Christingle with Carols by Candlelight
St Georges Church, Falfield
During our December services the Church is alight with the warm glow of lit candles placed in the windows of the Church. This, we hope, is a welcoming sign for you to come and join us for any of our services in December. We offer a quiet time to sit and reflect as well as sing in this busy time in the run up to Christmas Day.
There are two traditional services that are held as we come nearer to Christmas Day. These are the ‘Carols by Candlelight’ and the ’Christingle’ service. This year we will be combining and celebrating both of these services on Christmas Eve staring at 3.30pm.
The Christingle service is a delight as families come together to hear again the Christmas story, during which children, sometimes with the help of an adult, gradually build up the Crib scene which is placed at the front of the church.
The children also hear the meaning of the Christingle, often helping with the explanation as it is talked though. Then there is the wonderful experience of holding the Christingle orange with the lit candle (under the supervision of an adult) before blowing it out. The Christingle is then taken home, with as many sweets that are not eaten beforehand.
This year as Christmas Eve falls on Sunday 24th December, we are combining the much loved ‘Christingle’ Service and the ‘Carols by Candlelight’ in one service. The whole service will be very informal as we add the traditional carols which form the Christmas story as the children build up the crib scene.
If you have never experienced a ‘Christingle’ Service, or a ‘Carols by Candlelight’, please come along this year, there is no age limit to this wonderful expression of God’s love demonstrated in the symbol of the Christingle and the singing of Carols.
