Special services and other activities in churches this week include the following:

Apostles Lutheran

Apostles Lutheran Church, Gloucester, will hold a candlelight holy communion Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. Friday. The service can also be joined via Zoom or YouTube; an invitation to the worship service and the bulletin will be sent to the congregation via email and can also be accessed on the church’s website at apostles-elca.org. There will be no in-person worship service on Sunday; a lessons and carols service will be available online.

Bellamy United Methodist

Bellamy United Methodist Church, Gloucester, will hold Christmas Eve traditional services at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the sanctuary.

Sunday worship will be held at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary.

Bethany United Methodist

Bethany United Methodist Church, Gloucester Point, will have two Christmas Eve services on Friday–a family service of Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. and a traditional candlelight communion service ...