FREE and OPEN TO ALL!

Schedule of the Evening | Participants & Volunteers

Please feel free to volunteer for whatever ways you're able to help!  You do not need to do everything to be a big help!

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​(Friday Dec. 10 - after 8:15A Mass) | Volunteers Decorate the Courtyard and Church Property with luminaries and set-up Courtyard for Caroling by Candlelight Post-Caroling Cookies & Cocoa Reception​

Dec. 4 | 5:00P | Volunteers Arrive (for day-of set-up in the Lower Church and set-up luminaries outside) 

6:00P | Caroling Group Leaders Arrive

6:15P | Caroling by Candlelight Participants Arrive (and divide into groups of 10-12 people) 

6:30P | Caroling Groups Depart (with provided song booklets of traditional Christmas carols, Christmas cards for our neighbors, and lanterns/lights brought from home for caroling in the streets surrounding St. James) 

6:30P | The Intercessory Prayer Team prays before the Blessed Sacrament in the Church (perfect for our prayer warriors and/or those unable to navigate the potentially icy sidewalks) 

7:15P | Caroling Groups Return (to all together sing Silent Night & O Come, O Come Emmanuel as a large group in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament) 

7:25P | Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

7:30P | Free Cookies & Cocoa in the Lower Church

8:30P | Participants Depart & Clean-up begins 

9:00P | Volunteers Depart

Learn more on the event page:  https://www.stjameslakewood.com/caroling