Christmas morning
 

I know some churches will cancel for Christmas morning and some will not change their sevices at all..... What's your opinion or preference for service Christmas morning?....... Is your local church having service on Christmas morning?

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We are having one "family" service at 10 AM, rather than the usual 9 and 11. We have no idea what the attendance will be, but we just couldn't see canceling service on the day we're supposed to be acknowledging Jesus' birth. Hopefully this will give people time before to do Christmas gifts and still time to get home and finish Christmas dinner.

We'll see.........

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Our church is having service an hour later than usual that morning.

I have no problem, though, with anyone who cancels service, or anyone who doesn't attend on that day. I think Christmas is primarily a family celebration, and I don't think canceling, or not attending, a church service means you're ignoring Jesus on "his day". Jesus doesn't just dwell inside the church building. It's not like we're going to visit him. :) He is wherever we are, including our family celebrations. :)

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Are there any churches cancelling the Sunday service(s), but holding a special Christmas Eve one?

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We normally have 2 Sunday AM services, but are doing one Sunday AM and one Saturday PM so people can choose which day they prefer.

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Switching ours to 2:00PM

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We will have our Christmas Eve service on Saturday at 7:00. Then Sunday morning we are canceling Sunday School, but keeping morning worship at the same time as normal. Then we're canceling Sunday evening.

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We are adding a Christmas Eve service for those that can't make it on Christmas morning and on Christmas day we are having 1 instead of 3 morning services. They will both be a candle light service.

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My church is having service. My family will not be there because IMO the family time and seeing my boy light up Christmas morning is more important than rushing to church to hear a sermon I have likely already heard a hundred times.

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Yes, we are. Christmas Eve at 4 pm. No service the next morning...

http://www.alcplano.org/index.cfm/pa...543/index.html

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We are not having service..which is fine by me as we have a 45min drive to get there, and Christmas morning is hectic. We will (as we always do) emphasize that morning as a celebration of Christ..we will spend that time together as family.

I must say, a candle light Christmas Eve service sounds pretty awesome though!

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Our church is not having service as the 5/6 of the congregation is going to be out of town on that day, including the pastor. However, we will be down at relatives, and as the church that my uncle pastors will be having a Sunday morning service, my parents will be there, and I am going to give it a really good try. Service will start at 1100, so I hope that will be plenty of time.

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What happened to Christ being the reason for the season?

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Does one have to attend church to make Christ the reason for the season? Or can a family worship in their own home?

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Our church usually does the following on Sunday morning:
Bible Class from 9:30 to 10:00
Breakfast (about 100 people show up) from 10:00 to 10:30
Morning service from 10:30 to noon.

It is my understanding that there will only be one short service at 10:30, maybe a Christmas play. I'm not planning on being there.

Christmas to me is a family thing.
We will have about 23 people here Christmas Eve. (children, spouses, fiances, grandchildren, etc.)
Next day the children do their own thing with their children and some other relatives.
We will probably sleep late Christmas day and maybe go visit a place or two.

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I'm not sure what the schedule is... we'll be at the oldest son's beach house with the grandkids. Flipflops in the sand, tamales and a cook out for Christmas.

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Saturday evening service at 5:30 and no Sunday Services. Pastor says enjoy time with your family.

Normal Sunday services are at 9AM and 11AM with @ 700 in attendance in each service.:christmasfire

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We are not going to be having service on New Years either.

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That actually surprises me. I thought one of the big hallmarks of the UPC was their New Years eve foot washing services.

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Does anybody still do foot washing?

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Yep, my Uncle's church does, and so do we. However, we are going to be out of town celebrating Christmas with my Grandmother in Jefferson City. So we will not be having church on that day. Most churches have watch night services on the cusp of the new year and will often cancel at least one service when it falls on Sunday. We will not need to worry about such things next year though.

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We still do foot washing

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This is exactly my feeling about Christmas. It is about family.

Our entire lives are about Christ! One day is no more special than the next. They are all meant to be lived for Christ. Thus for me, Christmas is about families getting together.

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I agree.

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Where I attend Sunday service will be canceled.