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Nativity and Christmas Eve services planned across Murphysboro
A live nativity scene by First Christian Church will be set on Crawshaw Mortuary lot with times Sunday Tuesday and Christmas Eve. First Lutheran will present a Sunday school program For Unto Us A Child Is Born with live reenactment and music. Two carol candlelight services and church choirs featured. United Methodist plans multiple services and baptism, Covenant Communion open hours, and a midnight bells finale. Additional carol services and candlelight events are slated at Carbondale churches including Church of the Good Shepherd and Walnut Street Baptist. Epiphany and Evangelical Presbyterian churches announce candlelight and communion services with missionary speaker Gary Waldecker.
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First Christian Church of
Murphysboro
Crawshaw Mortuary
First Lutheran Church
Dana Runestad
Earl R. Renshaw
United Methodist Church of
St. Peter’s
Church of the Good Shepherd
Orchard
Schwartz Streets
Carbondale
Fellowship Hall
Walnut Street Baptist Church of
Arthur E. Farmer
Epiphany Lutheran Church
W. Chautauqua St
Gary Waldecker
Chile
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
W. Walnut St
Covenant Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Waldecker
First Presbyterian Church
S. Carbon St
Marion
David Williams
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Joseph Bonnet
Gustav Holst
Candy McGrew
Olive Haynes
Bethlehem
John Peterson
First United Methodist Church of
Aldersgate United Methodist Church of Marion
Don Syrtzen
Beatty Boatright
Judy Hopkins
Michelle Murphy
Gary Hirmer
Dwight Lemasters
Mitchell Lemasters
Rodger Rodd
First Baptist Church of
Herrin
John W. Peterson
Christ
Marjorie Hamilton
Kathleen DuVall
Carterville
King of Love
First Baptist
Richard McNeill