Christmas services next week

Local churches will celebrate the Christmas season next week. Schedules for local churches include:

Holy Cross and St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Churches: St. Thomas the Apostle in Roscoe will have a Christmas Eve Mass at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24. Refreshments and Christmas Carols will follow. The Holy Cross Church in Ipswich will have a Christmas Eve Candlelight Midnight Mass. The choir will begin singing at 11:30 p.m. There will be a Christmas Day Mass at 9 a.m. at Holy Cross Church.

First Baptist Church will celebrate Christmas during the Dec. 22 service at 10 a.m. There will be no Dec. 24 servi...