CATHOLIC CHURCH
Midnight Mass, Sunday night 12:00.
High Mass with Special Choir.
Christmas Morning Mass immediately after mid
night Mass.
Christmas Morning Mass, 9 a.m., Children’s choir.
Daily Mass Christmas week, Tuesday through
Saturday, 8:00 a.m.
Confessions: Monday afternoon 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Monday evening 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
NOME BIBLE CHURCH
Today we, even as the wise men of old, pay
homage to Him whose birth we celebrate.
May the blessings of happiness and joy at
tend you this Christmas Season.
MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR FREEBURG
AND FAMILY
(Guest Editorial by Rev. Neil Murphy, SJ.)
Christians once more herald the message that was
joyously proclaimed by the Angels to the shepherds on
the hilltops of Bethlehem the first Christmas night:
“Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to
men of good will.” As an illustration of the Church’s
calm assurance that whatever else may change in the
world, she will remain unchanged until the end of time,
the message, “Peace on earth,” is given year after
year, whatever condition may prevail among men and
nations. It is always a proper message; for when the
world is at peace, it is exhortation to mankind to re
tain their freedom, and when the world is at war, it
is an admonition to cease from strife and discord and
return to friendship and unity.
The signing of a peace treaty in the Korean strife
may effect the suspension of death-dealing warfare for
a time, but it will not of ITSELF unite the hearts of
victors and the conquered in the ties of friendship and
brotherly affection. Peace among men is a blessing
that flows from an attitude of mind, a disposition of
soul, not from the external formality of signing a paper.
Men want peace, yet do not know how to secure
it and maintain it. The reason is that they do not
strive to learn the principles of peace from the Prince
of Peace, from Him whose birthday we commemorate,
from Him whose first message to the world was ex
pressed in the song of the angelic choir: “Peace on
earth to men of good will.”
The great lesson of Christmas is the necessity of
being at peace with God. This is the very heart and
soul of the doctrine taught by Christ. His religion dif
fers radically from the humanistic religion that is
preached so frequently today, the religion that confines
man’s duties to his relations with his fellow men, and
teaches that as long as we are honest and kindly to
wards other human being we are fulfilling our obliga
tions. The religion of Christ is based on the principle
that we must begin by establishing proper relations
with God, that we must be at peace with Him before
we can have genuine peace with our fellow men, that
if we are not in the friendship of God we cannot enjoy
true friendship with other human beings. Christ com
manded that we love our neighbor as ourselves, but
He first commanded that we love God with our whole
heart and soul.
We can have peace with God in our soul, whatever
may be the condition of the world about us. With the
many helps afforded by our religion, it is not difficult
for us to retain sanctifying grace in our souls, and so
maintain peace with God. And when the peace of God
abides within us, we can be sure that we are truly
at peace with our fellow men.
When we address to one another the greeting,
“Happy Christmas,” we really mean: “May God’s grace
dwell in your soul!” For only those who abide in God’s
grace can be truly happy, only they can appreciate in
their lives the significance of the Christmas message:
“Peace on earth to men of good will.”
EVANGELICAL MISSION
COVENANT CHURCH
December 24, 7:30 p.m.—Sunday School program,
“The First Christmas.”
December 25—Jul Otta—7a.m.—Early Christmas
Service with special choir selections.
SEASON’S GREETINGS
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
REV. AND MRS. A. CAPENER
MISS HARRIET BROWN
May the light that shone on the manger
So strong and bright and clear,
Shine radiantly upon your path
And lead you through the year.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
December 24—
7:30 pm.—Community Center
Christmas tree.
11:15 p.m.—Christmas Midnight
Service. , .
December 25—
10:00 am. — Christmas Com
munion Service.
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH
AND COMMUNITY CENTER