Advent, Christmas, Epiphany schedules and events

Advent, Christmas and Epiphany at St. Stephen’s Church

Worship, livestreams, holiday schedule and more

Even as we were able to welcome people back to in-person worship last Christmas, we were still limiting attendance and thus required advance signups for our services. While COVID is still with us, public health experts say that it has entered an endemic phase, and vaccines and boosters are widely available. We are grateful that 2022 will look more like the pre-pandemic Advent, Christmas and Epiphany we remember.

Please note, however, that since Christmas Eve 2022 will fall on a Saturday and Christmas Day and Christmas I will be Sundays, that will affect our service schedule for those two Sundays.

During services with an asterisk (*) child care will be available for ages 4 and younger.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18: ADVENT IV

8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite One 9:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite Two (one service in the main church, one in Palmer Hall)* No Forum or formation 11:15 a.m., Morning Prayer and Youth Pageant* 5:30 p.m., Celtic Evensong and Communion* 6:30 p.m., Sunday Community Supper 8:00 p.m., Sung Compline

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20: LIVE NATIVITY

5:00-6:00 p.m. on the grounds

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24: CHRISTMAS EVE

Farmers market, 9 a.m.-noon, outdoors 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.: Two identical “family services”—one at 3:00 p.m., the other at 5:00 p.m.—with Holy Eucharist: Rite Two. While these services are alike, we offer both to accommodate the large number of people who attend.)

8:00 p.m., Celtic Christmas with choir and instrumentalists

11:00 p.m., Traditional Christ Mass (Holy Eucharist: Rite One) with St. Stephen’s Choir and instrumentalists

All Christmas Eve services take place in the main church, and a halfhour of special music precedes each service (2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.). Overflow seating will be available.

All Christmas Eve services will be livestreamed: ststephensRVA.org/christmas