By Cyrus Guccione
Mail

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. Readers are encouraged to contact these organizations directly for details.

Chabad of Fountain Hills

Chanukah Boutique, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 11-27

Rio Verde Fire Station Grand Menorah lighting, 5 p.m., Dec. 25

Fountain Hills Grand Menorah lighting, 4:30 p.m., Dec. 29

Church of the Ascension

“Lessons and Carols,” 2 p.m., Dec. 22

Christmas Eve Mass, 4, 6 and 10 p.m., Dec. 24

Christmas Day Mass, 8 and 10 a.m., Dec. 25

Scottsdale Bible Church

Christmas Eve Candlelight service, 1, 3 and 5 p.m., Dec. 24

Community Church of the Verdes

Christmas Eve Candlelight service, 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 p.m., Dec. 24

Cornerstone Family Church

Christmas Eve and Candlelight service, 5 p.m. a.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

"Lessons and Carols," 4 p.m., Dec. 21

Christmas Eve Service, 7 p.m., Dec. 24

Christmas Day Service, 10 a.m., Dec. 25

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

Christmas Eve Candlelight service, 4 and 6 p.m., Dec. 24

Christmas Day Service, 10 a.m., Dec. 25

New Journey Lutheran Church

Christmas Eve Worship followed by “Cookies and Cocoa Fellowship,” 5 p.m., Dec. 24

Christ’s Church of Fountain Hills

Christmas Eve Candlelight service, 6 p.m., Dec. 24

Calvary Chapel

Christmas Eve service, 5 p.m., Dec. 24

Generation Church

Christmas Eve service, 2 p.m., Dec. 24

The Fountains

“Let it Be Christmas” Beatles Nativity, 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Dec. 15

Labyrinth Walk and Centering Meditation, 6 p.m., Dec. 21

Christmas Eve service, 5 p.m., Dec. 24

Reigning Grace Ranch

Christmas Eve Cowboy Church, 5 p.m., Dec. 24