Religion briefs 12/17/05

Calendar

Today

• Live Nativity pageant a Hanover Lutheran Church, begins at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 17, a 20-minute pageant featuring songs and drama.

Sunday

• "The Service of the Nativity" at 9 a.m. at Saint Paul United Methodist Church in Commerce, Mo.

* Christmas Cantata at 10:30 a.m. at Jackson Church of Nazarene.

* Christmas Cantata at 10:40 a.m. at Red Star Baptist Church.

* Handel's Messiah to be performed at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau.

* Christmas program at New Life Gospel Center, 4 p.m.

* Christmas program at New Salem United Methodist Church in Daisy, Mo., 5 p.m. Dec. 18.

* Messiah Sing-in at First Presbyterian Church, 3 p.m. Dec. 18.

* Children's Christmas pageant at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 6 p.m. Dec. 18.

* Christmas concert at 7 p.m. at Historic Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Mo.

* Christmas program at 7 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church.

* The Heart of Christmas musical at St. John's United Church of Christ, 10 a.m. Dec. 18 and 7 p.m. Dec. 22.

Tuesday

• Youth floor hockey at Red Star Baptist Church, from 6 to 8 p.m.

-- From staff reports