2024 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ​Services Listing



The Allin House invites you to share your church's Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services!

Please submit your information as soon as possible via the link in the red box.

Please fill out a form for each service:

Blue Christmas at St. Patrick's, Long Beach



Friday, December 20, 2024

6:00 pm

St Patrick's, Long Beach

310 N Cleveland

Long Beach, MS

During Advent we hear the familiar plea from Isiah “Comfort Comfort my people”. But for some—perhaps many—Christmas is anything but comforting. On Dec 20, 6 PM, the longest night of the year, we will gather in our sanctuary to remember, to grieve, to give thanks, and to share with our community in the journey through loss and sadness in the midst of a world celebrating a “most wonderful time of the year”. If you feel like God is offering a space for your sense of loss, then come and invite others who might find an hour to be in the presence of Love just the right thing in this season of waiting.

Ordination of Gabrielle Munn to the Sacred Order of Deacons

Saturday, December 21, 2024

10:30 AM

St. Andrew's Cathedral,

305 East Capitol Street,

Jackson, MS 39201



Join us in celebrating!

By the Grace of God and with the consent of the people, The Right Reverend Dorothy Sanders Wells, Eleventh Bishop of Mississippi, will ordain Gabrielle Annelise Munn to the Sacred Order of Deacons.

Your prayers and presence are warmly welcomed.

Livestreamed here - http://standrews.ms/virtualworship

Longest Night Service

Saturday, December 21, 2024

5:00 pm

Epiphany, Tunica

1061 Shady Ln

Tunica, MS 38686

On the longest night of the year, we will gather to acknowledge the sadness, longing and exhaustion that can be particularly acute during this "hap-hap-happiest" time of the year. You are invited to come either to honor and acknowledge your own losses or to support others who struggle during Christmas. This will be a service of remembrance, hope and light.

Blue Christmas

at St. Philip's, Jackson



Saturday, December 21, 2024

6:00 pm

St. Philip's, Jackson

5400 Old Canton Road

Jackson, MS 39211

Please join us for a special service to acknowledge and support people who are grieving or struggling during the holidays. The services are a time to recognize and express complex feelings, such as pain, heartbreak, and sadness, while also focusing on hope.

Christmas by Candlelight



Sunday, December 22, 2024

3:45 pm

Christ, Church Hill

57 Church Hill Rd

Natchez, MS 39120



Candlelight, Music and Giving Thanks to Highlight First Christmas Service

in Newly Restored Christ Church, Church Hill

The first Christmas worship service in the newly restored Christ Episcopal Church, Church Hill, Miss., will be by candlelight Sun., Dec. 22. Caroling will begin at 3:45 p.m., followed at 4 p.m. by the service of Holy Eucharist, led by The

Rev. Sam Godfrey. Music will be led by Dr. Patrick Doherty, organist, and Dr. Byron Johnson, soloist and song leader. “The candlelight, the music and the 1858 church’s Gothic Revival beauty will provide a perfect setting as the congregation gives deep thanks for the church’s many blessings this year,” said John Norris, junior warden.

Christ Church, organized in 1820 and the oldest congregation in the Diocese of Mississippi, has undergone major physical improvements during 2024. “All are invited to this very special worship service,” Norris said.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

9:00 am

MPB Think Radio

• Biloxi: 90.3 FM
• Booneville: 89.5 FM
• Bude: 88.9 FM
• Greenwood: 90.9 FM
• Jackson: 91.3 FM
• Meridian: 88.1 FM
• Mississippi State: 89.9 FM
• Oxford: 90.3 FM

Experience the magic of Christmas with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge!

🎄🎶 Join us on MPB Think Radio at 9 AM on Christmas Eve for a live radio broadcast of the world-famous Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. This timeless tradition, held in the stunning 500-year-old Chapel of King's College, is a must-listen. Underwritten by The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.

Winter Solstice Camp

Wednesday, December 27, 2024 - Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Camp Bratton-Green

Gray Center

1530 Way Road

Canton, MS 39046



Winter Solstice at Camp Bratton-Green is the Winter Edition of summer camp and is intended to provide a safe, fun New Year's opportunity for High School students in the 9th - 12th grades. This year's WS will be Dec. 27, 2024 - Jan. 1, 2025. Tiered pricing is available.

Christmas Lessons and Carols at St. Peter's by-the-Lake



Sunday, December 29, 2024

10:30 am

St. Peter's by-the-Lake, Brandon

1954 Spillway Road

Brandon, MS 39047



Please join us on Sunday, December 29th for "Christmas Lessons and Carols." Our service of lessons and carols begins at 10:30 a.m.

Epiphany Eucharist, Bonfire & Potluck

Sunday, January 5, 2025

5:00 pm

St. Alban's. Bovina

5390 Warriors Trail

Vicksburg, MS 39180

Join the four Episcopal Churches of Warren County at St. Alban's in Bovina for an Epiphany celebration on Sunday, Jan. 5. We'll start at 5:00 PM with Eucharist, and continue with a chili potluck and burning of the greens. Come celebrate the light of Christ spreading throughout the whole world.

Mediation Skills Training Institute



Monday, January 27, 2025 - Friday, January 31, 2025

Wesley Center

Woodworth, LA



Learn to Foster Peace and Harmony!

Equip yourself with the essential skills to navigate conflict effectively. This intensive five-day training, hosted by the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, will empower you to address interpersonal, congregational, and other group conflicts with wisdom and compassion.

198th Annual Council

Friday, January 31 - February 2, 2025

Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention Center

Biloxi. MS



The congregations of the Mississippi Gulf Coast are excited to welcome you to the 198th Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi! We invite you to join us Friday, January 31st through Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 as we spend a weekend “Telling our Story.” Annual Council will occur at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi. We have plenty to share about the mission and ministry of the Church happening in our state. We look forward to welcoming you to our home, celebrating our shared ministry, and hearing how we can love, serve, and follow Jesus together into the future.

Please note hotel blocks will be released on December 30th, so book your rooms now!

Work, Play, Life: Vocation - A Young Adult Retreat



Friday, March 21, 2025 - Sunday, March 23, 2025

Camp Bratton-Green

Gray Center

1530 Way Road

Canton, MS 39046



Please save the date for our second annual young adult retreat!! More details coming soon.

Creation Care News

Are you ready to dig deep and sow some seeds of change? We invite you to sign up for our diocesan Creation Care Task Force Monthly newsletter, where we share news, ideas, and inspiration from the Diocese of Mississippi and beyond! 

Every month, you'll receive a delightful bouquet of tips and resources to help you nurture our beautiful planet and bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth right here, right now!  

Advent Resources

In Luke’s telling of the Christmas story, startled shepherds are the first to hear that good news of great joy given to all people. Since then, through generations and generations, across the world, we keep sharing this Good News, receiving signs from God that, in the coming of Jesus Christ, we have received the greatest gift of all.  

The Episcopal Church wants to help you and your congregation share that Good News with each other and your neighborhoods, especially this Advent and Christmas. Find our free resources based on invitation, the Way of Love, racial reconciliation, faith formation, and more.

For January's special council edition of The Mississippi Episcopalian, we're planning to showcase photos of Christmas services and celebrations from every corner of the Diocese of Mississippi, and we'd love to include yours! Please take photos (at appropriate moments, of course!) during your parish's Christmas events (services, parties, etc.) and send them to us at msepiscopalian@dioms.org. Be sure to include the name of your church and your city in the subject or body of your email, and the name of the photographer if they'd like a photo credit. Multiple pictures are welcome. TME wishes you all a Christmas full of peace, joy, and love.

Get Your Diocesan Event News Here!



Friends, in addition to our fabulous The Mississippi Episcopalian magazine, we are introducing the TME-news brief that will allow us to more quickly and nimbly share upcoming events and happenings from around the Diocese every other Wednesday! So watch for it - and get your news here!!



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