[nfbmi-talk] to hold a candle, Part 2

[Bob Mates]

Christine! I couldn't have said it better! A blessed New Year to you, and everyone on this list. Blessings, Bob Mates

----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel at att.net>
To: "'Ationfb of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, Dec 29, 2011 07:29:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] to hold a candle, Part 2

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>
> Not likely anyone could improve on that.  Beautiful, I love it.
> 
> Happy New Year,
> 
> Fred
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Christine Boone
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:10 PM
> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] to hold a candle, Part 2
> 
> Oh it is a beautiful thing to hold candles in the Church on Christmas Eve.
> They turn all the lights out so it is dark.  No one can see a thing at all.
> and then, at least in our Church, a single candle is lighted by someone  at
> the very front. That lone person holding that single candle walks down the
> center aisle, lighting the candles of all of the people sitting along the
> aisle.  Then those people pass the light to their neighbors until the entire
> church, every person in every row is holding a lighted candle and all of
> those tiny flames came from the one single light...l Jesus, through his
> single life, brought eternal life and light to us all!  
> 
> Think of it like this Teri:  
> One person, at the front of the Church, begins by singing a single clear
> note and, one by one, the note is taken up by each person along the center
> aisle and then spreading along each row until the whole church is filled
> with the sound...except that, unlike a real congregation where the notes
> would be not quite all the same, those many voices would be as one.  
> 
> OK, that's my best shot.  Anyone else?  
> 
> Christine
> 
> On Dec 27, 2011, at 3:13 PM, <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > Dear Federation Family:
> >    It turns out that we did not have to process in and out with the
> candle. It was placed through a plastic cup to hold the wax, and we just
> held them during the singing of Silent Night. So, I did hold the candle. I
> held it with two hands, because I was nervous about it, but I held it. It
> must be some sort of visual thing to hold candles in the church while
> singing Silent Night. It seems kind of pointless to me. Anyone who has had
> sight want to explain this?
> > 
> > Terri Wilcox 
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