Candles and Conifers
Resources for All Saints' and Advent
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Candles & Conifers is a collection of seasonal resources – prayers, liturgies, poems, reflections, sermons, meditations, stories and responses – written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.
It offers resources for groups and individuals covering the weeks from All Saints’ Day to Christmas Eve, including saints’ days, Remembrance Day, World AIDS Day and Advent. There are liturgies for an outdoor celebration with fireworks, a Christingle service and a longest night service, as well as Advent candle ceremonies, personal prayer practices, a series of responses and blessings and a cats’ Advent calendar.
A companion resource book, Hay & Stardust, covering the season of Christmastide, from Christmas Eve to Candlemas, is also available.
In towns and villages
In tower blocks and terraces
Christ is waiting to be born
In palaces and shanty-towns
In high streets and back-streets
Christ is waiting to be born
In the vastness of the universe
In the intimacy of our hearts
Christ is waiting to be born
Come, Lord Jesus
Come into our homes
Come into our lives
Come and stay
It covers the weeks from All Saints' Day to Christmas Eve, including saints' days, Rememberance Day, World AIDS Day and Advent. There are liturgies for an outdoor celebration with fireworks, a Christingle service and a longest night service, aswell asw Advent candle ceremonies, personal prayer practices, a series of responses and blessings and a cats' Advent calendar.