Christmas eve candlelight service

We had some great ideas for how to make your Christmas Eve services an effective outreach for your community.

Last year, my internet friend Caitlin posted about a candlelight nativity her family had done on Christmas Eve. I was intrigued. When I asked if I could have a copy of the script, she kindly sent it over…and it was beautiful. Unsurprisingly, it was almost identical to the nativity script my family has used for […]

A beautiful family-friendly candlelight vigil full of Scripture readings and Christmas hymns telling the story of Christ's birth in a simple, but rich way.

Are you still walking in darkness, living in a Christmas Eve world? Or have you met Jesus and had your Christmas moment? Invite him to enter in.

Below is the script for a family friendly Christmas Eve service that was both beautifully stately and a more than a little bit noisy due...

I’m very excited to share this fun Christmas tradition with you. It comes all the way from a lovely family, the Tarletons, serving the Lord in Texas. Sarah Tarleton and I met in college at Un…

For many, Christmas is not ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ (as the song goes). The Blue Christmas Service is a beautiful way to make space during the advent season for those suffering any kind of loss – whether the loss of a person, a dream, finances, stability, health, or more. The idea behind the Blue Christmas Service is to create space for the acknowledgment of the heaviness often carried during this season, as well as offering the hope that Jesus gives.

I love Christmas music but sometimes it can be a challenge to find great Christmas songs that a congregation can truly worship with. Sometimes we sing songs just because they are traditional and they have a Christmas theme but they really aren’t worship songs. They cover the bases by being about Christmas but really don't point our hearts towards the Author of Christmas. One of the ways that I have worked to overcome that problem is to write Christmas lyrics for some of the top worship…

Keep the fun in your church services this season with these 23 creative Christmas Eve ideas.

Non-Christians are more likely to come to Christmas Eve services than any other day of the year, including Easter. Here are the trends you can count on for your Christmas eve services.