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CHRISTMAS services
wellington
ST PATRICK PARISH
512 N. Main St. • 440-647-4375
Christmas Eve 4 p.m.
Christmas Day 10 a.m.
Our Pastor will also celebrate
Christmas Eve Masses at
Sacred Heart (Oberlin) at 6 & 10 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
125 Grand Ave. • 440-647-2477
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 p.m.
December 26: Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Evening Praise Service 6 p.m.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
127 Park Place • 440-647-3263
Christmas Eve Candlelight Services:
7 & 11 p.m.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC
140 South Main St. • 440-647-3308
Candlelight Christmas Eve Service: 7 p.m.
Musical Prelude Concert: 6:30 p.m.
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
108 West St. • 440-647-3483
December 19: Christmas Service 10 a.m.
FREE Breakfast & Cookie Swap
following the service until 12 p.m.
PITTSFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH
17026 SR 58 • 440-574-1648
Christmas Eve Service: 6 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.
PENFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH
40775 St. Rt. 18 • 440-647-3818
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: 7 p.m.
BRIGHTON UMC
21938 SR 511 • 440-828-0773
Christmas Eve Service: 8 p.m.
ROCHESTER UMC
Main Street • 440-828-0773
Christmas Eve Service: 11 p.m.
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ST. JULIE BILLIART CATHOLIC CHURCH Free Holiday Meals
5500 Lear Nagel Rd. • 440-327-1978
Christmas Eve: 5 & 10 p.m. Mass
Christmas Day: 9 & 11 a.m. Mass
January 1: 9 a.m. Mass Free Christmas carry-out Dinner
January 2: 9 & 11 a.m. Mass
Elyria St. Mary Community Christmas Dinner will not have
FIELDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH a sit down meal, but again will be available for carry-out and
34077 Lorain Rd. • 440-327-8753 drive-thru pick up on Christmas Day, December 25, at our Par-
Christmas Eve Services: 3, 7:30 & 10 p.m. ish Hall on St. Mary Way, next to 320 Middle Avenue. Meals
Holy Communion at later services. will be available from noon-2:30 p.m. This is a free dinner and
In-person, drive-in or Livestream options available to all.
via website fieldsumc.org or Facebook/YouTube St. Mary Elyria is now taking reservations for those wishing
to receive a Christmas dinner delivered on Christmas Day. Res-
ervations are made by calling the Parish Office at (440) 323-
VALLEY CITY 5530. The deadline for registering is Wednesday, December 22,
at noon.
ST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH At this time, they are not looking for volunteers as we had
1377 Lester Rd. • 330-483-3883 79 available for Thanksgiving. You can call with your informa-
Christmas Eve: tion and be added to our volunteer database. Also they will not
need donations of beverages as they were blessed in November
11:30 a.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. to have collected enough for 2 dinners.
Christmas Day: 10:30 a.m.
LIFESPRING COMMUNITY CHURCH ‘Sharing Christmas’ Holiday Meals
1638 Lester Rd. • 330-483-4774
Christmas Eve Service: 6 p.m. moves to Fields UMC
The ‘Sharing Christmas’ holiday meal delivery program has
a new home for this year. Fields United Methodist Church, at
Christmas Concerts 34077 Lorain Rd., in North Ridgeville, has agreed to provide
it’s facilities and volunteer help for this ongoing holiday event
that feeds over 600 needy individuals each year.
On Sunday, December 19, at 6 p.m., First Baptist Church Sharing Christmas had its beginnings as a ministry of the
in Wellington is having a Christmas Concert. All are invited to Salvation Army many years ago, specifically to provide a free
attend. Come and enjoy songs of the season to bring the spirit meal to those in need on Christmas Day. Many meal deliver-
of Christmas into your hearts! ies each year are to people who regularly get their meals from
The church is located at 125 Grand Ave., in Wellington. For Meals on Wheels programs - which leaves them without meal
delivery on Saturdays, Sundays and any holidays. It requires
more information, call the church office at (440) 647-2477. 100+ volunteers each year, working with Board Members, and
financial supporters to make ‘Sharing Christmas’ a success.
Solid Brass returns to Wellington First United Methodist
Church, located at 127 Park Pl., in Wellington, for the church’s The pandemic shut ‘Sharing Christmas’ down in 2020; howev-
annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 19, at 7 p.m. er, in 2019 the program delivered 637 meals.
Along with classic Christmas Carols, Solid Brass will join the At 8 a.m. on December 25, board members and designat-
church choir to perform Winter Rose.Come trumpet in Christ- ed volunteers assemble to begin cooking and delivery set-up.
mas with Solid Brass! The concert is a gift from your friends at Delivery drivers arrive at 11 a.m. with their coolers in hand
FUMC. Merry Christmas! and deliver from noon until 3 p.m. - or until every delivery is
completed. Meals are turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy,
Join four area churches as they present a Choral Cantata this two vegetables, rolls and butter and desserts. The day is usually
holiday season! LaGrange, LaPorte, Grafton, and Belden Unit- ended by 5 p.m.
You financial support, and physical support setting up and
ed Methodist Churches have come together to present a Christ- delivering meals is needed.
mas Cantata titled “Promise Of a King.” Join them on Sunday, ‘Sharing Christmas’ is a registered 501(c)3 non- profit and
December 19, at 7 p.m. at LaPorte United Methodist Church , donations can be sent to ‘Sharing Christmas’ c/o Sharon Rus-
located at 2071 Grafton Road, in Elyria. All are welcome and sell, 380 Clearbrook Dr, Avon Lake, Oh 44012.
social distancing will be available. Masks are not required but To volunteer inside or as a delivery driver, call Donna at
if you wish to wear one please do. Light refreshments will be (440) 731-8587.
provided. The event is free, but they will be taking up a love To order meals for qualified individuals or families, call Dee
offering to bless the Christian Children’s Home of Ohio this at (440) 985-0011 or Peggy at (440) 602-1279.
holiday season.
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