Show The Salt Lake Tribune COMMENTARY TOM EHRICH A Christmas Tale From County Jail t ' The security vestibule at Forsyth County Jail in Winston-Salem NC is like an air lock You enter the vestibule the door to freedom clicks shut and only then does the door to captivity click open The Christmas story sounds different on the other side of the air lock O little town of Bethlehem Inside prison even if only for an afternoon of singing and g one remembers that Bethlehem was a place of captivity The inn was full because a dictator had exercised his power Joseph and Mary Weren't on a romantic trek a woman was on a forced march gift-givin- Rascals and Outcasts: 0 come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant The angels came first to the shepherds cousins of these women wearing prison jumpsuits In those days shepherds were rascals outcasts doing necessary work but not welcome in polite society Inside cell block 10D where y a common room is ringed by cells one remembers that Jesus was an outcast too rejected by the polite and powtwo-stor- erful Before running the church became a source of worldly power and business contacts the faithful were losers the marginal Angels we have heard on high Prison is a raucous place The women in Forsyth County Jail aren't singing sweetly through the night They whoop they cheer they sing with fervor And they pray from the depths One remembers here that the and upright had nothing to do with Jesus Only the broken the sinful and the outcast rallied to him g Someones Daughter: What child is this ? I watch a young woman as she listens to a reading of the Nativity She is someones daughter She bounced on someone's knee and was laid to rest on someone's lap There was a time when all that stretched before her was hope and promise Her face relaxes as Luke's words wash over her She is still a child But the familiar routines of youth are probably lost to her: no prom no boyfriend bringing flowers no white gown no pushing a stroller along a suburban lane a One remembers here that our grasp on the good life is tenuous We are all one bad de-- " cision away from captivity one j snort awry from addiction one financial trough away from " foreclosure We cannot make r our lives secure Silent right holy night The irony is overwhelming - It isnt siler t here I doubt that prison is ever silent It wasn't silent in BeUlehem That night 11 in a Bethlehtm homeless shelter wasnt talm and bright Those were harsh days proba-bl- y more like ihis prison than a - toasty-warAmerican church Merry Chrktmas I say those Words by reflex - The prisoners anile and say in return Merrj Christmas! What in the word do we mean? This isnt a mer-place The world that waits for us beyond the air lock isn't a merry place In this concrete sanctuary the phrase MerrJ Christmas sounds like the Jew's cry Next year in Jemalem! a cry of longing of lope beyond hope a convictio that by God's grace life cotld be merry some day As we pass throigh the air lock and return silettly to our cars the aroma that Shgers for me is the strong scett of Irish Spring soap Thanks o the Salvation Army we left behind a small bag for each 'prisoner Practical gifts like Soap and toothpaste No $70 Barbies This is the world betond Barbie Tom Ehrich is an Ipiscopal priest in Winston-SaleNC an author aid former Wall Street Journal reporter il him at jouney(at)in-terpathcom- r RELIGION Saturday December 20 1997 C3 Churches Plan Christmas Services Along the Wasatch Front All Saints Episcopal Church 1710 Foothill Drive Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 5:30 pm 8 pm and 11 pm Thursday at 10 a m Anchor Baptist Church 1880 E 5600 South Salt Lake City: Sunday at 6 pm Wednesday at 7:30 pm Blessed Sacrament Parish 9757 1700 East Sandy: Wednesday at 7 pm and midnight Thursday at 7:30 am 9 a m and 11 am Brigham City Bible Church 200 E 634 South Brigham City: Wednesday at 7 pm Calvary Chapel of Salt Lake Citv 7136 S 1700 East Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 7 pm Calvary Fellowship 210 E 200 North American Fork: Wednesday at 7 pm The Cathedral of the Madeleine 331 E South Temple Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 6 pm and midnight Thursday at 8 am noon and 4:30 pm Christ Lutheran Church 240 E 5600 South Murray: Wednesday at 7 pm and 11:30 pm Thursday at 10 am Community of Grace Presbyterian Church 2015 E Newcastle Drive Sandy: Wednesday at 7 S pm Cottonwood Presbyterian Church 1580 E Vine Street Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 7 pm and 1 1 pm 11 am Wednesday at 7 pm First Baptist Church 485 N 100 West Milford: Sunday at 11 am First Baptist Church 1144 W Columbia Lane Provo: Wednesday at 6 pm First Christ Church Scientist 352 E 300 South Salt Lake City: Sunday at 3 pm First Christian Reformed Church 803 E 900 South Salt Lake City: Thursday at 10 am First Church of the Nazarene 2018 E 2100 South Salt Lake City: Wednesday 7:30 pm First Congregational Church 2150 S Foothill Drive Salt Lake City: Wednesday 7:30 pm and 11:15 pm First Presbyterian Church 12 C St Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 7:30 pm and 11 pm First Southern Baptist Church 1175 W 600 North Salt Lake City: Wednesday 7 pm First United Methodist Church 2375 E 3300 South Salt Lake City: Sunday at 9:30 am and 11 am Good Church Lutheran Shepherd 700 E 8575 South Sandy: Wednesday at 6 pm 9 pm and 11 pm Grace Baptist Church 390 N 400 East Bountiful: Wednesday at 7 pm Grace Community Bible Church 11600 S 1300 East Sandy: Sunday at 7 pm Wednesday at 7 pm and 9 pm Grace Lutheran Church 1815 E 9800 South Sandy: Wednesday at 5 pm 7 pm and 1 1 pm Thursday at 10 am Granger Christian Church 2600 W 3800 south West Valley City: Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church 470 E Stanley Ave Salt Lake City: Wednesday 7 pm Evangelical Free Church 6515 S Lion Lane Salt Lake City: Sunday at 9 am Wednesday at 7 pm First Baptist Church 1915 S Orchard Drive Bountiful: Sunday at Wednesday at 7 pm Hoiladay Baptist Church 2780 E 3900 South Salt Lake City: Wednesday 7 pm Holy Trinity Cathedral 279 S 300 West Salt Lake City: am St Vincent DePauI Catholic Church 1375 E Spring Lane Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 5 pm 7 pm 9 pm Thursday at 8 am and 10 am 11 West Jordan: pm Mount Tabor Lutheran Church 700 E 175 South Salt Lake Citv: Wednesday at 730 p m and 10 pm Mountain View Baptist Church E 3000 North Layton: Wednesday at 630 p m Murray Baptist Church 184 E 5770 South Murray: Wednesday at 7 pm 2585 Our Lady Lourdes Catholic Church 1085 E 700 South Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 530 p m and midnight Thursday at am Our Lady of Lourdes Church 2840 S 9000 West Magna: Wednesday at 5:30 p m and midnight Thursday at 9 am and 11 For more information call 7 Prior to the ceremony from 3 to 5 pm a Hanukkah 467-777- Fun-Ram- featuring arts a crafts games and music will take place in the Little Gym above ZCMI II H Congregation Kol Ami 2425 E Heritage Way Salt 484-150- 1 H Brith Sholem of Ogden will have a Hanukkah party on Dec 27 5:30 pm Hill Air Force Base Chapel Ogden A potluck dinner and group menorah lighting will take place at the party For more information Church 1441 W Tamarack Road Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 7 p m Thursday at 10 am Prophet Elias Church 5335 S Highland Drive Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 6 pm Christmas A Thumbs Up R Continued from C-- Semen al 930 & 11:00 Sen inn the Sacred Something Wonderful's happeninq herein in all lou We lovingly Invite you to come see whats happening and share the experience Blessingsl Deliverance Temple Church Of God In Christ 1311 S 900 W Salt lake City Ut Sunday Services Sunday School 9:43 Morning Worship 11:00 AM Do 9 SO Wednesday Evening WorshipBible Study 7K)C Saturday Intercessory Prayer 9:00 "Sharing The Word Of Faith" Neu in 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Meeting at Clnvton Middle School 1 171 South 1800 East The Gallivan Utah Center menorah will be lighted daily at 6 pm from Tuesday until Dec 31 at 36 E 200 South Salt Lake going lelloyyslnp Dinner alter worelnp X your are invited lo come X meet some new friends house oriromontorv Point We meei m the club10 m 4i Apurtmcnlsal Need a Ride? Call 601 City I ECKANKAR Religion the Light of & of God Sound an A OeaicatertToJIheJeachmotodsWord Meeting at Wheeler Farm: 6351 So 900 E Sunday Services 10:15 am (SOI) 576-141- 8 Robin Welcome SIC SOUTH VALLEY UNITARIAN UMV ERSALIST SOCIETY The Return of Sun Intergeneratlonal Celebration Service Church of Religious Science Ookwood Village Center 5448 S 900 E 1 el 30em Reboot Education Nursery Cere Provided 10 The 12 Knights of Christmas J $876 So 20th East WonhjEggdguthCrch FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH Christmas Day workday in late 1969 arguing that vacation was impossible when Cuba was striving for a record 10 million-tosugar harvest The Episcopal Church n Welcomes You For complete information or weekday and other Sunday services please call the numbers listed below All Saints Church 1710 Foothill Drive Salt Lake Citv CT 84108 569 So 13th fi 46MQ06 Prayer MQOom MIDVALE West of State St on 7720 So) Morning Worship Service AM Evening Worship Service 630 PM Sunday Night Youth Service Wednesday Night Prayer 6 30 PM Wednesday's Hour of Power 730 PM No Chnstmas Services Nursery end CWWrent Classes Provided For All Service Fad CHRISTIAN SCIENCE of Lessons and Carols Rev Tom Goldsmith FIRST CHURCH SUN SCHOOL SKVICE I Intergeneratlonal Service: 10:20 am Religious Education and Nursery Care: 9 00 am - 10:15 am & 11:00 am 12:15 nm SECOND SUN SCHOOL CHURCH t SERVO 353 E AM THUD SO WED 7 An PM E So Temple at C 1145 FOOTHIU DR 10 30 A M WED 7 30 F M THIRD CHURCH 1304 E SPRING IN (5000 S ) SUN SCHOOl 1 SERVICE 10 AM WED 7 30 P M Street The Christmas Story as told through music -- The Cathedral Church of St Mark 231 East 100 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 1j 322-310- 0 Sunday - Holy Eucharist Rite I 8 00am Santa Euchanstia 9 00am 10 30am Holy Eucharist Rite II 566-131- 1 Holy Eucharist 8 00 & lOOOam & 5pm Sunday St Paul's Church 261 South 900 East Sait Lake City UT 84102 9 or 322-586- Sunday Sunday - 322-587- 1 Holy Euchariat Rite t 8 00am Holy Eucharist Rite II lOOOam St Stephen's Church 4615 South 3200 West West Valley Citv UT 84119 968-273- 1 Sunday - Holy Eucharist 10 00am Church of The Resurrection 92 East Pages Ln Centerville UT 84014 295-136- 0 Sunday - 649-490- Sundav 0 Holy Eucharist 8 sm 625 Park Ave chapel 10 s m mam chapel 2 p m Sunset Cabin Bald Mtn i tDeer Valley! WORSHIP SFRVICES 9 30 X II (HI A M CHI RlH SiHOOl (all ggnl A 11:00 AM v Child Mountain Vista United Methodist ly 2686 West 9000 So Senes The Lessons of Christmas "Following the Star but finding a Stable Rev Biair Lamer A new church for your family 10 30 Worship 8 Childrens Church School UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES WASATCH PRESBYTERIAN 1700 South 1700 East 6 Worship at 8:30 A 11:00 am Sunday School at 9:30 FIRST UNITED METHODIST 203 S 200 E 328-872- 6 Child Cere Provided Rev David A Henry Rev Satiie Watson WESTVALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 3610 South 4400 West WVC 2 0 Worship Service 1100 em Sunday School 9:30 am AM Worship Service Srnday School 9 45 AN Agoi (Nurwry ovotiabte) gey Wetiey Nordroan ord Pev Clyde Balter pastor Lessons and Carols HILLTOP UNITED METHODIST E 10600 So 7 TTOO 985 Jopanese longuoge Bible Study & Dr George HonobuM Joponese md English Rev Kent Ifceda A Presbyterian Church Cottonwood Presbyterian Church iwer Wonlnp Worship Services 8 15 9 30 1100 AdultCNIdren Sunday School at 9 30 am Newcastle Drtve (8890 So ) Worship Services 8 15 8 II 00 AM Sunday School 930 AM 9434043 Patricia Vanderpol Screen 845am IKOom 1 700pm Oiurch School ter all ages 945 am Bible Study Thursday W am Visitors Welcome Childcare Provided Rev David Crockett Pastor 1560 Vine Street (6100 So) 9 Christmas Parable Dr Bob Leeds preaching COMMUNITY OF GRACE ter "fjL I Pastor and Mrs Williard Richard of WORD ALIVE FELLOWSHIP Invite you to worship with us Thalr church It nondenominationei end to located at 4090 W 6415 So In K earns Nursery Provided The Richards are graduates of Rhema Bible Training Center m Tulsa OK Service times ore: Sun 10 30 am Sun pm Midweek is: For more information at 969-OH- 5 Wed 7:30 pm please contact them or 969-361- 8 Worship Services 800 93081100am Ctvirch School 9 30 Child care provided Messiers Ron Hodges Bnan JAPANESE CHURCH OF CHRIST 268 West tOO South 1 SIC A Song of Praise E Child Cere Provided CHRIST UNITED METHODIST 2375 E 3300 So 3 Choir Cantata Service 7 FOUNDED 1865 - ' 4 Community ChuncA A Journey of Iho Heart: letMehem Rev Robert Coates PtvO niLu Worship Sendees 10 30 a m aweaftil Sunday School Service up Nureery Coro Provided I iherel Free Democratic Lessons and Carols Cantata - Childe Jesus Worship ngjgB2150 FoothiH Drive Cere Provided SliiiJtiiijWLii!ii& Holy Eucharist 9 30am St Luke's Church 4595 North Silver Springs Dr Park City UT 84098 255-290- 1 Affiliate of Rhema Bible Church Tulsa Oft 4R FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Holy Eucharist 8 OO am lOOO am & 6 00 pm St Janies Church 7486 Union Park Ave Midvale UT 84047 AT MHo Sunday Sunday 581-038- 0 Sunday Church 7 Family LOCATED CENTER SQUARE PLAZA (210 Worship Services: 9:00 am and 11:00 am A Service Bookstore Metaphysical Great Harvest t 6pm Candlelight Service Sunday Services Meditation 10 30 Castro turned into a regular day Cuban government stores appear to be trying to give Cubans a merry Christmas this year selling pork at about $1 per pound instead of the usual $2 and longscarce Cuban rum and Spanish wines at $2 to $4 per bottle Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 1070 Foothill Drive Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 7 pm 10:15 pm and 11pm Thursday 1 at 10 a m Mtke Fothennghom call Karen Murray at The Park City Jewish Congregation will have a Hanukkah celebration on Dec 28 the seventh day of Hanukkah at Carol Beil's residence For more information call Worship Service 10 S07 E 1700 So Suite Navarro Vails said he was grateful and "satisfied with a Castro decision he said was desired by all the Cuban people and the Cu- accustomed to celebrate this Fellowship 1945 S Redwood Road Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 6 pm and 11 pm Wests ale Presbvterian Church 3610 S 4400 West West Valley City: Sunday at 11 a m Wednesday at 730 p m Sunday Life Celebration Service UllltVJ Soul is the Real You Vatican spokesman Joaquin ment officially communist and atheist in 1962 and proceeded to jail or expel scores of priests close church schools seize properties ban outdoor Masses and deny jobs to practicing Catholics Traditional religious carnivals were shifted to the days around July 26 the anniversary of the start of Castros revolution Having a Christmas tree at home for years was enough to draw wary looks from security agents and as recently as 1995 a senior Communist Party official sent a memo to all public agencies banning any signs of Christmas But the ruling Communist Party redefined itself from atheist to simply secular in 1991 and since then celebrations of Christmas have been on the rise even though the day remained a regular working day This is very significant for Cubas 4 million Catholics because Christmas had been suppressed since 1969 said church historian Enrique Lopez in a telephone interview from Havana It is a real Christmas gift Its a formidable gesture said Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo president of Cambio Cubano in Miami which advocates a peaceful solution to strained relations through dialogue The Cuban people are pm Vineyard Christian 771-082- 6 0 l in 1970 He had declared the govern- Paul Catholic ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE the United States who have criticized the papal visit as legitimizing a dictatorship saying: They can t order the pope around They should know better the news agency added ban church & TruanijJjf!- t Castro Gives 7 St Therese Catholic Church 75 E Lennox Midvale: Monday at 7 p m (penance): Wednesday at 6 pm (English) 8 pm (Spanish) 10 p m (Polish) and midnight (English) Thursday at 10 am Prince of Peace Lutheran 649-227- Peter 1130 am am Hanukkah Celebrations Scheduled Lake City will start its Hanukkah Festival at sundown on Tuesday and will continue until Wednesday Dec 31 For more information about individual events call Sts Church 3560 W 3650 South Lancer Way West Valley City: Wednesday at 5 pm and midnight Thursday at 10 am Unity Spiritual Center at the Clayton Middle School Auditorium 1471 S 1800 East: Tuesday at noon St CatherinesNewman Center 170 S University Ave Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 5:30 pm and midnight Thursday at 10:30 am St Francis of Assisi Parish 172 N 500 West Provo: Wednesday at 5:30 p m 7 pm (Spanish) and 9 pm (English) Thursday at 8 am and 9:30 am (English) 11 am and 12:30 pm (Spanish) St John's Lutheran Church 1030 S 500 East Salt Lake City: Sunday at 10 a m Wednesday at 7 p m Thursday at 10 a m St Mary's Lutheran Church: 2740 Pennsylvania Ave Ogden: Monday at 7 p m (penance): Wednesday at 7 pm and midnight Thursday at 8 a m 9 30 am and r- - H The Chabad Lubavitch of Utah will hold a menorah lighting ceremony on Dec 28 5 pm ZCMI II Atrium 1400 S Foothill Blvd Salt Lake City S Southeast Baptist Church 1700 E 7000 South Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 6:30 p m St Ambrose Parish 2315 Redondo Ave Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 6 pm 9 pm and midnight Thursday at 10 am and pm am 10 pm 4400 West West Valley City: Sunday at 6 pm Wednesday at 6:30 Wednesday at 7 pm and 11 p m Thursday at 10 am Metro Fellowship 460 W Century Drive Salt Lake City: Sunday at 1000 am Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church 3280 E 3900 South: Wednesday at 6 pm 8 pm and 10 pm and Sonrise Baptist Church 3550 Hope Lutheran Church 2930 W 11 (English) and 12:30 pm (Spanish) St Thomas Moore Catholic Church 3015 E Creek Road Sandy: Wednesday at 6 pm 9 pm and midnight Thursday at 1955 E Stratford Ave Salt Lake City: Wednesday at 8 pm Thursday at 10 am Roy Christian Church 4347 S 1900 West Roy: Wednesday at 7 Wednesday and Thursday at 9 9000 South Redeemer Lutheran Church Robert S Leeds TRINITY 4290 Bey Buddy Herrington UNITED METHODIST West 5415 South Keamt I5E 9800 S Sandy 572-2See at wwwjkfom WweefSseufceCfcwMB Acs aeii h Nursery Provided Dr SfUT LAKE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Surprise! 3 Rev Bob Heim Services: 8 30 end 11:00 Swidey School: 9 45 Youth 500 PM fongan Worship: 200 PM Mary Jeesoe Pee 10300 S Redwood Rd Loves Crater famkes 8 3720744 |