Christmas Eve traditions
By Vickie Rhodehamel - Arcanum News
What is your Christmas Eve Tradition? Every family celebrates special holidays in their own way. Christmas Eve is no exception, with families incorporating a wide variety of traditions. Our family treasures memories of attending a candlelight service on Christmas Eve. While attending church together is a family tradition, there’s something uniquely moving about the dim lighting, the glow of the candles and the words of the age-old Christmas hymns.
There’s no other evening quite as magical as Christmas Eve; in fact, my most treasured time of worship during the Christmas season. I just loved raising my candle in this collective effort to praise Him for the light he brought to our dark world. Attend a service this year with your family and even pray about inviting someone to come with you! Some churches in the area are also live-streaming their services, if there is one in particular that you are interested in viewing o
This Week in Lincolnville: Christmas in the Trenches
..a century ago Mon, 12/21/2020 - 11:15am
A gallery of Shebang photos. What happened to all those wonderful handmade masks? Are they tucked away in barns and attics all over the midcoast?
Photos by Liz Hand
Take a minute and listen to John McCutcheons’s
song “Christmas in the Trenches”. Probably you’ve heard it before, but maybe not. It happened just over 100 years ago, when World War I was devastating France. The story of the Christmas truce held particular meaning for my husband, a connection of sorts for him to the father he never knew.
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Bethel UMC
SPRING CITYÂ â Sign up during worship or call the office if you would like to attend Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church. The seating limit is about 40. Christmas Eve Service will be available livestreamed via social media at 7 p.m. and will be available for viewing on our Facebook page after the service is over. On Sunday, worship will be held in the Fellowship Hall at 8:30 am and in the Sanctuary at 10 am.
Bethel Community
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POTTSTOWNÂ â On Sunday at 11:00 AM, you are invited to worship with Bethel Community Church of Pottstown for the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The preacher will be Minister Marcus Swinson who has joined the Ministerial Staff. In-person are permissible but masks must be worn at all times with social distancing. In addition, the service is Live on Facebook at Bet el-Community-Church-of-Pottstown or dial-in by calling 215-383-1625 Code 198087. BCCP Food Pantry is open on Monday at 6 PM when BCCP
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