Compiled by Amanda Kimble
ERATH COUNTY (December 23, 2016) – Beyond the gift giving, glitter and feasts of plenty, families are gathering to celebrate the true reason for the season. A true Christian celebration, the Christmas story was not built on monetary gifts, but the gift of the son of God, the birth of Jesus Christ.
From a church that thinks outside the box, offering a fun-filled family event with magic and wonder and another celebrating alongside nursing home residents to a traditional annual community dinner and worship services, congregations across Erath County are opening their hearts and doors, inviting you to celebrate during services planned for Friday through Sunday.
Here are just a few for your family to consider:
FRIDAY – Christmas Eve, Eve
TRC hosts family fun
Timber Ridge Church hosts Rockin’ Christmas, with two services, at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday.
The fun-filled Christmas experience includes a lot more than traditional church services, such as rockin’ Christmas music, pictures with Santa, carriage rides, s’mores around the campfire, Christmas treats, a hot cocoa bar, classic Christmas carols, 100 percent chance of snow and even more fun and treats for children inside the kid’s ministry.
The event is open to the entire community and promises to be a fun-filled event celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, so pack up your family and take a few friends.
The church is located at FM 8 (Lingleville Highway) North Bates Street in Stephenville.
Visit RockMyChristmas.com for more information.
SATURDAY – Christmas Eve
Churches celebrate with Mulberry residents
First Christian Church and Oakdale United Methodist Church celebrate the meaning of the season at Mulberry Manor in Stephenville 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
During the special Christmas Eve Service, the churches, residents and staff of the nursing and rehabilitation center and their family members will sing old-fashioned Christmas carols, hear the Christmas story from the Gospels, partake of the Lord’s Supper and celebrate together with a candlelight service.
Community members are invited to attend. Mulberry Manor is located at 1670 West Lingleville Road.
Oakdale United Methodist Church, located at 2675 West Overhill Drive in Stephenville, will also hold two Christmas Eve evening services. A family-friendly service begins at 5 p.m., and the candlelight service begins at 6.
FUMC holds three services
First United Methodist Church of Stephenville offers three services on Saturday. A contemporary Christmas Eve service begins at 5 p.m., followed by the traditional service at 7 p.m. and midnight service beginning at 11:30 p.m.
The church is located at 422 West Washington Street.
SUNDAY – Christmas Day
FBC hosts tradition service, community meal
First Baptist Church Stephenville hosts its 13th Annual Community Christmas Day Dinner from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. inside fellowship hall. The annual event follows a 10 a.m. worship service. December is family worship month at FBC, when those who typically attend children’s church will worship alongside their families.
First Baptist Church is located at 334 West Green Street in Stephenville.
Visit www.fbcstephenville.org for more information
Other services
Double N Cowboy Church, located at 7202 East State Highway 6 in Dublin, will hold a candlelight and communion service at 10 a.m. Christmas morning.
Church for The Lost and Found invites the community to worship Immanuel at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve. The First Assembly congregation gathers at 512 North Park Street in Dublin.
Cornerstone Assembly of God, located at 950 Glen Rose Road, hosts a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. Saturday and its Christmas Day Family Service at 10 a.m. Sunday.
First Christian Church invites members and the community to its traditional Christmas morning service at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The church is located at 450 West Tarleton Street in Stephenville.
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