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Candlelight Carol Service
Join Us As We Celebrate Christmas:
Sing favorite carols,
Enjoy the choir,
Candlelight Service,
And a Reading of
A Visit from St. Nicholas
By actor
and Chelsea resident
William Fowle

Sunday, December 18, 2011
at 6:00 pm.
St. Peter’s Church, 346 West 20th Street

Details on the Event

Chelsea Community Church, a lay-led nondenominational Christian Church “for people of all faiths,” will hold its 37rd Annual Candlelight Carol Service on Sunday, December 18th at 6 PM.

The service will take place in historic St. Peter’s Church, 346 West 20th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.  There is no charge for the event; an offering will be accepted. 

The Music: Internationally acclaimed organist Stephen Tharp will be the accompanist for the service.  He has been named the 2011 International Performer of the Year by the NYC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, one of the most prestigious awards by a musicians guild in the U.S.   He is also Artist in Residence at Grace Church (Episcopal) in Manhattan.  Hailed as “the organist for the connoisseur” by Organ Magazine in Germany, he has completed 36 solo intercontinental tours and over 1,300 concerts worldwide.

The Reader: The service will also include a reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s famous poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Actor William “Will” Fowle, featured on TV in “Law & Order,” “Saturday Night Live,” and “The Colbert Report” and a regular on “30 Rock.”

Directions: 346 West 20th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenue. Closest subway: C or E to West 23rd Street and 8th Ave.

Chelsea Community Church was founded in 1975.  It welcomes people of all faiths and uncertain faith to its regular service held every Sunday at 11:45 AM at St. Peter’s Church.

Link to a press release on the 2011 service