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The Candle of Hope: Christmas Fund Liturgy for Clergy & Lay Workers

Experience hope, peace, joy, and love with the annual Christmas Fund for active and retired clergy and lay employees. Light candles symbolizing Hope, Peace, Joy, Love, and the Christ Candle. Receive emergency assistance and pension supplements. Share the message of hope and love with all. Let us pray together in celebration of the Christmas spirit.

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The Candle of Hope: Christmas Fund Liturgy for Clergy & Lay Workers

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  1. The 2009 Christmas Fund Advent Candle Liturgy

  2. Christmas Day December 25th, 2009 The annual Christmas Fund – Veterans of the Cross and Emergency Fund -- offers hope through pension supplements to active and retired clergy and lay employees who have been messengers of hope to churches throughout the United Church of Christ.

  3. See I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me … (Malachi 3:1a)

  4. We light our first candle because we are the messengers of Hope – long ago and everyday.(Light the first candle)

  5. The Candle of Hope The annual Christmas Fund – Veterans of the Cross and Emergency Fund -- offers hope through pension supplements to active and retired clergy and lay employees who have been messengers of hope to churches throughout the United Church of Christ.

  6. We light our second candle because God has prepared Peace for us – from the first angel song to the peacemakers of our generation.(Light the second candle)

  7. The Candle of Peace The annual Christmas Fund – Veterans of the Cross and Emergency Fund -- health supplements bring peace of mind and spirit to many retired pastors, musicians, sextons and administrators.

  8. We light the third candle because God sends us Joy in the simple symbols of this season, in the sanctuary of this holy day, in the faces of all we meet. (Light the third candle (rose))

  9. The Candle of Joy The annual Christmas Fund – Veterans of the Cross and Emergency Fund -- sends Christmas gift checks that bring joy to retired clergy and lay workers– this year more than 30 of whom are one hundred years old or older.

  10. We light the fourth candle because love comes before us in Bethlehem’s story and we, like shepherds and magi, gather around it. (Light the fourth candle)

  11. The Candle of Love Both active and retired clergy and lay employees experience love as emergency assistance in time of need from the annual Christmas Fund.

  12. Tonight we light the Christ Candle so we can sit awhile in its light and hear the story with open hearts, and then we can go out again to share it with all of God’s children. (light the Christ Candle)

  13. The Christ Candle The Christmas Fund offers hope to active and retired clergy and active and retired lay employees because they can receive emergency assistance in time of need

  14. (Let us pray) Emmanuel, we have prepared for this evening (morning) in wise and sometimes frivolous ways. We have hushed and rushed, and yet we are never completely ready for the hope, peace, joy, love and sheer wonder of the good tidings that now we sing and speak, pray and light in our hearts. You are always a surprise! Amen

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