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A special publication of The Montana StandardTRANSCRIPT
W ithin Butte’s Christian faith community,Christmas time is full of tradition and ritualas congregations all over the city gather in
preparation and ultimate celebration of the birth ofJesus Christ.
The following is a list of some of the church celebrations and services going on over the next week—accompanied by some pastoral insight on what itmeans to celebrate Christmas and the Promise of theNew Year within their own congregations.
Christ Church AnglicanBlaine Community Center, 975 N. Main St.The Rev. Brian Miller
ANTICIPATING CHRISTMAS EVE“For the Anglican church, we’ve abstained from
Christmas music for the past four weeks in preparationfor this one night.” the Rev. Brian Millersaid. “Advent is a time of preparation,so while the rest of life is Christmas-oriented, we’re waiting — much likethey did for the Messiah’s birth.”
Miller described the focus of hiscongregation during the weeks preceding Christmas.
“They contemplate the coming ofthe savior—and that has come withthree variables: the first coming ofChrist in the manger, as well as thecoming of Christ into our hearts in the present, andthe coming of Christ in the future,” he said.
The period of waiting culminates in a celebration onChristmas Eve. Miller said the church holds a fouro’clock service so families with young children canattend, and hosts a later service at 10:30 p.m., whichextends to midnight so the celebration is carried forthinto the first minutes of Christmas day.
SCHEDULE:Friday, Dec. 24 — 4 p.m. Family Christmas Service,
10:30 p.m. Midnight MassSunday, Dec. 26 — 10 a.m. Lesson and CarolsSunday, Dec. 29 — 10 a.m. Fourth Sunday of Advent
Worship Service at the Blaine
First Baptist ChurchCorner of Montana St. and
BroadwayThe Rev. Doug Rykiel
SCHEDULE:Sunday, Dec. 19 — 11 a.m. Note-A-
Belles will be performing at the worshipservice
Friday, Dec. 24 — 5:30 p.m. ChristmasEve Service
First Presbyterian Church901 W. Platinum St.The Rev. Lanny Rounds
BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
The First Presbyterian Church hastraditionally extended its holiday celebration with faith, fellowship and aNew Year’s Eve party.
“We’ve done it for about 11 years,and for us it offers a family friendlyenvironment where we invite people tobring along holiday cookies and boardgames and they gather in the fellow-ship hall,” the Rev. Lanny Rounds said.
Every year the experience is different, and Roundssaid they have seen everything from Pinochle tournaments to lively board games. Families spend theevening together, and movies and interactive videogames are available for the kids.
At 11:15 p.m. everyone gathers in the church sanctuary to reflect on the past and coming year. Atmidnight, Rounds said that people gather outside tolight of fireworks together.
“Anybody can come and join us. We just ask thatpeople bring something to share and bring a tablegame,” he said.
SCHEDULE:Sunday, Dec. 19 — 7 p.m., Children’s Christmas
Program, Refreshments and fellowship to followFriday, Dec. 24 — 7 p.m., Christmas Eve ServiceFriday, Dec. 31 — 7-12 p.m. New Year’s Eve Party. All
ages welcome. Please bring a snack and a game to share.A short worship and communion service at the end of theevening.
Gold Hill Lutheran Church934 Placer St.Phone 723-4242
SCHEDULE:Friday, Dec. 24 — 5 and 7 p.m., Christmas Eve
Worship, Holy Communion, Caroling & Candlelight
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church2300 Florence St.The Rev. Adam Barnhart
CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT THE KIDSLike many local churches, Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church likes to involve thekids in Christmas. The Rev. AdamBarnhart said there’s two pieces to thekids’ involvement in the holiday.
“It’s important for kids to participate in worship and participatein the church service,” he said.
See GLORIA DEI, Page A5
Faith
Miller
Rykiel
Rounds
Barnhart
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St. John's Catholic ChurchSt. John's Catholic ChurchChristmas & New Year's Schedule for 2010Christmas & New Year's Schedule for 2010
Friday, December 24th, Christmas EveMasses are at 4:30pm & 7:30pm
Saturday, December 25th, Christmas DayMass is at 10am
There is NO 4:30pm Mass today.
Sunday, December 26th Masses are at 8:30am & 11:30am
Friday, December 31st, New Year's EveDecember 31st Mass is at 6:00pm
Saturday, January 1st, New Year's Day Mass is at 10am
Saturday, January 1st there will be Mass at 4:30pm for the Feast of the Epiphany
Sunday Masses are at 8:30 & 11:30am
1500 Cobban • Butte, MT782-8349
Holy Spirit
Parish4400 Continental Drive
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Peace on Earth!Whatever the season, we at Holy Spirit Parish
love to celebrate with you. May you have a Joyous Christmas
and a Peace fi lled New Year!
Holy Spirit Parish Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve Masses4:30 PM—Children’s Mass
8:00 PM—Family Mass
Christmas Day Mass9:00 AM
Sunday, 12/26 - Feast of the Holy FamilyMass at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM
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ake R
oom In Your Heart
For Jesus
Christmas EveChristmas EveServicesServices
For Aldersgate, MountainView & Trinity UnitedMethodist Churches
5:00 p.m. ~ Aldersgate Church5:00 p.m. ~ Aldersgate Church1621 Thornton ~ 782-2425
7:00 p.m. ~ Mountain View Church7:00 p.m. ~ Mountain View ChurchQuartz & Montana ~ 723-7966
Sunday Worship ServicesSunday Worship Services8:45 a.m. ~ Trinity Church8:45 a.m. ~ Trinity Church
971 N. Main ~ 723-7966
10:00 a.m. ~ Mountain View Church10:00 a.m. ~ Mountain View ChurchQuartz & Montana ~ 723-7966
10:30 a.m. ~ Aldersgate Church10:30 a.m. ~ Aldersgate Church1621 Thornton ~ 782-2425
CITY-WIDE CELEBRATIONChristmas schedules and services listed
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Gloria Dei ...Continued from Page A4
Through Christmas plays and presentations, thekids get to get up and actually take part in the wholeChristmas experience
“It’s easy for kids to relate and identify with theChristmas story,” Barnhart said, adding that it’simportant for the church to let the kids know thatChristmas is more than commercialization.
“I think it’s because kids have that natural tendencyto want to be involved and be active.
The kids get excited about it. They love to be a partof it and act it out and get dressed up,” he said.
SCHEDULE:Sunday, Dec. 19 — 11 a.m., Children’s Nativity Play and
WorshipFriday, Dec. 24 — 5:30 and 9 p.m., Candlelight Services
and Communion
St. Ann’s Catholic Church2100 FarragutThe Rev. Tom Haffey
SCHEDULE:Friday, Dec. 24 — 4:30 p.m.,
Children’s Mass, 7:30 p.m., Choir beginssinging, 8 p.m., Christmas Vigil Mass
Saturday, Dec. 25 — 8 and 11 a.m.Christmas Masses, *No Mass at 4:30 onSaturday
Sunday, Dec. 26 — 8 and 11 a.m.Masses
Saturday, Jan. 1 — 4:30 p.m. New Year’s Day Mass andSunday Vigil
Sunday, Jan. 2 — 8 and 11 a.m. Sunday Masses
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church1500 CobbanThe Rev. Frank Wright
SCHEDULE:Saturday and Sunday, Dec18-19 — Kenyan Craft sale
in Church Social Hall on Whitman sponsored by the Societyof African Missions. Sat. hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun. hours9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 20 — 6 p.m. Adventsoup and bread gathering in the churchsocial hall. Enter through WhitmanAvenue.
Friday, Dec. 24 — 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.Christmas Even Masses, church songgroup will provide music before the earlyMass beginning at 4 p.m., Rev. FrankWright and Jerry Jordan will provideChristmas music on hammered dulcimerand guitar, before the 7:30 p.m. startingat 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 25 — 10 a.m., Christmas Mass. *Therewill be no Vigil mass on Christmas Day at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 26 — 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. Masses
Unity Church300 S. Montana The Rev. Gerri Steward
SCHEDULE:Wednesday, Dec. 22 — 7 p.m.
Christmas Service including 12 scripturalreadings representing the 12 Apostles.Service is followed by refreshments andfellowship.
— Paula J. McGarvey, for The Montana Standard
Wright
Steward
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St Ann’s Parish 2100 Farragut • 782-0007
St. Ann’s Parish Provides Sacraments, Pastoral Care,Religious Education, Community Service, and
Promote Social Responsibility.
December 24th - Christmas Eve Liturgy: 4:30 P.M. & 8 P.M.Choir Begins at 7:30 P.M.
December 25th - Christmas Day Mass: 8 A.M. & 11 A.M.NO Saturday Evening Liturgy on Dec. 25th
Eucharistic Celebrations - Saturday Vigil: 4:30 P.M.Sunday Celebrations: 8:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M.Sunday Celebrations: 8:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M.
Weekday Celebrations: 8:45 A.M.Weekday Celebrations: 8:45 A.M.
Holiday ScheduleChristmas Liturgies Thursday, December 24th
4:00 pm @ St. PatrickChildren’s Mass ~ 6:00 pm @ St. Patrick
11:00 pm @ I. C. ~ Midnight Mass
Friday, December 25th8:00 am @ St. Joseph
10:00 am @ St. PatrickNo 4:30 Mass on Christmas Day
No 7:00 pm Mass on Dec. 26th or Jan. 2nd
New Year’s Liturgies Thursday, December 31st
5:30 pm @ I.C.Friday, January 1st10:00 am @ St. Patrick
Butte Catholic Community North
Haffey
AP PHOTO
PEOPLE WALK PAST THE CHRISTMAS TREE in St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican, which was lit for the first timeFriday. The 100-foot tree comes from the woods on theslopes of a valley in the South Tyrol, Italy’s German-Italianspeaking region in the north. Rows of gold and white lightsdrape the tree like elegant necklaces.
VATICAN CHRISTMAS TREE
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FA I T H
BY ADAM PEMBLEof The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — At a timewhen so many people are out ofwork, New York City’s holidaywindow display designers aresafely employed — and happyto give a gloomy public arespite.
Design work on the elaboratecreations at the city’s biggestdepartment stores often beginsa year in advance and pays offin oohs and ahhs.
“At a time when the economy is hurting so much,you need to have some joy,” saidPatti Solomon, who recentlyflew in from Atlanta for someholiday sightseeing.
“You can look at those windows and remember childhood memories,” she saidas she stood in front of SaksFifth Avenue’s windows, whichshow a fashion-conscious girl’sjourney in stunning, one-of-a-kind dresses in vignettes.
Many of the city’s shopfronts sparkle this time of year,but Saks, Macy’s andBloomingdale’s draw the largestcrowds. The creations rangefrom highly stylized installation art pieces to moreidealized vignettes of days goneby. But they grace the windowsfor only four to six weeks.
Animatronics provide anabridged visual version of“Miracle on 34th Street” atMacy’s, the department storewhose Santa Claus was thebasis for the classic film.
As people pass by onSeventh Avenue, scenes fromthe movie are revealed throughsets that collapse or slide. Theyare made of laser- and hand-cut paper in more than100 colors combined withmechanically controlled,animated figures. The projectrequired 7,084 hours of workfrom 14 paper artisans.
Designer Paul Olszewskiworked with an animation company to give his windows a
“more cinematic and theatricalfeel.”
“I always push technology,but I also wanted to combine anartistry with it, too,” Olszewskisaid.
Macy’s window displays areassembled off site and theninstalled as finished pieces byforklift, he said. But Saks,whose window design team isled by Julio Gomez, assemblesits displays on site, piece bypiece.
Working in a confined window space can be challenging, especially whenthe materials include treebranches, wood paneling,linoleum, garland and paper.
“My background is verymuch hands-on sculptural,welding, carpentry, paintingand all of those things havepretty much come in handydoing this,” Gomez said.
Bloomingdale’s and Macy’sspokespeople declined tocomment on the cost of theirholiday displays; a call to Sakswas not returned.
The artistry that windowdesigners put into their displays is dedicated to all thepeople who walk by every day,Gomez said.
“It’s a very unselfish thingthat we are doing here,” he said.
Bloomingdale’s decided togo all out this year and produce holiday windows using morethan 100 LCD screens createdby a team of computer graphicartists, lead designer JackHruska said. It shows a stylizedwinter scene in which a birddecorates trees magically as itflies past.
At the Macy’s “Miracle on34th Street” display, the awe ofthose creations was evident inthe eyes of a little girl.
When her parents asked thecentral question of the movie —“Do you believe?” — shereplied, “Yes,” her eyes fixed onthe windows.
NYC window displays give reason to rejoice
CROWDS ADMIRE the holiday window displays atMacy’s flagship store in New York City, N.Y. The window displays are assembled off site and then installed as finished pieces by forklift. Many of New York’s shopfronts sparkle this time of year, but Saks, Macy’s andBloomingdale’s draw the largest crowds.
AP PHOTO / MARY ALTAFFER
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Baptist
Floral Park Baptist Church2500 Floral Blvd • Butte, MT 59701
406-494-3609
Catholic
BUTTE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY NORTH
Mass Schedule:
Saturday, 4:30 pm – St. Patrick
Sunday, 7:30 am – St. Joseph9:15 am – Immaculate Conception
11:00 am – St. Patrick7:00 pm – Immaculate Conception
Reconciliation: Saturday, 3:00-4:00 pm, St. Patrick
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community
1500 Majors Street • 782-8349
Weekday Masses 7:15 am Tues., Wed., & Fri.
Weekends
4:30pm Sat. • 8:30am & 11:30am Sunday.
Reconciliation Saturday, 3:30 to 4pm.
Foursquare
orship CenterFAMILY
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45 W. Greenwood Ave.
Butte, MT | 782-5683
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Sunday 10:30 am Worship
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406-723-6860 • Mon-Fri 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
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Christian
1200 Texas Ave. • Butte, MT 59701
(formerly First Christian Church)
Worship 10:30
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Christian Science
Christian Science Society
229 N. Montana • 723-7645
Sunday Service 11:00 AMWednesday Testimony
Meeting 7:30 PM
COPPER CITY CALVARY BUTTE, MT
(Hawthorne Community Center, Room #9)
Independent
OldFashion BaptistChurch
Independent
Pastor Ron Derksen
Episcopal
Baptist
Holy Spirit Catholic Community
4400 Continental DriveWeekend Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil 4:30 PMSunday 9:00 & 11:00 AMChristmas Mass Schedule:
Christmas Eve: 4:30 P.M. - Children’s Mass
8:00 PM - Family MassChristmas Day: 9:00 AM
Reconciliation ---following each Mass during Advent
United Methodist
Aldersgate United Methodist Church1621 Thornton Ave. • 782-2425
9:00 a.m. Adult Sunday School10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship & Children’s Sunday School
Nursery care availablewww.gbgm-umc.org/buttealdersgate
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Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
901 W. Platinum • Butte, MT406.782.6595
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:00pm
Comunity Welcome!
Adult & ChildrenSunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Journey Assembly of God 2055 Florence, Butte, Mt. 59701
723-5543Sunday 9:30 am - Sunday School 10:30 am - Worship Service 6:00 pm - Life GroupsWednesday
6:00 pm Meal served - everyone welcome 6:30 pm Activities/services for all ages
Independent
Lutheran
Mountain View - Trinity United Methodist Parish
Mountain View203 West Quartz Street
Trinity971 North Main Street
Trinity UMC 8:45 A.M.
Mtn. View UMC 10:00 A.M.Broadcast over KBOW 550 AM Radio Station
Gold Hill Lutheran, ELCA
www.goldhilllutheran.org
Christmas Eve Worship 5 & 7 pmHoly Communion, Caroling & Candlelight
8:30, 11:00 Worship with Holy CommunionNursery Provided - 9:45 Sunday School
934 Placer Street • 723-4242
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St. John’s Episcopal Church15 N. Idaho • 723-4017
Sunday Services 8am & 10:15am
Youth Group Sunday Noon
Fr. Elton Smith GLORIA DEI LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA
2300 Florence Ave. • Butte, MTPastor Adam Barnhart
The Youth’s Christmas Program at 11:00 a.m.
HERITAGE BIBLE CHURCH(Affi liated with Rocky Mountain Bible Mission)
3215 Hannibal St. 406-494-9958Pastor Dave Knight
SUNDAY9:45 am ......Sunday School
11:00 am ....Morning Worship7:00 pm ....Christmas Program
FRIDAY7:00 pm ....Candlelight Service
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Unity
Butte Unity Church Non-Denominational Weddings • Memorials Blessings • Classes
The Wisdom Shop - book [email protected]
Sundays 10:30 AM300 S. Montana • 782-5444
Living Water FellowshipSunday - 10:30am in the Montana Room of the Comfort Inn at Harrison and Dewey.
Coming Soon: Daniels Dilemmas - Teachings on how to deal with crisis
in our lives. Beginning January 10, 2011
Pastor John T. Reaganwww.livingwater4butte.
Church on The Rock Pastors Mark & Sue Stearns
300 Holmes Ave, 494-7625
Sunday 10 a.m. Worship
Wed 7 p.m. Family Service
Thurs. 7 p.m. Sober Project
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