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

[mary wurtzel]

Hello all,
I just wanted to add that in our church, we light the Advent 
wreath on the four Sundays before Christmas: they stand for hope, 
peace, joy, and love.  Then on Christmas eve all of these candles 
are lighted, and then the Christ candle is lighted.  It is from 
this one candle that all of the people get their lights inthe 
whole church.
Mary

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Christine Boone <christine_boone at comcast.net
>To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:09:51 -0500
>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...like 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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