Five Things to Know Today: December 24

1. Merry Christmas Eve to all our readers and fans! If you’re Italian, enjoy your Feast of Seven Fishes.

2. Manna on Main Street in Lansdale will serve one meal today, between 1 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.

3. Bridges of Zion Thrift Store, 501 N. Line St., Lansdale, holds a bag sale today, beginning at 10 a.m.

4. Lansdale Library is closed today. It will reopen Dec. 26. Lansdale Borough offices and Montgomery Township offices are closed today.

5. Here are times of church services for some local congregations in our area:

Advent Lutheran Church, 470 Landis Road, Harleysville, holds a Christmas Eve worship service at 3 p.m. and a candlelight service at 9 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church , 1000 W. Main St., Lansdale, holds worship services at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and candlelight services at 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 51 Lansdale Ave., Lansdale, holds a Christmas Eve mass at 5:15 p.m. in the church, at 5:30 p.m. in the gymnasium, 8 p.m. in the church, 10 p.m. in the church and midnight, with Christmas carols at 11:45 p.m.

Christ United Methodist Church, 1020 S. Valley Forge Road, Towamencin, holds a Christmas Eve service for youth at 3:30 p.m., and worship services at 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m., and 11 p.m.

Calvary Baptist Church, 1380 S. Valley Forge Road, Towamencin, holds a Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m.

Lansdale United Methodist Church, 300 N. Broad St., Lansdale, holds a Christmas Eve children’s service at 7 p.m., and candlelight services at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Family Worship Center, 1000 Troxel Road, Towamencin, holds a 6 p.m. Christmas Eve service.

Plains Mennonite Church, 50 W. Orvilla Road, Hatfield,  holds a Christmas Eve service at 5:30 p.m.

St. John’s United Church of Christ, 500 W. Main St., Lansdale, holds a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. and a service with Communion at 11 p.m.

Crossroads Community Church holds a Christmas Eve service at 6:30 p.m. at Hatfield Church of the Brethren, 1333 Cowpath Road, Hatfield.

St. Maria Goretti, 2890 Cowpath Road, Hatfield, holds a children’s pageant at 4 p.m., a children’s Mass at 4:30 p.m., a Christmas Mass at 7 p.m., and a Christmas Mass of the Night at 10 p.m.

Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield holds a Christmas Eve service at 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.

St. Rose of Lima, 428 S. Main St., North Wales, holds a vigil Mass at 4 p.m., 8 p.m. and midnight.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 3104 Main St., Sumneytown, holds a children’s Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m., a contemporary service at 9 p.m. and a traditional service at 11 p.m.