Local churches offer a variety of Christmas Eve opportunities this week. A wide selection of styles and formats means you’ll surely find a place that will suit your beliefs and preferences. Styles range from lively, family-oriented pageants to quiet, contemplative candlelit services.

• Bellevue Baptist Church
  2000 Appling Road • Cordova • (901) 347-2000
  5:00 p.m. • Family Worship
• Calvary Episcopal Church
  102 N. Second Street • Memphis • (901) 525-6602
  5:00 p.m. • Holy Eucharist with Children’s Chapel
  9:30 p.m. • Choral Prelude
  10:00 p.m. • Festival Midnight Service
• Christ United Methodist Church
  4488 Poplar Avenue • Memphis • (901) 683-3521
  5:30 p.m. • Family Service, Seabrook Hall
  9 & 11 p.m. • Candlelight Services, Sanctuary
  5:30-7 p.m. • Communion served
• Church of the Holy Communion
  4645 Walnut Grove Road • Memphis • (901) 767-6987
  4:00 p.m. • Children’s Christmas Pageant/Holy Eucharist
  7:00 p.m. • Festival Holy Eucharist
  10:30 p.m. • Christmas Carol Prelude
  11:00 p.m. • Festival Holy Eucharist
• Church of the Holy Spirit
  2300 Hickory Crest Drive • Memphis • (901) 754-7146
  4:30, 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. • Christmas Eve Services
• Faith Anglican Church
  9555 Walnut Grove Road
 • Cordova • (901) 755-4848
  5:00 p.m. • Christmas Pageant and Holy Communion
  10:30 p.m. • Christmas Message and Holy Communion
• Faith Christian Church
  4965 Willow Road at Mt. Moriah • Memphis
  8:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• Faith Presbyterian Church
  8816 Poplar Pike • Germantown • (901) 754-4840
  12:00 Noon • Christmas Eve Service
  6:00 p.m. • Christmas Carol Gallery
  11:30 p.m. • Candlelight and Communion
• Fellowship Memphis
  P.O. Box 11465, Memphis • (901) 458-8899
  5:30 – 6:30 • Christmas Eve Service
• First Evangelical Church
  735 Ridge Lake Blvd • Memphis • (901) 682-8452
  5:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• First Baptist Church Memphis
  200 East Parkway North • Memphis • (901) 454-1131
  6:00 p.m. • Celtic Christmas Eve Service
• Germantown United Methodist Church
  2331 South Germantown Road • Germantown • (901) 754-7216
  2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. • Families With Young Children
  6:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. • Holy Communion
  7:30 p.m. • Lessons and Carols
  10:30 p.m. • Music for the Holy Night
• Grace Evangelical Church
  9750 Wolf River Boulevard • Germantown • (901) 756-7444
  5:00 pm, 6:15 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
  1720 Peabody Avenue ◆ Memphis • (901) 272-7425
  4:30 p.m., 10:45 p.m. • Christmas Music
  5:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. • Festive Choral Eucharist
• Highpoint Church
  6740 Reese Road • Memphis • (901) 762-0071
  5:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• Idlewild Presbyterian Church
  1750 Union Avenue
• Memphis • (
901)726-4681
  3:30 p.m. • Early Family Service
  5:00 p.m. • Christmas Lessons and Carols
  11:00 p.m. • Youth-led Candle Lighting Communion Service
• Independent Presbyterian Church
  4738 Walnut Grove Road • Memphis • (901) 683-8206
  5:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• The Life Church of Memphis
  1800 North Germantown Parkway • Cordova (901) 751-0095
  7:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• Lindenwood Christian Church
  2400 Union Avenue • Memphis • (901) 458-8506
  5:00 p.m. • Family Christmas Eve Service
  10:30 p.m. • Caroling by Laudate!
  11:00 p.m. • A Service of Lessons and Carols
• New Hope ChristianChurch
  3300 Kirby Whitten Road • Bartlett • (901) 386-0211
  6:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Service
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
  8151 Poplar Avenue • Germantown • (901) 754 1204
  4:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m. • Christmas Family Liturgy
  6:00 p.m. • Adult Contemporary Choir Program
  9:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Mass in Polish
  10:45 p.m. • Adult Choir Program
  11:30 p.m. • Mass
• St. George’s Episcopal Church
  2425 S. Germantown Road • Germantown • (901) 754-7282
  4:00 p.m. • Christmas Pageant
  7:30 p.m. • Christmas Eve Liturgy
  10:30 p.m. • Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist
• St. John Orthodox
  1663 Tutwiler Avenue
 • Memphis (901) 274-4119
  9:10 p.m. • Orthros for Nativity
  10:30 p.m. • Feast of the Nativity
• St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
  700 Poplar Avenue • Memphis • (901) 527-3361
  5:00 p.m. • Mass w/Christmas Pageant
  10:30 p.m. • Seasonal Music
  11:00 p.m. Midnight Mass
• St. Peter Catholic Church
  190 Adams Avenue • Memphis • (901) 527-8282
  5:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Family Mass
  10:30 p.m. • Lessons and Carols
  11:00 p.m. • Midnight Mass
• Second Presbyterian Church
  4055 Poplar Avenue • Memphis • (901) 454-0034
  4:00 p.m. • Family Service
  5:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m. • Candlelight Communion
  11:00 p.m. • Midnight Christmas Communion
• Trinity Lutheran Church
  210 Washington Avenue • Memphis • (901) 525-1056
  7:00 p.m. • Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service
• Vineyard United Methodist Church
  3570 Davieshire Drive • Arlington
  5:30 p.m. • Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service
• Woodland Presbyterian Church
  5217 Park Avenue • Memphis • (901) 682-3349
  5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m, • Christmas Eve Service

Did I miss one? Let me know in the comments.

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