Christingle Service by Zoom
Date/Time
Date(s) - 20/12/2020
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm
Location
St Philip and St James’ Church
Category(ies)
The Order of Service (Service Sheet) Christingle 2020 PDF
Our annual Christingle Service is a bit of an ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ affair!!! We usually have it in St Philip and St James’ Church on the Sunday before Christmas. However, this year with the COVID-19 restrictions and to try and keep everyone safe, we are going to do it by Zoom and it will also be live-streamed! Please note that the children and families who are on Zoom will not be shown on the live-stream in the interests of Child Protection and Data Protection.
Zoom details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89678642244?pwd=M3NGMHBITXlEU0lTSUkrSk00NXRjQT09
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkwQ9cDGC_RMoQNYtJBOM6A
The word ‘Christingle’ means Christ-light, and the tradition originated in the Moravian Church in 1747. There are a number of symbols associated with the Christingle which will be explained during the service but the predominant theme is:
Christ, the light of the world.
The Christingle consists of:
- an orange representing the world with
- a red ribbon around it representing the blood of Jesus (i.e. his death on the cross for our sins),
- sweets skewered on 4 cocktail sticks which are pushed into the orange representing the fruits of the earth and the four seasons
- a lighted candle is pushed into the centre of the orange representing Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Jesus describes himself in the Bible, in John chapter 8 v. 12, in this way: ‘I am the Light of the World, if you follow me you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life’ (New Living Translation)
- and, in some services, as we do here, tin foil around the base of the candle to reflect Christ’s light and goodness