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Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2203 Parallel, Kansas City, Kansas, will hold Christmas Eve Masses at 4 p.m. in English and at 6 p.m. in Spanish on Tuesday, Dec. 24.

Bread of Life Ministries, 2510 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a kids’ Christmas program at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22. About 24 children from diverse backgrounds, including African American and Asian, will participate.

Christ the King Catholic Church, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Christmas Eve Mass in English at 7 p.m. Dec. 24, and Christmas Day Masses at 9 a.m. in English and 11 a.m. in Spanish on Dec. 25.

The Keeler Women’s Center, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100-B, Kansas City, Kansas, will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1. For more information, visit www.keelerwomenscenter.org.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at the Reardon Civic Center, 5th and Minnesota, Kansas City, Kansas. The theme will be “Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere.” The guest speaker will be Monsignor Stuart Swetland, president of Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas. The event is open to the public.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24. Church members are planning to go caroling to a location in Basehor on Sunday evening, with a bus leaving at 4 p.m.

Our Lady and St. Rose Catholic Church, 2300 N. 8th St., will hold a Christmas Eve Mass in English at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 24.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th, Kansas City, Kansas, will hold Christmas Eve Masses at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, and Christmas Day Masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25. A Christmas Eve Mass in the Burmese language will be held at 10:30 p.m. Dec. 24 in the parish center.

Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City,Kansas, will observe the first Sunday in the Christmas season at 10 a.m. Dec. 29.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas, is planning a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24.

Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Christmas Eve Communion and Candlelighting service at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24.

Send Faith News items to [email protected]. Please include your contact information. If there is inclement weather, check with the sponsoring organization to see if the event will still be held. These events are listed by alphabetical order of the faith group.