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Christmas Services From Bridgehampton to Montauk

Thu, 12/21/2023 - 11:54

At Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton a Mass will be said in the parish hall on Sunday, Christmas Eve, at 11:30 a.m., with vigil Masses at 5 that evening in English and at 9 in Spanish, also in the parish hall. 

A Christmas Day Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. in English at the church and at 4 p.m. in Spanish in the parish hall. 

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, also in East Hampton, will have a 10 a.m. Advent service on Christmas Eve, a 4 p.m. family service, and a service at 10:30 that night. The Christmas Day service will begin at 10 a.m. 

At the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, Christmas Eve will be celebrated with a morning service at 10 and a candlelight service at 7 p.m. The Methodist Church in East Hampton will have an 8 a.m. Christmas Eve service on Sunday, and Calvary Baptist Church will have a service at 11 a.m. that day. There are no Christmas Day services at the Presbyterian, Baptist, or Methodist churches. 

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett will hold its Christmas Eve service at 5. A Christmas Eve candlelight service at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church starts at 5:30, and Mass will be celebrated at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Christmas Day at 9 in the morning. 

The Montauk Community Church will hold a Blue Christmas service tonight at 7, a fourth Sunday of Advent service on Christmas Eve at 10 a.m., and a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 7. On Christmas Eve, St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk will have a family Mass at 4:30, a Mass in Spanish at 7, and a candlelight midnight Mass. On Christmas Day, Masses will be said at 8:30 and 10:30. 

In Sag Harbor Christmas Eve candlelight services will be held at the Old Whalers Church at 5 and again at 11. All have been invited to see the decorated sanctuary and hear the 1845 pipe organ. 

Lessons and carols at Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor start at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Communion will be offered at noon on Christmas Eve. The Rev. Cecily Broderick Guerra will lead, with Janet Fensterer at the organ. 

At St. Andrew Catholic Church, also in Sag Harbor, Christmas Eve Masses will be said at 4 and 5:30 p.m. Christmas Day Masses will be celebrated at 8 and 10:45 a.m. 

Christmas Eve Masses at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Bridgehampton will be celebrated at 4 and 5:30 in English, and at 10 in Spanish. On Christmas Day, Mass will be said at 9:30. 

At St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, also in Bridgehampton, there will be a 5 o’clock family service on Christmas Eve, and one at 9 that night with a choir. The Christmas Day service will be at 10. 

The Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church will have a Christmas Eve candlelight pageant at 5. 

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