Lend your voice to lead a group! Pavarottis not required -- just help your groups stay on track, on time, and on key (if possible!)  No music experience required.  Just arrive by 6p on Dec. 10 and make sure your group is back by 7:15p. Light-up festive necklaces provided for volunteers to wear and keep!

FREE and OPEN TO ALL!

Schedule of the Evening | Participants & Volunteers

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​(Friday Dec. 10 - after 8:15A Mass) | Volunteers Decorate the Courtyard and Church Property with luminaries and set-up Courtyard for Caroling by Candlelight Post-Caroling Cookies & Cocoa Reception​

Dec. 4 | 5:00P | Volunteers Arrive (for day-of set-up in the Lower Church and set-up luminaries outside)

---> 6:00P | Caroling Group Leaders Arrive

6:15P | Caroling by Candlelight Participants Arrive (and divide into groups of 10-12 people)

---> 6:30P | Caroling Groups Depart (with provided song booklets of traditional Christmas carols, Christmas cards for our neighbors, and lanterns/lights brought from home for caroling in the streets surrounding St. James)

6:30P | The Intercessory Prayer Team prays before the Blessed Sacrament in the Church (perfect for our prayer warriors and/or those unable to navigate the potentially icy sidewalks)

---> 7:15P | Caroling Groups Return (to all together sing Silent Night & O Come, O Come Emmanuel as a large group in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament)

7:25P | Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

7:30P | Free Cookies & Cocoa in the Lower Church

8:30P | Participants Depart & Clean-up begins

9:00P | Volunteers Depart

Learn more on the event page:  https://www.stjameslakewood.com/caroling