EDITOR’S NOTE: All services are Sunday unless otherwise noted. The deadline for submitting items for use in the following Saturday’s paper is close of business on Wednesday. To reach faith editor Clint Cooper, call 757-6497 or e-mail him at ccooper@ timesfreepress.com
ALLIANCE
• First, 1906 Hickory Valley Road, “Take the Father’s Hand Before Crossing 2011,” 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Lee A. Peters.
• North River, 5954 Highway 153, Hixson, “That’s a Little Small for You, Isn’t It?” 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Duane Mabee.
ANGLICAN (ACNA)
• Anglican Church of Redeemer, 1815 McCallie Ave. (Richmont Graduate University), “Healing, Reconciliation and the Church,” 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Emmanuel Gatera, provincial secretary of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, guest speaker.
BAPTIST
• Abba’s House, 5208 Hixson Pike, “Give Me Back My Harp,” 10:30 a.m., Ron Phillips.
• Brainerd, 300 Brookfield Ave., “From the Crown to the Cradle,” 11 a.m. (combined service), Robby Gallaty.
• Brainerd Hills, 6611 East Brainerd Road, “The Church That Lost It,” 10:30 a.m. (combined service), C. Richard Mason.
• Calvary, 5201 Dayton Blvd., Red Bank, “Confidence in God,” 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., Steve Roberson.
• First, 401 Gateway Ave., “The Storm After the Calm,” 10 a.m., the Rev. Thomas Quisenberry.
• First, 2645 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,”Same Book, Next Chapter,” 10:55 a.m., John Wyatt.
• Maranatha, 1701 Hickory Valley Road, “Christmas Is Worship,” 11 a.m., Jeremy Wallace.
• New Lookout, 50 Ridley Circle, Rising Fawn, Ga., “Don’t Look Back,” 11 a.m., Greg Ezell.
• People’s, 102 Bryan St., Rossville, Ga., “The One Gift You Didn’t Get for Christmas,” 10:45 a.m., Stephen Kellogg.
• Second Missionary, 2305 E. Third St., 11 a.m., College Students Day.
• Signal Mountain, 939 Ridgeway Ave., “The Innkeeper’s Wife,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Steven Wright.
• Stuart Heights, 3208 Hixson Pike, “A Heavenly Point of View,” 9 and 11 a.m., Gabe Messenger guest speaker.
• Stuart Heights, 1505 Cloverdale Drive, “A Heavenly Point of View,” 10 a.m., Gabe Messenger guest speaker.
CHRISTIAN
• First, 650 McCallie Ave., “The Great Escape,” Scot Croslin guest speaker.
• Hickory Valley, 6605 Shallowford Road, “Nothing Is as ‘Over’ as Christmas,” 10:15 a.m., Gary Armes.
• Mountain View, 9118 Snowhill Road, “Preparing for Heaven in 2011,” 11 a.m. Richard Barr.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
• Central, 400 Vine St., “The Name of Jesus,” 10:30 a.m., David Schonhoff; “The Audacity of the Gospel,” 6 p.m., David Schonhoff.
CHURCH OF GOD
• City Church, 7122 Lee Highway, “The Journey of Trust,” 11 a.m. (combined service), Mike Chapman.
• Middle Valley, 1703 Thrasher Pike, 9:15 a.m., fellowship breakfast; “Where Are My Yellow Pants?” 10:30 p.m., Mitch McClure.
EPISCOPAL
• Christ, 663 Douglas St., 10:30 a.m., lessons and carols service.
• Church of the Good Shepherd, 211 Franklin Road, Lookout Mountain, 8 and 10 a.m., lessons and carols service.
• Church of the Nativity, 1201 Cross St., Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Mark Bigley guest speaker.
• St. Alban’s, 7514 Hixson Pike, Hixson, “The True Light,” 8 and 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Julie Johnson.
• St. Francis of Assisi, 7555 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” 8 and 10 a.m., the Rev. Perry Scruggs guest speaker.
• St. Paul’s, 305 W. Seventh St., 8 a.m., the Rev. Robert K. Leopold, assistant rector for college and young adults ministries, speaker; 10:30 a.m., lessons and carols.
• St. Timothy’s, 630 Mississippi Ave., Signal Mountain, 8 and 10 a.m., lessons and carols service.
• Thankful, 1607 W. 43rd St., “And the Word Was Made Flesh,” 10 a.m., the Rev. Leyla King.
LUTHERAN (NALC)
• Faith, Vine Street and Central Avenue, “The Holiday Horror,” 10 a.m., Jon McKenzie.
METHODIST, UNITED
• Brainerd, 4315 Brainerd Road, “Out of Egypt,” 8:45 a.m. contemporary (fellowship hall) and 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Dennis Flaugher.
• Brooks, 1543 Mercer St., Lupton City, “After Christmas … What Now?” 10:50 a.m., the Rev. Terry K. Huffer.
• Burks, 6433 Hixson Pike, “Wise Men: Outsiders Who Found God,” 9:30 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Nathan Malone.
• Eastdale, 1403 Tunnel Blvd., “A Young Woman Chosen by God, Mary, Mother of Jesus,” 11:30 a.m., the Rev. Stanley Reuben Williams; 3 p.m. Wednesday, annual Kwanzaa celebration.
• East Ridge, 1601 Prater Road, “There Is a Great Hope, Despite Power, Self-Interest and Greed,” 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Ken Sauer.
• Fairview, 3901 Hamill Road, Hixson, “Were We Prepared for This?” 11 a.m., the Rev. Rhonda Hobbs.
• First, 11625 Highway 28, Whitwell, Tenn., “What Do We Do With All of This?” 11 a.m. CST, Jeremy McMillan.
• First-Centenary, 419 McCallie Ave., “Christmas Is More Than a ‘Silver Lining,'” 10 a.m. (combined service), the Rev. Brian Davis.
• Flintstone, 2503 Chattanooga Valley Road, “So It Begins,” 11 a.m., Mary Cline guest speaker.
• Hixson, 5301 Old Hixson Pike, “God’s Greatest Gift: Joining Us in All Our Troubles,” 8 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Paul Longmire; “God’s Greatest Gift,” 11 a.m. (contemporary), the Rev. Randy Martin.
• Grace, 9833 Hixson Pike, “Hands on,” 9:30 a.m., the Rev. Clair Sauer.
• Jones Memorial, 4131 Ringgold Road, East Ridge, “Three Wise Gifts,” 11 a.m. (combined service, with Blessing of the Toys), the Rev. Larry J. Dial.
• Ooltewah, 6131 Relocation Way, “Receiving the Gift,” 9:30 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Ramon Torres.
• St. Elmo/Lookout Mountain, 1399 Lula Lake Road (Lookout Mountain UMC), “Salvation Made Perfect,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Mark Dowell.
• St. John, 3921 Murray Hills Drive, “The Prince of Egypt,” 8:45 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Sherry Boles.
• Sale Creek, 14909 Dayton Pike, “Two Upper Rooms!” 11 a.m., the Rev. Damon Mitchell.
• Sand Mountain, 2126 Highway 136, Trenton, Ga., “Dreams and Schemes,” 11 a.m. (combined service with Morganville and Slygo Valley UMCs), the Rev. Wayne Cook.
• Simpson, 601 McFarland Ave., Rossville, Ga., “Something Must Have Happened Here,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Natalie Smart.
• Soddy, 255 Depot St., Soddy-Daisy, “Back to Real Life,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Kenneth Scoggins.
• Tyner, 6805 Standifer Gap Road, “Memories, Visions, Dreams … and They That Wait Upon the Lord,” 9 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Glenn Moseley.
• Wesley Memorial, 6314 East Brainerd Road, “The Haunting Promise,” 10:30 a.m., Boyd Lackey guest speaker.
• White Oak, 2232 Lyndon Ave., 10:45 a.m., Debra Dickerson guest speaker.
NONDENOMINATIONAL
• Chattanooga Church, 6178 Adamson Circle, “What About the Day After the Birth?” 8:30 and 11 a.m., Morty Lloyd.
• World’s Church of the Living God,” 2110 Glass St., noon, 46th anniversary appreciation service for Bishop W.C. and Mrs. Hunter.
PRESBYTERIAN, CUMBERLAND
• First, 1505 N. Moore Road, 10:30 a.m., Moravian Love Feast service.
• First, 200 Church St., Cleveland, Tenn., “‘Twas the Day After Christmas,” 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Cliff Hudson.
• Jasper, 148 College St., Jasper, Tenn. “Leaving Bethlehem,” 11 a.m., the Rev. James H. Patterson.
• Red Bank, 115 Morrison Springs Road, 10:50 a.m., the Rev. Tom Martin guest speaker.
• Silverdale, 7407 Bonny Oaks Drive, “Holding on to Christmas,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Christian Smith.
PRESBYTERIAN, EVANGELICAL
• Brainerd, 1624 Jenkins Road, “Looking Back and Forward,” 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Jonathan Schwartz.
• Signal Mountain, 612 James Blvd., 10:40 a.m. (combined service), led by college students and the Rev. William E. Dudley.
PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)
• Red Bank, 4320 Dayton Blvd., “Jesus Worked With His Hands,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Everett Gossett.
• Wayside, 2502 Fairmount Road, Signal Mountain, “What Does God Have in Store for You?” 11 a.m., the Rev. Marshall St. John.
PRESBYTERIAN (PCUSA)
• New Hope, 7301 Shallowford Road, “The Newborn King,” 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Keith W. Jones.
• Second, 700 Pine St., “Destroyer of Death,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Perry McCallen.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
• Unitarian Universalist, 3224 Navajo Drive, “Doing Spirit, Nurturing Our Birthright,” 10:45 a.m., David Pope guest speaker.
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
• Pilgrim Congregational, 400 Glenwood Drive, “Looking for a Safe Place,” 11 a.m., the Rev. Dave Brown.
VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
• Vineyard Chattanooga, 6836 Tyner Road (Tyner Academy), “Finding Jesus,” 11 a.m., Jeff Anderle.