Riva Sharples | Editor
Area residents will have a variety of options to celebrate Jesus’s birth this season. Area churches are offering Christmas Eve services and a few Christmas Day services as well.
For believers, Christmas is a Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. Christmastime, running from Advent (or earlier) through Epiphany, is a season rich with countless religious and secular traditions that bring together family, faith, and culture while emphasizing the hope, joy, generosity, and goodwill embodied by Jesus Christ.
Area churches welcome all to add to your holiday celebration by attending a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day worship service this year. Here’s a look at what services are happening in the Alcester-Beresford-Hudson area.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES – Dec. 24
Alcester
Alcester Baptist Church, 409 Iowa Street: Candlelight Service, 9:30 p.m.
Nathanael Lutheran, 209 Dakota Street: Christmas Eve Service, 5:30 p.m.
Peace Lutheran Church, 106 Church Street: Children’s Christmas Eve Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.
United Church of Christ, 602 Mitchell Drive: Candlelight & Communion Worship, 5 p.m.
Union Creek Lutheran Church, 31030 481st Ave.: Candlelight Service, 7 p.m.
Beresford
Brooklyn Evangelical Free, 46916 296th Street: Candlelight Service, 7 p.m.
Delaware Reformed, Junction of Highways 17 and 18: Candlelight Service, 5:30 p.m.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 101 S. 5th Street: two services on Christmas Eve: 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Komstad Covenant Church, 29987 University Road: Christmas Eve Service, 4:30 p.m.
Roseni Lutheran Church, 47214 307th Street: Christmas Eve Service, 9 p.m.
St. Teresa Catholic Church, 901 S. 3rd Street: Christmas Eve Service, 4 p.m.
Skrefsrud Lutheran Church, 46920 292nd Street: Christmas Eve Service, 7 p.m.
United Church of Christ, 5th & Hemlock Streets: Candelight Service, 3:30 p.m.
Zion United Methodist Church, 47106 298th Street: Traditional Christmas Eve Service, 5 p.m.
Hudson
Hudson Lutheran Church, 702 Harris St: Christmas Eve Service, 9 p.m.
Moe Lutheran Parish, 47998 292nd Street: Parish Christmas Eve at Romsdal, 4:00 p.m.
Elsewhere
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Elk Point, Candle Light Service, 5:30 p.m.
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES – Dec. 25
Big Springs Baptist Church, 30705 480th Avenue: Julotta Service, 7 a.m.
Dalesburg Baptist, 30503 455th Ave., Beresford: Julotta Service, 8 a.m.
Peace Lutheran Church, Alcester: Christmas Day Communion Worship, 9 a.m.
Moe Lutheran Parish, 47998 292nd Street: Christmas Day Service at Trinity, 10 a.m.
This season, celebrate the reason for the season by attending a local Christmas Eve or Christmas Day church service!