Every year thousands of people flee their homelands to escape the threat of violence and persecution.

The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (GTS) spent last week putting the finishing touches on an hour long television program, Christmas in Chelsea Square, that will air over CBS stations nationwide on December 24th at 11:35 pm (EST).

Across the world on Christmas Eve and Day we shall sit huddled shoulder to shoulder singing carols and Hymns to God.

On December 17, St. David's Episcopal Church in downtown Austin held a Posada as a way of honoring and welcoming the Hispanic community within St. David's and the Austin Community.

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Tomball will be hosting a "Just Show Up" Children's Christmas Pageant on Saturday, December 24 at 5:00 p.m.

St. David’s Episcopal Church will host a Christmas-related event to honor the Hispanic culture. On Saturday, December 17, at 5:30 p.m., the community is invited to gather at St. David’s to re-enact the Posada.

St. Paul's Episcopal in Katy operated a Christmas donation site which gathered together enough gifts last week for 35 seniors, 275 families and 806 children.

St. David's, Austin, began Advent with a series of graffiti messages painted on the outside of the church. The messages correspond with an Advent blog called Light Interrupts. Since the beginning, the paintings have been a controversial.