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Christmas services

Community Presbyterian Church 800 W. Main St., Payson Christmas Eve Services: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 24. These services are in-person. Masks are required. Expedition Church Christmas Eve Services: 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 24. Mount Cross Lutheran Church 601 E. Highway 260, Payson Online worship available for Christmas Eve. Services can be found on the Mount Cross Facebook page. Currently, there is also an in person service planned at 5 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 24, but with the rapidly spreading virus, that may be canceled. Mountain Bible Church Christmas Eve Service: live stream, 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 24. Ponderosa Bible Church

This Week in Lincolnville: Christmas in the Trenches

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.

Church news in brief

First Christian Church This Sunday’s message by Pastor Gregory Chambers is titled “At the Heart of Christmas” and the Scripture reading is Luke 1:26-38. The church, 401 N. Dixon St., is having in-person worship in the sanctuary at 10 a.m. The service will also be livestreamed on Facebook. Open Communion is celebrated each Sunday. The church will have two unique worship opportunities on Christmas Eve. At 6 p.m. there will be a service of carols, Communion and candlelight as we rejoice at the birth of the Christ Child. At 11:15 p.m., there will be a time of celebration as the clock strikes midnight and we proclaim that Christmas is forever! Both services will be in the sanctuary for in-person worship and streamed live on Facebook.

Minister's Moment: Christmas and the Christ are coming regardless!

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