Island holiday religious services

Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Parish

Visit goodsheperdmv.com, or call 508-693-0342

Christmas Eve
St Elizabeth’s Church: Morning Prayer, Daily Mass, and Rosary, 7:45 – 8:30 am
Good Shepherd Parish Chapel: Mass with First Communion, 3 – 4 pm
St. Augustine’s Church: Mass in English, 5 – 6 pm
St. Augustine’s Church: Mass in Portuguese, 7 – 7:45 pm
St Elizabeth’s Church: Mass in English, 7 – 8 pm

Christmas Day
St. Augustine’s Church: Mass in English, 9 – 10 am
St Elizabeth’s Church: Mass in English, 11 am – 12 pm
St Elizabeth’s Church: Mass in Portuguese, 7 – 7:45 pm

Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, Vineyard Haven

Hanukkah Candle Lighting
Thursday, Dec. 17, 5:30 pm online
Visit mvhc.us, or call the Hebrew Center for more information, 508-693-0745.

Quaker Meeting

Every Sunday, 10 am
Call 508-627-8536 for the Zoom link.

Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard

Winter Solstice Celebration
Dec. 20, 11 am
Email uu.society.mv@gmail.com, or call 508-693-8982, to gather on Zoom for songs and rituals with Rebecca Gilbert and Sam Greene.

Vineyard Assembly of God

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Dec. 24, 7 pm, and live streamed on the church’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/vineyardag. For details, visit vineyardag.com, or call 508-696-7576.

St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Edgartown

Sunday Services
Through Advent, the church offers half-hour services with music that can be accessed every Sunday morning on YouTube by entering “St Andrews—Edgartown” into the YouTube search box.  

Christmas Service
Available for viewing on YouTube during the day on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24. It will feature a sermon by our Diocesan Bishop, the Right Rev. Alan Gates. The church will be decorated, and musician Griffin McMahon will offer fine organ renditions of traditional Christmas hymns, together with a young vocal soloist. For more information, visit standrewsmv.org, or call 508-627-5330.

First Congregational Church of West Tisbury

All services are remote. The Zoom links can be found on the homepage, wtcongregationalchurch.org, or call 508-693-2842.

Sunday Services
Second, third, and fourth Sunday of Advent, 10 am

Christmas Lessons and Carols
Prerecorded service available on Dec. 24 that can be watched at any time.

Grace Episcopal Church

Sundays in Advent
Online at 10 am – click the ‘Worship’ link on the website, graceepiscopalmv.org. An Advent calendar is also available on the church’s website or as an app, m.appbuild.io/adventca.

Christmas Eve
Outdoor in-person Communion Services at 4 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm, and 7 pm, subject to state and diocesan guidelines. To reserve a space, call the parish office at 508-693-0332. There will also be a pre-recorded online service on their website, graceepiscopalmv.org.

Christmas Day
Outdoor in-person Communion Services at 9 am and 10 am, subject to state and diocesan guidelines. To reserve a space, call the parish office at 508-693-0332. The Episcopal Churches of the Cape and Islands’ pre-recorded Festival of Lessons and Carols will be available on their website.

First Baptist Church, Vineyard Haven

Christmas Eve service at 7 pm 
508-693-1539, firstbaptistchurchvineyardhaven.org.