24, a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be offered at 6 p.m. Call 469-4408 or visit www.craigvillebiblechurch.org. First Presbyterian Church at 33 Park Place in Goshen, will offer three services on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, including: a Family Service geared to families with young children at 4 p.m.; a traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m.; and a Mid-Watch Service of meditation and song at 11 p.m. On Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25, a worship service will be held at 10 a.m. Call 294-7991. St. Columba Church at 27 High St. in Chester will offer confessions on Friday, Dec. 23, after the 8:15 a.m. Holy Mass and from 7:30 p.m. until confessions completed; and on Saturday, Dec. 24, from 2 to 3 p.m. Holy Mass will be offered on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.; on Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25, at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m.; on New Years Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and on New Years Day, Sunday, Jan. 1, at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. Call 469-2108. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 101 Main St. in Chester. On Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, the “Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord” will be held at 8:30 p.m. This festal service with Holy Communion will celebrate the birth of Jesus through a children’s pageant, guest musicians, candlelight, and a festive social hour. On Christmas morning, Sunday, Dec. 25, a Holy Eucharist will feature impromptu a capella music at 9 a.m. Sugar Loaf & Bellvale United Methodist Church will hold a joint Parish Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24, at the Sugar Loaf church on King’s Highway. On Sunday, Dec. 25, there will be a worship service at 9:15 a.m. at the Bellvale church on Iron Forge Road, and an 11 a.m. service at the Sugar Loaf church. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 9 Vance Lane off Route 207 in Rock Tavern will offer Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7:30 p.m. with a Celebration of Light for the winter solstice, Chanukah and Christmas. A Christmas morning service at 10:30 a.m. will offer “Reflections on Jesus of Nazareth” by Rev. Jim Bridges. Refreshments and fellowship following services. Call 496-9696. Warwick Valley Evangelical Free Church will hold a candlelight service on Saturday, Dec. 24, starting at 11:30 p.m. The church is located at 41 Bellvale Lakes Road, across the street from the Iron Forge Inn in Bellvale. All are welcome. Call 986-0570 or visit www.wvefc.org.