Christmas services 2023
December 21, 2023 | By Waterbury Roundabout Here is a list of upcoming Christmas and New Year’s church services.
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Inside the old South Duxbury Church. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti
Green Mountain Community Alliance Church
4987 Vermont Rt. 100, Duxbury
Pastor Paul Collins
Christmas Eve service 9:30 a.m.
New Years Eve Service 9:30 a.m.
Hunger Mountain Christian Assembly
4940 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Waterbury Center
Pastors Gregg & Lydia Simpson
Christmas Eve service at 10 a.m.
New Year’s Eve service at 10 a.m.
Living Hope Wesleyan Church
Meets at Crossett Brook Middle School
Pastor Jeff Fuller
Christmas Eve candlelight service at 6 p.m. Crossett Brook cafeteria.
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
109 South Main Street, Waterbury
Fr. Matthew Rensch, pastor
Christmas Eve Masses at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Christmas Day Mass at 9 a.m.
New Year’s Eve Mass 4 p.m.
New Year’s Day Mass 9 a.m.
Waterbury Center Community Church
3583 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Waterbury Center
Rev. Shirleye Nolan, pastor
Christmas Eve service at 10 a.m. Also joining Wesley United Methodist Church for its candlelight celebration at 7 p.m.
New Year’s Eve service at 10:30 a.m. at the Wesley United Methodist Church
Jan. 7: Joining Wesley United Methodist Church for first service of the new year at 10:30 a.m.
Waterbury Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
8 North Main Street, Waterbury
Rev. Peter Plagge, pastor
Live Nativity on Saturday, Dec. 23, in the side yard of the church. Children will lead a live nativity with songs and readings from Luke and then Matthew.
Two Christmas Eve services will be held at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Family Service is first with the Christmas story told in song, scripture and old-fashioned storytelling. The program ends with candlelight and “Silent Night.” Nine Lessons and Carols is the later service that also will end in a candlelight “Silent Night.” Note: There will be no service in the morning on Sunday, Dec. 24.
New Year’s Eve service is at 10 a.m.
Waterbury Mission
Brookside Primary School cafeteria, 47 Stowe St., Waterbury
Pastor Brian Conyers
Christmas Eve Carol Sing, 5-6 p.m. Christmas carols new and old and a reading of the Christmas story. Light refreshments will follow.
Wesley United Methodist Church
56 South Main Street, Waterbury
Pastor Sam Newton
Christmas Eve candlelight service at 7 p.m.