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SECTION 2« PACE 1 • PLAI1NDEALER HKR AlJ). FK1DA1. DKCKMBKR 21.19S4 Church Learn the real meaning of Christmas at church Chain O'Laltes Evangelical Covenant Church, 4815 N. Wilmot Rd., McHenry A special candlelight service will be presented Christmas Eve at 11 p.m., in celebration of Christ's birth. Appropriate music will be provided by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Guth and Mrs. Otto JKeyes. The church organist, Mrs. Robert Cluff, will furnish the accompaniment and other music for the evening. Otto Keyes will offer a dramatic reading of "The Gift of the Magi." Congregation singing will include many familiar Christmas carols. The Rev. Marlowe Shoop and wife Donna will read the Christmas story prior to the congregation receiving Holy Communion. The service will conclude with the lighting of each worshiper's candle, starting with the reverend's candle, lit from the Christ candle on the Advent wreath. For further details, call the church office at 497-3000. Alliance Bible Church, 3815 W. Bull Valley Rd„ McHenry On Dec. 23 and 30, the regular morning worship services will be held at 11 a.m. The Dec. 23 evening service at 7 p.m. will feature songs from "An Old Fashioned Christmas. The Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Worship Service will begin at 7:30 p.m. A community sing for all area churches is scheduled for 9 p.m. Dec. 30. On Dec. 31, the 8:30 p.m. Evening Service will feature slides from Israel and Egypt. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 404 N. Green St„ McHenry Three special services have been planned to celebrate Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Womens' Women for Christ will sponsor its Seventh Annual Winter Break Friday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago. Jill Brisco, a noted Christian author and lecturer, will be speaking on tHe con­ ference theme, "Embrace Life." The weekend will include lany stimulating seminars ing in topics from "Traits of lealthy Family" led by David and Karen Mains, to "Reflec­ tions of God in Art" with Luci Shaw and Marge Gieser. Nine additional seminars geared to meeting the needs of many rmngir aHeal Dec. 24, candlelight communion services will be held at 7:30 and 11 p.m. They will conclude with the sanctuary in darkness ex­ cept for the light of the candles and the light on the cross, while the congregatrion sings "Silent Night." On Christmas Day, a festival communion service will be held at 10:30 a.m. The senior choir and special octet, directed by Rosemary Schneider, and the Shepherd's Bells. or handbell thoir, directed by Dawn LaBuy, as well as the' junior handbell choir, directed by Judy Zid, will provide special music for the Christmas services. The sanc­ tuary will be adorned with poinsettia plants for the celebration. Each year, Pastor Charles Infelt at Holy Family Lutheran Church in the Cabrini Green area of Chicago hosts a Christmas party for needy children, and members of Shepherd of the Hills are providing 50 gifts for this special Christmas experience. Also, the joy of Christmas will be shared by the junior and senior Luther leagues for students in fifth through 12th grade as they go caroling at the homes of shut-ins of the parish, as well as area nursing homes, under the direction of parish worker Kim Rehfeldt. First United Methodist Church, 3717 W. Main St., McHenry The Christmas Eve services will be held at 7:30 and 11 p.m., and the choir will sing at 11. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 2302 W. Church St., Johnsburg The Rev. John C. Holdren, pastor, has announced there will be a Christmas Eve Mass at 5:30 p.m., and a children's Christ­ mas program starting at 5 p.m. The Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, with a Christmas Music Program featuring Vianney set Adult Choir is set for 11:20 p.m. Christmas Day there will be Masses at 7, 9 and 11 a.m. The New Year's Eve Mass is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. and New Year's Day Masses are at 7, 9 and 11 a.m. Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, 4206 W. Elm St., McHenry 1 'Froehliche Weinachten!" That is how the forebears of many McHenry area Christians wished one another "Merry Christmas!" With a Christmas Communion service in the German language led by the Rev. W.H. Wetzstein at 2 o'clock in the afternoon Sunday, Dec. 23, special celebrations of the Savior's birth will begin. On the same afternoon at 4 o'clock, Zion's Sunday School will give the Christmas message in song and recitation in a pageant called "God's Children Rejoice." Pastors Herman Graef and James Teasdale will preach in three special Christmas ser­ vices on the theme of "Peace" that comes with God's gift of His Son to the world. In the early Christmas Eve service at 7:30 p.m., Advent meditations on the angels who heralded the first Christmas will conclude with "Heralds of Peace." The Candlelight service at 11:30 p.m. De&. 24, will proclaim "The Peace of Christmas.'* On the day of Jesus' birth at 9 a.m., the congregation will hear of God's gift, "The Peace of Life." Special services at the turn of the year will stress priorities of fellowship with God at every step of life's journey. The Old Year will be laid to rest with a service of absolution and Holy Communion at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31. The New Year will begin with prayer and praise to God in a special service at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 1. St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 3500 W. Washington St., McHenry Father Petit says, "At- / tendance at holy Mass, recep­ tion of Penance and Holy Communion seem to take on a deeper significance during this holy season. We ask you to avail yourself of ». these special graces." Reconciliation Services will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. The usual schedule of con­ fessions will be followed from 4 to 5 p.m. Dec. 22. Masses are set for 5:30 and 7 p.m. and midnight Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Christmas Day they will be held at 7:15, 8:30, 9:45 and 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. There will be no confessions on New Year's Eve. Masses will be at 5:90 and 7 p.m. New Year's Eve, and 7:15, 8:30, 9:45 and 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. New Year's r»a* Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, 8505 Church St., Ridgefield Two candlelight communion Christmas Eve services will be held Dec. 24, at 7 and 10:30 p.m. St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, 1401 N. Rich­ mond Rd., McHenry Father Gaynor advises, "In the midst of trouble in the world, discontent in our nation, the only contemporary women will be offered. Also featured will be the ar­ tistry of mime actor Randall Bane. Some additional highlights of the weekend include superb meals and accommodations, a well-stocked conference bookstore, and professional counseling. The registration deadline for the "Embrace Life" conference is Jan. 2. All women, high school age and older, are invited to attend. Interpreters for the deaf will be available. For more information call 368- 0918 or 260-1060. BIBLE i VERSE. I / I His name shall be called Wonderful. Counsellor, The Mighty God. Thv Everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace. 1. Who wrote the above words? 2. Of whom was he speaking? 3. How long before the birth of Christ were these words spoken? 4. Where may this verse be found? Aiswert to Bible Veree 1. Isaiah the prophet. 2. Jesus Christ, the long prom­ ised Messiah.' 3. More than four hundred years B.C 4. Isaiah 9:6. source for peace and joy is still the Word Made Flesh - Our Infant Savior." The regular Sunday schedule of Masses will be followed Dec. 23, with the addition of a Penance Service at 8 p.m. Dec. 24 there will be one Mass at 9 a.m.; confessions from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. r confessions for the elderly and infirm from 1 to 2 p.m.; Masses at 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Carol Service at 11:15 p.m., followed by Midnight Mass. The regular Sunday schedcule of Masses will be held Christmas Day. Dec. 29, Masses will be at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Confessions from 4 to 4:50 and 7 to7:30 p.m. One Mass will be offered at 9 a.m. Dec. 31; confessions from 4 to 4:50 p.m.; no 7 p.m. con­ fessions; and Masses at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Father James Novak will be hearing confessions in Polish and German during the times scheduled for the church. Unity Church of Crystal Lake, 3 Chalet Drive, northwest of the intersection of routes 14 and 31 Everyone is invited to share in the true spirit and meaning of Christmas in a Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service at 7 p.m. Dec. 24, in Unity Church of Crystal Like. The Rev. Brian Combs said, "In this special service you will realize the essence of the birth of Christ through prayerful meditation, music of the season and a candlelighting ceremony which symbolizes the indwelling Christ Light, our continuous guide to peace, love and un­ derstanding." "As each person lights his candle, he is reminded of the beauty of the spirit of Christ as reflected in the light he holds. Each one will receive a scrip­ tural affirmation to be his personal inspiration as he ex­ periences the joy of the Christmas season." he con­ tinued. Jesus said, "You are the Ught of the world. Let your light shine." The joy of the season will be enhanced as the young people of Unity offer a special Christmas program Sunday, Dec. 23, during the 11 a.m. service. One can enjoy caroling amidst the setting of busy city streets as "Christmas Sings in the City" is presented by the nursery (pre­ school), Sunday school (6-10), Uniteens (11-13) and Y.O.U. (14- 18). As a special gift to the congregation, the reverend is preparing and serving a traditional Christmas dinner, complete with all the trim­ mings, at the church, at 3 p.m. Christmas day. "If you haven't tasted Brian's cooking, you're in for a real treat," stated Bill Webb, Unity board member. "He's an excellent cook and a charming host." The candle is lit Chain 0' Lakes Evangelical Covenant Pastor Marlowe Shoop lifts Jeremy Rosentreter to light a candle on the church's Advent wreath. Platndealer Herald photo by Robert Gordon The large wreath, hanging in the middle of the church, will be an integral part of a Christmas be! 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