The Brushville Baptist Church invites you and your family to their Christmas services this year. The choir will present a Christmas cantata with a mix of familiar carols and new Christmas songs on Sunday, December 11 at 11:00 a.m. The Christmas Eve service will be December 24, at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please call the church at 570-465-3861.

Local illusionist Jeremy Biesecker will present his "Gospel Illusions" at Brushville Baptist Church on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m. Jeremy is especially gifted at capturing the attention of both children and adults alike through his amazing skill and ability to communicate spiritual truth. Your whole family will enjoy this evening. Refreshments will follow. For more information or directions please call the church at 570-465-3861.

On Friday, December 2, monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin after the 12:10 p.m. mass and will conclude with mass at 7:00 p.m. A prayer service with the Men of the Sacred Heart and Benediction will follow the evening mass.

The Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, will be celebrated with a vigil mass on Wednesday, December 7, at 7:00 p.m., at Holy Name of Mary Parish. Masses on Holy Day, Thursday, December 8, will be celebrated at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Father Jerry Safko serves as pastor of Holy Name of Mary Church, 60 South Main Street, Montrose.

The December Vesper Service will be held on Sunday, December 11, at 5:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner of Church and Chestnut Streets, Montrose. An introduction to the service will be given by Duane Hinds; greeters will be Cindy and Rob Vermette. A service of lessons and carols is planned; Douglas Sivers will be the reader of the lessons and the carols will be sung by the congregation. Special music will be provided by MayBelle Golis, Thomas Welch and Molly Host. Sarah Bertsch serves as organist; Mary Ann DeWitt is pianist. A simple meal, prepared by Martin Comey, will be served in the Parish House.