Chelsea Community Church (CCC) presents its 51st annual holiday tradition. Featuring Broadway’s Karen Mason & the CCC Choir.
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at St. Peter’s Church Chelsea
Chelsea Community Church (CCC), a unique non-denominational Christian congregation in New York City that welcomes people of all faiths—and of uncertain faith, celebrates the holidays with the 51st annual CCC CANDELIGHT CAROL SERVICE on Sunday, December 14 at 6pm at St. Peter’s Church Chelsea (346 West 20th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). It is free and open to the public and streams free on YouTube, Facebook, and Zoom. For more information, visit chelseacommunitychurch.org.
The centerpiece of the CCC CANDELIGHT CAROL SERVICE is a reading of the famed 1822 poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas (commonly known as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas), attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Broadway star and Chelsea resident Karen Mason (Mamma Mia, Sunset Boulevard) will read the iconic poem about Santa Claus live at the actual church Moore helped to design and build.
This joyous non-denominational holiday celebration also features the CCC Choir, surrounded by candles, under the direction of John Thomas Fischer and Jeff Cubeta on piano and organ. Music for the evening will include J.S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring," Adolph Adam's "O, Holy Night" and Kirk Franklin's "Joy" as well as "Silent Night" and other traditional holiday carols. The evening concludes with cookies, hot cider, and hot chocolate in the Rectory.
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Karen Mason has starred on Broadway (Mamma Mia, Sunset Boulevard, Hairspray, Torch Song Trilogy), Off-Broadway, television, and recording and “has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!” (TheatreScene.net) The recipient of the 2019 MAC Lifetime Achievement Award, she is a 14-time MAC Award winner and has won the MAC Award for Major Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years. Her highly acclaimed recordings include her newest single, “Let The Music Play.” She has also won the 2006 Nightlife Award for Major Female Vocalist and has three Bistro Awards. Visit karenmason.com to learn more.
Chelsea Community Church is an independent, non-denominational, lay-led congregation offering a supportive environment for people of all faiths and of uncertain faith. The CCC mission statement is: to enable each individual to define personal religious beliefs, to worship in prayer, music, reading, and interpretation of Scripture with speakers from a variety of backgrounds, and to nurture each other in spiritual growth, while respecting and accepting a diversity of beliefs, to share with and support each other in the daily and extraordinary events of our lives and to help those in need both inside and outside our congregation. For more information visit chelseacommunitychurch.org.
Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American writer, scholar, and real estate developer who led the development of Chelsea, which was named after his family estate. The character of the neighborhood today owes much to Moore’s urban planning initiatives. Clement Clarke Moore Park, located at 10th Avenue and 22nd Street, is named after Moore. Later in life, he settled in what is now Elmhurst, Queens where PS13 is named in his honor.