Updated: Where and When to Find a Christmas Church Service in Portsmouth
Looking to attend midnight Mass or a Christmas service? Here's a look at where to find services on Saturday and Sunday.
Updated Saturday at 2:48 p.m.: A service has been added below. The time has also been changed for the Portsmouth United Methodist's Christmas Day service.
Looking to find a midnight Mass, but don't know where to go? Or, maybe you missed your church's service by an hour and need to find an alternative place to worship?
Below is a list of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day religious services happening in Portsmouth this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 24 and 25.
Noon
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist and music.
4 p.m.
- A Christmas pageant and Holy Eucharist will be held in St. George's Chapel at St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
- St. Barnabas Church will hold a service on Christmas Eve at 4 p.m. in the church and at 4 p.m. in the parish hall.
5 p.m.
- Portsmouth United Methodist Church will hold a Children's Service.
- St. Anthony's Parish, 2836 East Main Road, will hold a service.
6 p.m.
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist and music.
6:30 p.m.
- St. Barnabas Church will hold a service.
- The Portsmouth Evangelical Friends Church will hold a service on Christmas Eve.
7:30 p.m.
- The Portsmouth United Methodist Church will host a Family Candlelight Service.
8:30 p.m.
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist and music.
10 p.m.
- St. Barnabas Church will hold a service.
10:30 p.m.
- The Portsmouth United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas Eve Communion Service.
11 p.m.
- St. Anthony's Church will hold a Christmas vigil.
Midnight
- The church at the Portsmouth Abbey will hold a midnight Mass.
7 a.m.
- The church at the Portsmouth Abbey will celebrate a Mass.
8 a.m.
- The church at the Portsmouth Abbey will celebrate a Mass.
9 a.m.
- St. Anthony's Church will celebrate a Mass at 9 a.m.
- The church at the Portsmouth Abbey will celebrate a Mass.
10 a.m.
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist and music.
- St. Barnabas Church, 1697 East Main Road, will hold a service on Christmas Day.
- Portsmouth United Methodist Church, 2732, East Main Road, will hold a service.
- King's Grant Fellowship will hold a service.
10:30 a.m.
- The Portsmouth Evangelical Friends Church, 11 Middle Road, will hold a service.
jan hindley
7:16 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
does anyone know of a living nativity for Christmas Eve?