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The Calgary Free Presbyterian Church will offer both online and in-person services on Christmas Eve.
Rev. Paul Backhurst said the pandemic is becoming “fatiguing” and keeping up with provincial regulations a challenge, but said leaders and the congregation are thankful to have the opportunity to celebrate in some capacity.
The church will allow 28 people into the sanctuary for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve services, with an RSVP ahead of time “appreciated.”
“We’re glad to still be able to meet together . . . We’re thankful to still be open,” he said.
“There are more people watching online than we have in the congregation, so that’s great to see.”
Christmas services will be completely online at the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, including Christmas Eve services.
Leighton Lee, priest-in-charge, said both the 4 p.m. family service and the 10:30 p.m. midnight mass service have been pre-recorded.
“We feel, in this way, you sort of keep the tradition, and it’s different but it’s still quite beautiful,” he said.
“Yes, it’s very different, everybody knows that, but in some ways, the Christmas message is one about finding the gift in what is unexpected . . . It would be better, of course, to be able to be together in the cathedral to be able to celebrate together, but we can still do it this way and it still will be meaningful and gives us a chance to refrain.”
Christmas church services across the city
Northeast
Calgary Church of Christ — Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m.
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