Wellesley has ten houses of worship that observe Christmas. Some celebrate with all the formality you might expect from a church with Puritan roots, some with a casual flair, and one takes their services on the road and into a Natick barn. All the services and masses are joyful, and all are welcome. Merry Christmas, Wellesley.

Elmwood Chapel

42 Elmwood Rd. 781-235-6025

Join Milestone Church at Elmwood Chapel as they host a very special Christmas eve service for the whole family. Live music, candlelight Christmas message, and don’t miss a massive cookie bar with a variety of cookies, hot cocoa, apple cider, and more!

Monday, December 24, 2018
5:30pm – Wellesley Cookie Bar
6:00 pm – Wellesley Candlelight Service

Although registration is not required to attend, we are expecting large crowds so please register to claim your spot and help us prepare.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

8 Rockland St, 781-235-1114

Regular services on Sunday, December 23, 10am
Immediately following services there will be a Christmas hymn singing in the Sunday School.
All are welcome.

MetroWest Baptist Church

2 Brook St. 781-431-0828
Note: Christmas observance is Sunday, December 23 at the Natick Organic Community Farm barn, 117 Eliot St., Natick

Metro West Baptist Church holds a unique Christmas service — they celebrate the birth of Jesus where it all began, in a humble barn. Worshippers sit on bales of hay and read the Christmas story, sing carols and enjoy hot cocoa as they imagine just a tiny bit of what it might have been like 2000 years ago.

Sunday, December 23, 10am, at the Natick Organic Community Farm.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

79 Denton Rd., 781-235-7310

Christmas Eve Services: Monday, December 24, 3pm and 10pm
Christmas Day Service: Tuesday, December 25, 10am
Christmas Lessons & Carols: Sunday, December 30, 10am
Epiphany Fireside Service & Potluck: Sunday, January 6, 5pm

St. John the Evangelist Parish (Catholic)

9 Glen Rd., 781-235-0045

Christmas Vigil Mass (School Hall): Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (Upper Church): Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (with 5:10 Prelude with Youth Choir and musicians): Monday, December 24, 5:30pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (with 9:30 Prelude and Carols with Parish Choir): Monday, December 24, 10pm
Collaborative Midnight Mass at St. Paul Church, 502 Washington St. (11:30 Prelude and Carols with Youth Choir): Monday, December 24, 11:59pm
Christmas Mass (10am Prelude & Carols with Parish Choir): Tuesday, December 25, 10:30am

St. Paul Parish (Catholic)

502 Washington St., 781-235-1060

Christmas Vigil Mass (Church and Parish Hall): Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (with Children’s Pageant and Choir): Monday, December 24, 6pm
Christmas Vigil Mass (carols with Adult Choir): Monday, December 24, 8pm
Midnight Mass (11:30 Prelude with Youth Music Group)
Christmas Day Mass (10:30am Prelude with Adult Choir): Tuesday, December 25, 11am

Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills

309 Washington St., 781-235-9423

Christmas Eve Service Monday, December 24, 5pm, with an extended prelude of holiday songs beginning at 4:45pm

Wellesley Congregational (Village) Church

2 Central St., 781-235-1988

Advent IV, Service of Holy Anticipation, Sunday, December 23, 10am
Christmas Eve Worship (Family Christmas Pageant), Monday, December 24, 4pm
Christmas Eve Worship (Candlelight Service with Senior Choir), Monday, December 24, 8pm
Christmas Eve Worship (Candlelight Service with Youth & Alumni Choir, Monday, December 24, 10pm

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church

207 Washington St., 781-235-4424

Family Christmas Pageant, Monday, December 24, 3:30pm
Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols, Monday, December 24, 6pm
Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols, Monday, December 24, 9:30pm