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Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation Christmas Eve Services Thursday, December 24, 2020 4pm Christmas Pageant & Worship for All Ages 7:30pm Musical Prelude 8pm Candlelight Service with Choir, Carols and Readings

May the blessings of a healthy and joyous Christmas be yours!

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GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH What do you do when you’ve had a fire and spent eighteen months rebuilding and renewing the structure only to have a pandemic stop your plans for celebration? Stay grounded in God and move to digital worship! God didn’t leave the building when we left the structure. God didn’t leave the community of Good Shepherd when we shifted to a temporary location. God continues with us in this digital moment. We sure hope you see God’s light in Sunday worship and monthly Jazz Prayer. Visit our website at www. goodshepherdlc.org where you will find FB and more links to our Jazz Prayer, Christmas Eve services, and Nativity Display.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH During the pandemic members of Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest have gathered for live-streamed worship services every Sunday at 8:30am on YouTube. Live-stream Christmas services will include special music from small groups of vocalists and instrumentalists. The Children’s Service will be presented in a new video format for 2020. It opens with the candle cross procession, a 70-year-old tradition, which was filmed outdoors this year on the church steps.

Join us for Christmas worship at the Grace River Forest channel on YouTube where the 2020 Children’s Christmas Eve service video premieres at 4:15pm on December 24.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. John 1:5

PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Pilgrim Congregational Church UCC extends warmest wishes for peace, hope, love, and joy to the entire community this holiday season. Be part of the season with us at two events on Christmas Eve: 4:30-5:00 a parade with lights, scripture, and rhythm instruments as we seek the Christ child outside the church; and a 7:00pm Service of Lessons and Carols live on our Pilgrim YouTube channel. Everyone is also invited to join us for worship online any Sunday morning at 10:00am. See www.PilgrimOakPark/org/events for details.

UNITY TEMPLE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION Worship is central to the life of our community. It reminds us of who we are, what we can become, how we want to live, as well as what we hope to give to the wider community. Due to COVID-19, our Sunday morning services are currently streaming virtually at 10am and can be accessed on our YouTube channel. Our Sunday morning services follow a regular order of worship each week, which includes a message for all ages, music, prayer, and a sermon. Each week, we seek to provide both comfort and challenge as we draw from many different sources of inspiration.

Christmas worship at Grace River Forest on YouTube Children’s Service of Lessons and Carols Premieres at 4:15pm on December 24 on the Grace River Forest channel on YouTube. A 70-year tradition in a new video format.

Live-stream services December 24, 7pm Special music and candlelight singing of “Silent Night”

December 25, 10am Hymns, scripture and preaching 7300 Division St.▪︎ River Forest ▪︎ 708-366-6900 ▪︎ GraceRiverForest.org

“Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.”

– Helen Steiner Rice