Winter 2019-2020

Parish News
Christingles - Lord, the Light of your Love is Shining
Advent Sunday marks the start of the festive season in our Church’s year
and, as usual, part of this was the Christingle Service, always an exciting
event. This year was no exception with many pupils from our Market Rasen
Church of England Primary School attending together with their siblings,
their parents and grandparents and many others, filling the Church with
hardly a pew unoccupied. Rev Claire led us through the service and, with
the help of some of the pupils, explained the meaning of the Christingle.
Pupils also led the prayers in the service, reminding us that Jesus whose
birth we mark at Christmas, teaches us to care for the wonderful world God
has given us and to share fairly its fruits with everyone, always
remembering those who are disadvantaged in any way. In this respect
particular emphasis was put on the work of The Children’s Society. The
Service reached its climax with the distribution of the Christingles to the
children, the lighting of the Christingle candles and the singing of the hymn
‘Walk in the Light’.
All the money collected by the pupils in their Collection Candles and all
other donations goes to support the work of The Children’s Society with
children who are disadvantaged in any way.
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