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Area Christmas Eve services are scheduled

Chestnuthill Township

Effort United Methodist will have a service at 8 p.m. Wednesday.McMichaels UMC will hold a worship service at 7 p.m. with candlelight and music. Children will receive glow sticks so it is safer for them to hold.Our Lady Queen of Peace Church will offer Mass at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. There will be no Mass at 8 a.m.Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church, Brodheadsville, will have a Christmas Eve service with special music and a carol sing-along at 6:45 p.m. The service will include a Christmas choir and candle lighting. Light refreshments will follow the service.Zion Lutheran, Brodheadsville, will hold Christmas Eve services candlelight and Holy Communion at 3:30, 7:30 and 10 p.m.CoaldaleThe United Methodist Church, Second and East High streets, Coaldale, will hold a Christmas candlelight service at 5 p.m. Wednesday. All are welcome to come and enjoy the word, carols, and candlelight with their family.First Congregational Church, Ruddle Street, Coaldale, will hold a traditional Christmas Eve service full of Christmas scripture and song at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The public is invited to attend this annual celebration of the birth of Christ.LansfordTrinity Lutheran Church, 104 E. Abbott St., Lansford, will hold the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Holy Communion at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Roy H. Koehler will be preside. All are welcome to attend.LehightonBethany Evangelical Congregational Church will host a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 7 p.m. Wednesday.Christmas Eve worship will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 175 S. Third St., at 6 p.m. with family worship with the Trinity Praise Band and Holy Communion. At 9 p.m., there will be a traditional candlelight worship with Holy Communion. Designated pastor, the Rev. Nancy L. Moore, presides. Special music will begin 20 minutes before each worship service.TamaquaBethany Evangelical, 223 E. Broad St., traditional service at 3 p.m. and contemporary service at 7 p.m.Calvary Episcopal, 300 W. Broad St., candlelight service with Holy Communion at 6 p.m.First United Methodist, 124 W. Broad St. Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.New Life Assembly of God, 407 Schuylkill Ave., candlelight service at 7 p.m.Primitive Methodist, 57 Hunter St., Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.St. John Lutheran, 200 E. Mauch Chunk St., traditional candlelight service at 4 p.m. and Family candlelight service at 7 p.m. Both services will include Holy Communion.St. John XXIII Parish, Christmas Eve Masses at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Tamaqua Area School District Auditorium; Christmas Day Masses at 8 a.m., SS. Peter and Paul, 307 Pine St. and at 10 a.m., at St. John XXIII, 266 W. Broad St.St. John UCC, Quiet Communion at 4 p.m. and candlelight service with Communion at 7:30 p.m.Salvation Army, 105 W. Broad St., Watch Night Service at 5 p.m.Trinity UCC, 22 Lafayette St., traditional candlelight service with Holy Communion at 7:30 p.m.Zion Lutheran, 101 N. Greenwood St., family service at 6 p.m., traditional candlelight service at 9 p.m. Both services include Holy Communion.Walker TownshipCalvary United Methodist of the Lewistown ValleyNew Ringgold Ministerium service at 7 p.m., Christ Church, McKeansburgZion Lewistown, candlelight service at 4 p.m.West Penn TownshipSt. Peter Union, 184 St. Peter's Road, Mantzville, Contemplative service at 2 p.m., family service at 7 p.m. and traditional service at 10:30 p.m. All services will include Holy Communion.Zion Stone Church, 45 Cemetery Road, New Ringgold, prelude concert at 6:30 p.m., family service at 7 p.m. and festival service at 10:30 p.m. Both services will include candlelight and Holy Communion.