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| Issue #89 - People and Places of the Nativity |
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Rob Toornstra
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Last December, our worship committee was looking for an idea for our annual candlelight service. For our Advent worship we had used the series “The Places of Christmas” (RW 77), which trac...
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How to... |
| Issue #69 - How to...Use the Christ Candle all year Long |
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Lisa A. Stracks
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It started innocently enough with the Advent wreath. Each Sunday during Advent an individual or a family from our congregation came forward after the greeting to read a passage of...
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| Issue #65 - Lift Your Light High: A reading for an Advent candlelight service |
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John C. Bush
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John Bush explains, “This candlelight service has been used here at Northbrook Presbyterian for at least twenty-five years; it follows an elegant holiday feast held at the church. I int...
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View from the Pew |
| Issue #61 - Something Low-Key for Christmas: A program in trouble gets a sugar boost |
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James Calvin Schaap
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We’re janitors—my husband and I and our kids. There are times when I get tired of having to do it. But we need the money. And we do it together, our family. I&rsquo...
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| Issue #49 - Roll Call of Light Bearers: A candlelight service based on the Matthew 1 genealogy of Christ |
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Roger J. Visker
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The genealogy in Matthew 1 provides a list of "light bearers," saints whom God used to prepare the way until Jesus, the true Light of the world, was born. In this service, we...
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| Issue #45 - What Child is This? A Christmas candlelight service |
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The following worship service took place at the Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church of Jenison, Michigan, on the Sunday evening before Christmas—traditionally a candlelight service involving...
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| Issue #37 - Christingle: An intergenerational Christmas Eve celebration from the Moravian tradition |
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Kevin Hackett
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The Christingle Service described on these pages is a service of light and ceremony, of song and symbol. Christingle means "Christ light," and the service focuses th...
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| Issue #37 - Candles in the Closet: A liturgical drama for Epiphany |
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Cheryl Fell
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Cast Wife Narrator Man Candle 1 (red, female) Candle 2 (male) Candle 3 (purple) Candle 4 (female) Props Large...
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| Issue #37 - Lighting Up Advent: Three sets of Scripture readings |
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George H. Vander Weit
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Many congregations invite individuals or families to read Scripture and light candles in an Advent wreath at the beginning of Advent services. The readings provided here are co...
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Perspectives |
| Issue #32 - Marking Passages: How the church can celebrate stages in a member's life |
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William R. Miller
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Candles have a long and rich history in Christian worship. We light them during Advent to remind us that "the true light that enlightens everyone" [NRSV] is coming into the world....
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