A Calgary church is urging other worship communities to give their congregants the gift of life by cancelling Christmas in-person services as the province is swept up in another COVID-19 surge.

Knox United Church in downtown Calgary, has capacity for up to 1,200 people, but the pews will sit empty this Christmas Eve. "A second pandemic Christmas, 21 months of a pandemic, has convinced us ...

The Blue Christmas service at Knox United Church is for people who don’t see the holidays as the most wonderful time of the year, perhaps because they’ve lost a loved one, a job, or a relationship ...

The 800-seat neo-Gothic sandstone church is normally full on Christmas Eve and a typical Sunday attracts about 100. In the past, about 30 to 50 have tended to show up for Blue Christmas, says Glatz.