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SUMMARY:Christingle service at St Mary's Brixham
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DESCRIPTION:The History of Christingles\nThe idea of Christingles came fro
 m a Moravian Church in Germany in 1747. The minister\, John de Watteville\
 , gave children at the service a lighted candle with a red ribbon around i
 t. This represented Jesus being the light of the world and the final praye
 r of that first service was "Lord Jesus\, kindle a flame in these children
 ’s hearts\, that theirs like Thine become". The custom went around the w
 orld with the church. Missionaries brought the Moravian Church to England 
 in the late 1700s. \n\nOver the years the symbolism of the Christingle gre
 w into what's known as a Christingle today. Here's what the different part
 s of the Christingle represent:\n\nThe orange is round like the world.\nTh
 e candle stands tall and straight and gives light in the dark like the lov
 e of God.\nThe red ribbon goes all around the 'world' and is a symbol of t
 he blood Jesus shed when he died for us. \nThe four sticks point in all di
 rections and symbolise North\, South\, East and West - they also represent
  the four seasons.\nThe fruit and nuts (or sometimes sweets!) represent th
 e fruits of the earth\, nurtured by the sunshine and the rain.\nWhere does
  the word Christingle come from?\nThe word Christingle could have come fro
 m several sources. It might be an 'English' version of 'Christkindl' (mean
 ing little Christ child)\, the present bringer in some parts of Germany an
 d other European countries\, who represents the baby Jesus. It could be a 
 the putting together of the words 'Christmas' and 'ingle'. Ingle is an old
  Scots word for fire and so that would make it mean the 'Christ Light'. As
  Christingles originally came from Germany\, the first theory is more like
 ly.\n\nChristingles became widely known in England by The Children’s Soc
 iety (one of the earliest children's charities in the UK and it has strong
  connections with the Church of England) (goes to another site). The first
  Christingle service held in the Church of England by The Children’s Soc
 iety was in 1968 (although some services seem to have been held earlier in
  at least one Church of England church\, as a visitor to the site went to 
 one!).\n\nThe idea came from John Pensom who was also known as "Mr Christi
 ngle"! People didn't think the service would work as making the Christingl
 es would be too complicated - but they were wrong! The custom has spread t
 hrough to all kinds of churches and is one of the most common and popular 
 Christmas services in the UK\, especially among children. Christingles ser
 vices still normally raise money for children's charities.
LOCATION:St Mary's Brixham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8910/service-and-events/events/1
 023881/
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