The Drive Thru Living Nativity scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14 has been rescheduled to Sunday, Dec. 15 from 5:30-8:30 PM. This is a FREE event for the community. 8899 Sudley Road, Manassas VA 20110.

This month's free Community Lunch will take place on Thursday, November 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main St., The Plains.

One Sunday night a month, Pastor Matthew Smith takes a team from St. Thomas United Methodist Church in Manassas VA to Washington, D.C. to hand out meals, clothing and other necessities to people living on the streets. "We travel to the shadow of the nation's capital to people who can't or won't sleep in shelters at night," said Smith.

Christmas Eve service times were incorrect for Centreville Baptist Church in the Christmas church roundup on page 19 of the Dec. 14 Bull Run Observer. Four services were listed in the roundup. Correctly, there is one service at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

Holiness Tabernacle Church Of God In Christ in Woodbridge VA is sponsoring ‘Tis the Season to Give Thanks – and giving away free turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday. The distribution is Saturday, Nov. 17 beginning at 10 a.m.

The ApologetiX band, now on its 20th anniversary tour, will stop at Gainesville United Methodist Church, 13710 Milestone Court, in Gainesville VA on Saturday, Sept. 29. "ApologetiX specializes in biblical parodies of classic and modern rock songs" and is suitable for all ages, according to J.Jackson, the band's lead singer and songwriter. Tickets at the door.

Sean Rousseau, a former Roman Catholic priest who was received into the Episcopal priesthood in 2011, will become the new priest-in-charge of St. Paul's Haymarket VA on Sept. 1, according to a news release from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

Local churches are gearing up for celebrations of Christmas. Come take part in celebrating Christ’s birth in many different ways. Here’s a look (in alphabetical order of churches’ names) at some offerings to help locals remember the reason for the season.