Big Fun: 5 Christmas concerts to check out this weekend

Rev Stuart Haynes from Ormskirk Parish Church said: “In a year when the Mayor is inviting everyone to celebrate what’s great about West Lancashire we’d like to invite the everyone to join us as we celebrate the reason for Christmas – the birth of Jesus Christ”.

A Christmas Cantata, “He is the Light of the World”, will be performed at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Keosauqua Health Center, formerly the Good Samaritan Center.

The next monthly meeting for the Parkinson Disease Northtowns Caregiver Support Group will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at the Meadows in Weinberg Campus, 2650 North Forest Road, Amherst.

Bring a Friend Sunday: will be held December 13 at St. Mark Lutheran, 129 Charles St., Hanover.

Meeting in the driveway of Cheshire Elementary School, 197 Church St., all attending will decorate a large Christmas tree while singing Christmas carols.

Rose of Sharon Baptist Church at 4109 Guess Road has launched a light display featuring more than 17,000 LED lights synchronized to music as its gift to the community during the Christmas season.

This cantata will be presented at 10 a.m. on December 20 and at the Christmas Eve Candlelight service on at 7 p.m. on December 24.

Additionally, since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, there have been at least 864 other mass shootings in the U.S. Gun violence affects people regardless of age, income, location, religion and race.

La Canada Presbyterian Church is located at 626 Foothill Blvd.

Candle-lighting on each evening at 5 p.m. from Monday through Thursday, Shabbat services at 7 p.m. on Friday and candle-lighting at 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Judea Reform lobby.

Visit www.familychurchorg for tickets and information. Church Council will meet after Sunday school.

The meal service will begin at 11:30 a.m. for surrounding community members who are alone or in need on the holiday, or desiring fellowship.