Christmas is not gifts, food, parties, lights and stress.

Why not celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with your family? Katy offers many Christmas Eve Worship services.

This list is not at all complete, but gives you an idea of what is available. From singing to candlelight there is definitely a service that will fit your busy Christmas Eve schedule.

Take time to refelect and rest and enjoy a "Silent Night".

• The Fellowship at Cinco Ranch: Friday, Dec 24 at 7pm- Outside by the Christmas Tree
  For the past 16 years hundreds of families have gathered under the stars on Christmas Eve singing Christmas carols and celebrating God's love by candlelight. Don't miss this special time with family and friends as we celebrate God's greatest gift together as a community. Cookies and drinks afterwards.
• Second Baptist Woodway Campus: Friday, Dec. 24 at 4pm or 6pm- Worship Center
  The Second Family will gather together for the annual candlelight services that have become a treasured part of our Christmas celebration each year. The services will feature familiar carols and great Christmas music by our choirs, praise teams and instrumentalists, a children’s nativity, and a special message that will focus on the birth of Jesus, God’s perfect Gift to us at Christmas.
• Covenant Lutheran Church: Friday, Dec 24 at 7pm or 11pm
  Join us for carols, candlelight and communion as we celebrate the birth of Jesus.
• St. Matthias Anglican Church: Friday, Dec 24 at 7pm
  The service includes a children’s pageant, starting at 7 p.m., followed by the service of Holy Communion. Refreshments and fellowship to follow in the parish hall.
• Westland Baptist Church: Friday, Dec 24 at 6:30pm
  Candelelight service on Christmas Eve featuring Christmas carols, the telling of the Christmas story and more.
• Grace Fellowship Church: Friday, Dec 24 at 11am (kid-friendly service) 4pm, 6pm, or 8pm.
  Four worship services on Christmas Eve, including three evening candlelight services at 4, 6 and 8 p.m. and a kid-friendly worship service at 11 a.m. The kid’s service includes a Christmas musical, carols for the whole family and live camel rides to follow.
• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church: Friday, Dec 24 at 7pm or 10pm
  With Christmas carols, candles, the Word and Sacrament, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is set to celebrate Christmas the Anglican way this year. They will close out the service with our tradition of singing Silent Night by candlelight, and this promises to be a great music experience using new media of renouned pipe organist John Keyes of Nottingham, England. They are asking folks to bring goodies for fellowship between the services in the parish hall. Just bring something sweet that you would like to share!
• First United Methodist Church of Katy: Friday, Dec 24 at 4pm in the sanctuary
  Candlelight Service for families and children featuring the Children's Choirs.
• Kingsland Baptist Church: Dec 24 at 3:30pm, 4:45pm, 6pm or 7pm
  Candlelight service.
• Fellowship Bible Church: Dec 24 at 5:30pm
  Come and join us for our first candelight Christmas Eve Service in our new Worship Center. Come and be reminded why Jesus is the reason for the season.
• Katy Christian Community Church: Dec 24 at 7:30pm
  Christmas Eve service in English & Mandarin. No children program provided.
• Victory of the Lamb: Dec 24 at 7pm
  Christmas Eve song service.
• First Baptist Church of Katy: Dec 24 at 6pm or 11:15pm
  Candlelight service.
• Family Life Assembly of God: Dec 24 at 6pm
  Candelight service.
• The Vineyard Church of Katy: Dec 24 at 7pm
  Join us as we gather for a short worship service before we go in groups to minister to emergency personnel and people working on Christmas Eve.
  We will leave from The [Link] and take fresh-baked cookies to workers in our area. Please bring tins with 12 cookies in each container. Children are welcome but there will be no childcare. Bring the kids with you!
• Redeember Community Church: Dec 24 at 5pm
• Current... A Christian Church: Dec 24 at 4pm or 6pm
  Create a special family memory and start a Christmas tradition by being a part of our special Christmas Eve services. Enjoy a Christmas Eve service together as a family. Childcare will be available through age 3.
• Thrive Church: Dec 23 at 6pm and 7:30pm AND Dec 24 at 6pm(service is FULL) and 7:30pm
  This season Thrive will be presenting a totally unique holiday experience! Your entire family will enjoy this fun,
  1-hour journey back to the days of hope and inspiration. Child care will be available for ages 6 and younger.
  To make sure we have enough parking and chairs for everyone, we're giving away FREE tickets to 4 identical Christmas services. Grab your seats in advance this Sunday or download them online via the link above.
• Living Word Lutheran Church: Dec 24 at 4:30pm (Family Worship Service), 7:30pm (Festival Worship) or 10pm (Festival Worship)
• Memorial Lutheran Church: Dec 24 at 6pm or 8pm
  Candlelight Communion Service
• Life Church of Katy: Dec 24 at 7pm
  Candlelight service- candles, carrols and communion.
• Crosspoint Community Church: Dec 24 at 3pm, 5pm, or 7pm
• Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church: Dec 24 at 6pm
  Join us Christmas eve for a candlelight service. We’ll enjoy the Christmas story and Christmas hymns and conclude with a Silent Night to candlelight. Come by the pastor’s open house afterward for cookies and fellowship!

A Christmas show like none other for the whole family. Dancing by the JUMP team, puppets who creatively tell the Christmas story and a tasty treat at the cookie corner following each show.

WHEN:

December 17-23

WHERE:

Jump Theater on the 2nd Floor of Second Baptist Church West Campus

SHOW TIMES:
Fri • Dec 17 • 5:30, 6:30 & 7:30
Sat • Dec 18 • 10 & 11AM; 4, 5 & 6PM
Sun • Dec 19 • 3 & 4PM
Dec 20-23 • 5:30, 6:30 & 7:30PM

And if you want to take a little drive....

The Really Really Big Christmas Show is a brand new show this year at the Woodway Campus only. If you like the Kids Crazy Christmas Show, you're going to love this show. Enjoy aerial ballet ("Cirque de Soleil" style), trampoline artists, dance numbers, a beautiful nativity and a special grand finale parade! There will be classic Kids Crazy Christmas songs like "Mary's Baby" and "Manger Zone" along with new ones such as "Little Baby in the Hay."

Friday, Dec. 17 & Sunday, Dec. 19 • 6:30PM
Directions to the Woodway Campus

Children’s Museum of Houston celebrates the first fruits of the harvest as part of Seasons of Sharing exhibit

December 26 – 30

Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits of the harvest," is a time of reaffirming African American people of their ancestors and culture.

It is celebrated with seven nights of candle lighting representing its Seven Guiding Principles: Unity, Self-Determination, Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity and Faith, to honor the values of ancient African cultures and inspire African Americans who are working for progress.

Celebrate Kwanzaa as part of Seasons of Sharing, Houston’s only multicultural holiday exhibit for children spotlighting seven cultural celebrations on display Nov. 13 through Jan. 9.