Christmas Nativity Pageant Plans Highlight Libertytown
Area churches unite for a live Nativity at St. Peters in Libertytown on Tuesday December 22 at 8 00 p m viewing from cars. Youth from multiple churches portray Mary Joseph Wise Men Shepherds with narration by pastors and a Christmas chorus after the pageant followed by a high schoolers party.
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Libertytown
Mt. Pleasant
Linganore
St. Peter’s
Mary and Joseph
St. Peters
Wise Men
Mt. Zion
Silver Hill
United Methodist
Shepherds
Unionville - Libertytown
Bethlehem
Jesus
John Wesley United Methodist
Daniel C. Henderson
Singanore and
Keys Chapel United Methodist
Michael Leftwich
Christmas Pageants and Services Shared Across Churches
St Mark s Lutheran Wolfs ville presents The Carol of Bethlehem on Sunday December 20 at 7 30 pm with children and adults joining the Sunday School. Frederick United Presbyterian hosts annual carols and candlelighting at 3 pm with Adult and Youth Choirs joined by violinist Dr John D Ramaley and soloists. Mountain dale Union Chapel holds annual Christmas Service Sunday December 20 at 7 30 pm.
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St. Mark’s Lutheran
Wolfsville
Lewistown Methodist Bethel Christmas Candlelight Service
The Lewistown United Methodist Church hosts a Christmas Candlelight Service on Sunday Dec 20 at 7 30 p m with Pastor Darrell G Frey delivering a meditation and Mrs J Jewell Beeson directing music. Communion at the Church of the Nazarene follows 7 8 p m Led by Rev Karl W Retter organist Mrs Karl W Retter coordinates seating by alphabet and welcomes all who have accepted Jesus Christ as savior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown United Methodist Church
Darrell G. Frey
J. Jewell Beeson
Karl W. Reiter
Church of the Nazarene
Karl W. Retter
Mabel Houck
Jesus Christ
Christmas Program at Little Country Chapel Hawbottom
The Little Country Chapel on Hawbottom Road hosts two Christmas events. A play titled A Christmas Picture will be shown Sunday December 20 with the Lutheran Sunday school presenting its annual Christmas program at 7:30 pm. Junior choir director Mrs. Margaret Stauffer leads the music and Pastor Joseph W. Sabo delivers a brief Christmas message.
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Hawbottom Road
Be the
Lutheran Sunday School
Twill
Margaret Stauffer
Joseph W. Sabo
Church notices due dates for holiday edition
Notice states church page news items must be submitted to the office by 3 p.m. on Tuesday December 22 for the Saturday December 26 edition and by Tuesday December 29 for the Saturday January 2 1971 edition. This applies to the next two weeks during the holiday season.
Calvary Lutheran Christmas observances in Woodbine
Calvary Lutheran Church Woodbine conducts Christmas activities starting Sunday December 20 at 9 45 a m with a Sunday School Christmas play directed by Mrs Carol Dorsey The sermon at 11 a m by Rev Donald Clare theme The Highway of Holiness The junior choir cantata A Night of Miracles at 7 p m directed by Mrs Sally Sanner with Miss Freda Condon on piano The Luther League meets 6 30 p m Wednesday to carol for sick and elderly then visits the Guynn family in Winfield Christmas Eve service at 11 p m with sermon The Miracle of Christmas and anthems by both choirs Chrismons decorate the chancel church invites residents of Carroll Howard Frederick and Montgomery Counties Also St Peters Poolesville holds Christmas Eve 11 30 p m Festal Eucharist and Christmas Day Holy Communion at 10 a m
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Calvary Lutheran Church
Woodbine Road
Woodbine
Carol Dorsey
Donald Clare
Sally Sanner
Freda Condon
John Thompson
Luther League
Guynn
Winfield
Clare
Carroll
Howard
Frederick
Montgomery
Calvary Church
Community Christmas Cantata at Christ Reformed Church
On Sunday December 20 at 8 p.m. Christ Reformed Church Middletown hosts the annual Community Christmas Cantata featuring a 124 voice choir directed by Mrs. Donald M. Sullivan. John W. Seachrist Jr. directs music at Zion Lutheran and serves as organist. Soloists include Mrs. Lee D. Gordon Miss Sharon D. Seachrist Miss Nancy Gordon Dennis L. Keller and Dr. John L. Carnochan. Edward McElwee of Hagerstown performs on an 18th century harpsichord with a string quartet led by Paul F. Chalfant. The public is invited to attend this festive performance of The Messiah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Reformed Church
Middletown
Donald M. Sullivan
Christ Church
John W. Seachrist, Jr
Zion Lutheran Church
Lee D. Gordon
Sharon D. Seachrist
Nancy Gordon
Dennis L. Keller
John L. Carnochan
Edward McElwee
Hagerstown
Paul F. Chalfant
Waynesboro
Asher 5. Edelman, Jr
Gregory Klinefelter
Edgewood First Church Of God Christmas Candlelight Service
Edgewood First Church Of God on Edgewood Church Road presents a Christmas Candlelight Service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m December 23. Congregational singing and choir specials accompany the program with Rev Paul W Moore delivering The Message The Light That Never Failed.
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Edgewood First Church of God
Edgewood Church Road
Paul W. Moore
Nazarene Church Christmas Concert and Services Planned
The First Church of the Nazarene on W Seventh Street schedules a 7 30 pm concert titled A Voice In the Witness by David G Danielson with soloists William R Hess and Mrs William Sitting Sr. Narrator Quentin Clingerman. A 9 45 am Sunday school Christmas presentation Home for Christmas features directing by Mrs Oscar Grove and assistants. Rev Karl W Retter to deliver the 10 45 am Christmas sermon.
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First Church of the Nazarene
W. Seventh Street
David G. Danielson
Karl W. Retter
William R. Hess
William R, Hess
William E. Sitting Sr
Quentin Clingerman
Oscar Grove
Barbara Shaffer
Donald Travis
William Elliott Jr
David Flash
Jack Clayton
Sharon Pulkkinen
William B. Davis
Karl W. Reiter
Kenneth Renner
James Masood
St Johns UCC Christmas Program and Candlelight Service News
The St John s United Church of Christ in Woodsboro hosts a Christmas program Sunday December 20 at 7 30 p m with a welcome by Donna Stam baugh and multiple performances including Are You Happy Debby Smith and Mike Smith, a 4 Christmas Prayer by Dean Bowers and David Stambaugh, Candle Messages Teresa Stevens Steven Reiley and Terri Smith, and a Youth Choir cantata Shepherds Found Him with narrators and participants listed. A Christmas Eve Candlelight Service follows on December 24 at 7 30 p m led by Rev H Austin Cooper with Ruth Bowlus at the organ and Bert Thornton providing music and sound effects. Everyone is welcome.
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Pleasant View
Michael Strite
Herald Angels
Melissa Danner
Abraham
Kenneth Sandusky
David
Douglas Sowers
Isiah
Kenneth Moser
Denise
Michael Guyton
Mary
Teresa Tritappe
Linda Vars
Susan Thornton
Kathy Moser
Indergarten
Beth Danner
Jesus
Donna_ Grossnickle
Andrea Drayer
Angel Music
Pam Jones
Dear Jesus
Chris Flannagan
My Secret
Tommy Drayer
Daren Sowers
Children’s Department
Timothy Eyerman
John Grove
Little Town of Bethlehem
Thomas White
Greg Conder
Paula Reed
Timmy Cross
Timmy Conder
Kelly Manahan
Thomas Speak
Lloyd Lambert
Tammy Cross
Bonnie Reed
Teresa Harris
Rebecca Long
Brenda Lenhart
Jeni Ziebell
Christ
Ricky Lenhart
Kathy Speak
Ray Ramsburg
Tammy Reed
Charlene Hubbard
Patsy
Douglas Long
Steven Reed
Mike Ziebell
St. John’s United Church of Christ In
Woodsboro
Donna Stambaugh
Jenny Anders
Deana Morgan
Scot Keyser
Karen Dayhoff
Katrina Stevens
Blaine Catshall
Michelle Smith
Debbie Smith
Mike Smith
Dean Bowers
David Stambaugh
Teresa Stevens
Steven Reiley
Térri Smith
Shepherds
Shadow Pictures
Jane Houck
Debbie Dayhoff
Laura
Susan Reiley
Kim Smith
Kim Stevens
Janice Crum
Angles
Gary
Donald Crum
Michael Anders
Shepherds and Wise Men
Nanette
Jack Webb
Sharon Holt
Daren Morgan
Ricky Smith
Nancy Hough
Ricky
J.D
Brian
Liana Bowers
Charles Crum
Fred Trimble
Chuckie Smith
Billy Dayhoff
Joseph Smith
Pleasant View Church
Warrenton
Virginia
Cooper
Messiah
Woodsboro Lutheran Christmas Eve Services Schedule
The Woodsboro Lutheran Parish presents Christmas Eve services on December 24 with Holy Communion at 7 30 p m at Chapel Libertytown and at 9 p m at the Evangelical in Woodsboro. Both Senior and Junior Choirs will sing.
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Woodsboro
Chapel
Libertytown
Evangelical
Locust Grove Church to Hold Christmas Candlelight Service
Locust Grove Church of the Brethren on Glisan Mill Road Mt. Airy will host a Christmas candlelight service Sunday evening December 20 at 7 30 p m The pastor Rev Loyal II Van derveer and congregation invite the public to attend and celebrate the meaning and spirit of Christmas.
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Parkway Church of God
Locust Grove
Church of the Brethren
Glisan Mill Road
Mt. Airy
Loyal II
Vanderveer
Emmitsburg Community Christmas Messiah Concert
The Emmitsburg Community Chorus in its fifth year will perform Handel's Messiah this Sunday at 3 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church Taneytown with soloists from Baltimore and a Hood College pianist. The Taneytown Ministerium sponsors invite the public. The Grossnickle Church of the Brethren will present its Christmas play December 20 at 7:30 p.m. on Md. 153 near Ellerton directed by Kline and Grossnickle with organist Mrs. Moncrief. The piece portrays life and death with a cast including Dave Moore and many local residents.
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Emmitsburg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Taneytown
Jane Marie Perrot
St. Joseph’s College
Frederick
Carroll
Gettysburg
Fairfield
Susan Martin
Veronica List
Mary Alice Gould
Roy Baum
Paul Snyder
Baltimore
Allen Bonde
Hood College
Grossnickle
Oakdale Emory Carols and Nativity Pageant Planned
Oakdale Emory church presents a Christmas program with a choir concert on Sunday evening December 20 at 7 30. A candlelight communion service follows on Christmas Eve at 11 00. The Nativity Scene returns nightly December 22 23 and 24 at 7 30 with live characters animals and a musical backdrop. Bring the whole family for a beautiful pageant.
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Brunswick
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Randy Corbin
Careys
Pleasant
Utica
Dorothy Lehman Sumerau
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
J. R. Ramsburg Jr
Daniel Putman
Wayne Putman
Raymond Ridger
Susan Hubbard
Karen Long
Larry Heim
David and
Larry Hubbard
Jay Speak
Raymond Ediger
Randolph Stull
Larry Cross
Patty Long
Nancy
Mike Adkins
Donna Whitmore
Velma Biser
Charlene
Kathy Hubbard
Ellen Plunkett
Joann Heffner
J.R, Ramsburg Jr
Steven Speak
William , Click
J. R, Ramsburg Sr
Melvin Heim
Edna Buhrman
Eyler’s
Valley Chapel
Kenneth C. Hamrick
Richard L. Shoemaker
Adamstown
Thurmont
Sabillasville
Eyler’s Valley
Flint Road
Anna Snoots
Vanessa Danner
the Star
Leilani Drayer
Cindy Twigg
Todd Twigg
Danny Moser
Denny Moser
Pattie Hemp
Brian Strite
Ann Snoots
Byron Guyton
Mary Kay Burmer
Mike Twigg
Allen Hemp
Roda Twigg
Carol
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Frederick United Presbyterian Church
West Second Street
John D. Ramaley
Jane E. Campbell
J. Graham Clark
Olive R. Engle
Nancy N. Phelps
Beverly F. Stupp
Miriam Rhoads Lewis
Donald W. Bracken
Charles S. Weaver
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Mountaindale Union Chapel
Lewistown Methodist Bethel
Nazarene Family
Hawbottom
Calvary Lutheran
St. Peter’s Episcopal
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Poolesville
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Sharon P. Seachrist
Dennis L, KeNer
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Edgewod First Church of God
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