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Holiday services at North Fork churches

TIM KELLY PHOTO | Mattituck Presbyterian Church

The following is The Suffolk Times’ annual listing of holiday services held at local churches:

Mattituck
Community Christian Fellowship
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7:30 p.m.

Advent Lutheran Church
Sunday, Dec. 23: Eucharist, 10 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Festival candlelight Eucharist and children’s story, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Festival Eucharist, 10 a.m.

Mattituck Presbyterian Church
Sunday, Dec. 23: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Candlelight Christmas Eve worship, 4, 7 and 10 p.m.

Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Masses, 4, 6 and 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas Masses, 9 and 11 a.m.

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Sunday, Dec. 23: Holy Eucharist, Advent IV, 8 a.m.; Christmas Lessons and Carols and Eucharist, 10 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Traditional Christmas Festal Eucharist with carols, sermon and instrumental music, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas Holy Eucharist with homily, 9 a.m.

Cutchogue
Cutchogue Presbyterian Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Candlelight Christmas Eve service with special music by Basically Baroque, 5 p.m.

Cutchogue United Methodist Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve service, 7:30 p.m.

Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Masses, 4 and 5:30 p.m., midnight.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas Masses, 8, 9:30 (Polish) and 11 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Mass, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Masses, 8, 9:30 (Polish) and 11 a.m.

Sacred Heart Church
Saturday, Dec. 22: Church celebrates final Mass in a heated tent on the front lawn, 9 a.m. Worshippers may then visit the church sanctuary, decorated for Christmas. Church is open for prayer until 4 p.m.

Southold
St. Patrick R.C. Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve family Mass, 4 p.m.; Mass, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day Masses, 8, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Mass, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Masses, 8, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 5: Epiphany Mass, 4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 6: Epiphany Masses, 8 and 10:30 a.m.

First Universalist Church
Sunday, Dec. 22: Dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” featuring local performers, 7 p.m. Suggested donation: $10.
Sunday, Dec. 23: Worship service with dramatic reading of “A Christmas Carol,” 10:30 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 5 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Family service, 4 p.m.; Candlelight service with communion, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas dinner, 4 p.m. Reservations: 765-2597.

Southold United Methodist Church
Saturday, Dec. 22: Longest Night worship service, 6 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m.

Greenport
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve services, 4 and 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas service, 10 a.m.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve candlelight Eucharist service, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas Eucharist service, 10 a.m.

Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church
Sunday, Dec. 23: Christmas service, 11 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 31: Watch Night service, 10 a.m. Combined service with First Baptist Church of Cutchogue and Shiloh Baptist Church of Southold.

First Baptist Church of Greenport
Sunday, Dec. 23: Sunday school Christmas program, 10:15 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Combined candelight Christmas Eve service with East Marion Community Church, 7 p.m.

St. Agnes R.C. Church
Monday, Dec. 22: Communal penance, 11 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23: Mass and Christmas pageant, 10 a.m.; Rectory open house, 4-6 p.m.; tree lighting, 6 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Masses, 4 p.m., 6 p.m. (with pageant), 8 p.m. (Spanish), midnight.
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day Masses, 8 and 10 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Masses, 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Masses, 8 and 10 a.m.

Oysterponds
Orient Congregational Church
Sunday, Dec. 23: Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, 10:30 a.m. With readings by members of the Oysterponds community.

Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service and Children’s Pageant, 4 p.m.

East Marion Community Church
See listing for First Baptist Church of Greenport.