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The holiday season has arrived and religious centers in Fountain Hills and Rio Verde are organizing end-of-year services.
Many are celebrating with special candlelight services on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, while others have organized early morning Mass on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
These churches and religious centers extend invitations to the public to celebrate and reflect on the year that was and the one to come.
Below is a list of scheduled holiday events throughout Fountain Hills and Rio Verde.
Chabad of Fountain Hills
Chanukah Boutique, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 14
Talmud Class, 10:30 a.m., Dec. 20 and 27
Shabbos Morning Services, 10 a.m., Dec. 23 and 30
Church of the Ascension
Christmas Eve Mass, 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Dec. 24
Christmas Day Mass, 8 and 10 a.m., Dec. 25
Scottsdale Bible Church
Christmas Eve Candlelight Services, 1, 3 and 5 p.m., Dec. 24
Community Church of the Verdes
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, “The Fire of Warmth,” 7 p.m., Dec. 24
JOY Christian Community Church
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 5:30 p.m., Dec. 24
Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 5:30 p.m., Dec. 24.
Cornerstone Family Church
Christmas Eve Lord’s Supper and Candlelight Service, 10:30 a.m., Dec. 24
Desert Creek Fellowship
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 5:30 p.m., Dec. 24
St. Dominic’s Catholic Mission
Christmas Eve Mass, 10 a.m., Dec. 24
Christmas Day Mass, 10 a.m., Dec. 25
New Year’s Eve Mass, 10 a.m., Dec. 31
Anglican Church of Atonement
Christmas Eve Service, 7 p.m., Dec. 24
Christmas Day Service, 10 a.m., Dec. 25
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Advent Service, “Let The Light In,” 6 p.m., Dec. 20
Christmas Eve Candlelight Services, 3:30 and 5 p.m., Dec. 24
Christmas Day Service, 10 a.m., Dec. 25
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wednesday Worship Service, “Our Peace Rests on Him Alone,” 7 p.m., Dec. 20
Christmas Eve Morning Service, “The Heroism of Small Steps,” 9:30 a.m., Dec. 24
Christmas Eve Services, “The Diamond in the Manager,” 4 and 7 p.m., Dec. 24
New Journey Lutheran Church
Midweek Advent Community Meal and “Blue Christmas” Worship, 6 p.m., Dec. 20
Christmas Eve Worship followed by “Cookies and Cocoa Fellowship,” 4 p.m., Dec. 24
Christ’s Church of Fountain Hills
Christmas Cookie Swap Party, 9 a.m., Dec. 16
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 9:30 a.m., Dec. 24
Calvary Chapel
Christmas Eve Service, 10 a.m., Dec. 24
Generation Church
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 3:30 p.m., Dec. 24.
The Fountains
MacDougal Street West Concert, 6:30 p.m., Dec. 14
“Let it Be Christmas” Beatles Nativity, 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Dec. 17,
“More Light Solstice” Labrynth walk and yoga event, 5:30 p.m., Dec. 21