Blue Christmas service aims to be uplifting

The holidays can be a lonely time for many people.

For those looking to alleviate loss, grief or loneliness, Manito United Methodist Church, 3220 S. Grand Blvd., is offering a Blue Christmas service Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The service will include candlelight, healing worship and an understanding community.

For more information, call the church office at 747-4755.

Christmas concerts

•Dancers from area churches are presenting “Christmas, The Eternal Story in Dance” Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave.

Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. They may be purchased at the box office, at the Fishers of Men Bible Bookstore, 401 First St., Cheney, The Kaufer Co. Christian Supplies, 907 W. Boone Ave., and the Sower Bible Bookstore, 7352 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene.

For more information, call TicketsWest at 325-SEAT.

•Mead United Methodist Church, 12611 N. Wilson St., Mead, is presenting a Community Christmas Sing-along Saturday at 7 p.m.

The event is open to people of all ages and faiths, and refreshments will be available.

For more information, call the church office at 466-7866.

•The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave., is presenting the “Service of Nine Lessons and Carols,” Sunday at 7 p.m.

The service, based on the medieval Christmas Eve Vigil Service, will include performances by the handbell choir, children’s choir and cathedral choir.

A free-will offering will be taken.

For more information, call the church office at 838-4277.

•The First Church of the Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd., is presenting a Christmas Organ Concert Sunday at 6 p.m.

The concert will feature the church’s 100-year-old Wurlitzer pipe organ played by Kenneth Fuller.

Audience members will have a chance to sing along with traditional Christmas carols, and after the program there will be hot tortilla soup and chips served at no charge.

For more information, call the church office at 467-8986.

•All Nations Warriors for Christ is presenting its fourth annual Christmas Program Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Spokane Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 828 W. Spofford Ave.

The event will feature a live Nativity scene, gifts for teens and children and drawings for adult presents.

For more information, call Loretta Kern at 484-7757.

Living Nativity

Green Bluff Community United Methodist Church, 9908 E. Green Bluff Road, Colbert, is presenting the Nativity on Saturday and Dec. 22 and 23 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Nativity will be set up on the east side of the church and also will be staged after the 7 p.m. Christmas Eve family candlelight service.

For more information, call the church office at 238-9100.

Special services

•The German-American Society is offering its annual German Christmas Service on Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 316 E. 24th Ave.

The service will be in both German and English and will feature the Concordia Choir singing traditional German Christmas carols.

After the service there will be a reception at the Deutsches Haus, 25 W. Third Ave.

For more information, call the German-American Society at 747-0004.

•Trinity Lutheran Church, 4704 N. Wall St., is presenting an Advent service on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at 327-4203.

Singles groups

•Christian Singles Fellowship is holding its monthly meeting on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of North Addison Baptist Church, 6120 N. Addison St.

This month’s meeting will include a Christmas celebration and potluck. Ham and turkey will be provided.

For more information or to find out what to bring, call 893-2265.

•Spokane Christian Singles is presenting speed dating Saturday at 7 p.m. for those in their 20s, 30s or 40s, and Sunday at 3 p.m. for those 45 and older, at Mission Community Presbyterian Church, 2103 E. Mission Ave.

The cost is $10 for one’s first visit and $7 for every visit after that.

For more information, call 226-7674.