ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH: Missionary Christmas brunch, 10 a.m. today, 5715 Koon Road. (803) 786-0119
ASHLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Children’s Christmas Play “Silent Mice, Holy Mice,” 6 p.m. Sunday, 2600 Ashland Road. (803) 798-5350
BETHLEHEM BAPTIST OF COLUMBIA: “Adoration to Our King,” 4 p.m. Sunday, 1218 Lyon St. (803) 254-5651
FIRST NAZARETH BAPTIST CHURCH: Old time bazaar, noon, today, 2351 Gervais St. (803) 254-6232
LAKE MURRAY BAPTIST CHURCH: “This Man Called Jesus,” 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. today and Sunday, 1001 U.S. 378 West, Lexington. Free. (803) 356-4304
LAKE WATEREE BAPTIST CHURCH: Performance of the musical “Mary Did You Know,” 10 a.m. Sunday, 5856 River Road, Ridgeway. (803) 337-2838
MAIN STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Magnifiers Christmas concert, 4 p.m. Sunday, 1830 Main St. (803) 779-0610; www.mainstumc.com
McGREGOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: “Lessons and Carols on the Nativity,” 11 a.m. Sunday,6605 St. Andrews Road. (803) 727-4620; (803) 781-6390
NORTHEAST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: “Dogs & Carols” featuring carols, s’mores and hotdogs, 5-7 p.m. Sunday, 601 Polo Road. (803) 788-5298; www.nepres.com
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CHURCH: A Festival of Lessons and Carols, 7 p.m. Monday, 1709 Lyttleton St., Camden. (803) 432-6131
PARK STREET BAPTIST: Worship choir concert “Hark the Herald,” 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, 2204 Park St. (803) 252-6434; www.parkstreetbaptistchurch.org
POND BRANCH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Christmas cantata “Celebrate the Wonder-His Promised Arrival,” 9:30 a.m. Sunday, 1913 Pond Branch Road, Gilbert. (803) 657-5481
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: “The Many Moods of Christmas,” 6 p.m. tonight and Sunday, 6952 St. Andrews Road. (803) 732-2273; www.sapc.net
ST. JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH: “Word on Fire” with facilitator Jay Lowry, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Wednesdays, 100 Polo Road. (803) 788-0811
ST. MARTIN’S-IN-THE-FIELDS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Advent choral evensong and holy eucharist, 6 p.m. Wednesday, 5220 Clemson Ave. (803) 787-0392; www.stmartinsinthefields.com
SAINT PETER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH: Choral mass: Advent III, 5:30 p.m. tonight and 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon, Sunday, 1521 Assembly St. (803) 779-0036
SANDHILL HEIGHTS BAPTIST: Live Nativity and Christmas Puppet Show, 6 p.m. tonight, 2992 Bowen St., Elgin. (803) 438-0460
SAXE GOTHA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: “Voices of Christmas,” cantata, 7 p.m. tonight and 11 a.m. Sunday, 5503 Sunset Blvd., Lexington. (803) 359-7770, ext. 21; www.saxegotha.org
SHANDON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Longest Night service, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 607 Woodrow St. (803) 771-4408; www.shandonpres.org
SHANDON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Performance by the Chancel Choir featuring the Sapphire Moon Dance Company, 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday; Love Feast: Celebrating Christian Fellowship, 5 p.m. Sunday; and a Christmas concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3407 Devine St. (803) 256-8383; www.shandon-umc.org
SPEARS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH: Live nativity, 6-9 p.m. tonight and Sunday, 116 Spears Creek Church Lane, Elgin. (803) 788-4370
ZION DAMASCUS BAPTIST CHURCH: Annual gospel program, 5 p.m. Sunday, 6701 Bluff Road, Hopkins. (803) 776-3176
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