Churches Celebrate Christmas In-Person, Online

福建平和，江苏苏州教堂举行实地圣诞活动，山西一教堂举行网络崇拜。

圣诞节，福建省平和县南胜基督教堂举行圣诞崇拜赞美会，林文元牧师以《效法天使的赞美》为题证道，引用路加福音2:13-14，提醒每一个基督徒每时每刻都要感谢赞美神的慈爱、要颂扬上帝奇妙的救恩、要歌唱真光的到来。

林牧师证道崇拜后，圣诞赞美会中，青年诗班，马利亚团契献唱，手语，舞蹈，圣剧，民乐合奏，国学朗诵。

83岁蓝慈祥（畲族）老兄弟献诗、来自坂仔镇东坑村的88岁赖美专老姐妹登台演唱闽南圣诗。

苏州独墅湖基督教堂12月24日晚举行2场平安夜圣乐崇拜活动，每场活动主堂只允许200人就坐，两场活动都有献诗、证道、圣剧、和赞美。徐长富老师为两场活动证道，题目是“耶稣爱你”，围绕圣经以弗所书3章18到19节的经文展开，讲给信徒、慕道友，也讲给第一次来教堂的朋友们。徐老师在证道中呼召大家认识这位神，认识他长阔高深的爱。他告诉大家，我们想要的爱，唯有耶稣才能赐给我们。

12月25日上午举行圣诞节礼拜，下午举行“信徒庆圣诞”活动。每场活动都需要出示健康码、行程卡，严格落实防疫政策，然后登记后进入指定会场。

12月24日、25日，在防控形势严峻的情况下，山西临汾市尧都基督教会响应号召，停止线下实体礼拜，改为网络直播五场感恩崇拜。

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Church in Jiangsu, Fujian, Shanxi hosted in-person and virtual Christmas worship services.

Nansheng Church in Pinghe County, Fujian Province, conducted a praise and worship service on Christmas Day. 

Based on Luke 2:13-14, a pastor gave a sermon with the title "Imitate Angel’s Praise", reminding attendees to always praise God’s love and marvelous salvation. In addition, an 83-year-old male Christian sang a song to praise God, and a female believer aged 88 volunteered to present a hymn in the South Fujian language.

Dushu Lake Church in Suzhou, Jiangsu, held two Christmas Eve worship services with the number of worshippers limited to no more than 200. Each service included hymns, a sermon, and a recorded Nativity play. Xu Changfu preached two sermons titled "Jesus Loves You", citing Ephesians 3: 18-19. He led believers, seekers, and first-time guests to grasp how wide and long and high and deep the love of God is, saying that only Jesus could give them the love they wanted.

The next day, the church held a Christmas worship service and a celebration, following the COVID-19 protocols.

Due to a spike of coronavirus cases, Yaodu District Church in Linfen, Shanxi, changed the onsite gatherings to five live broadcast praise and worship services at Christmas.

- Translated by Abigail Wu