People gathered Tuesday night at Murray Baptist Church for a community candlelight Christmas Eve Service to enjoy music, a ...

As the season of Advent draws to a close, four local clergy have offered their perspectives of the importance of Advent as it ...

While Jews light their Menorahs during the eight days of Hanukkah, Christians usually light their Advent candles over four weeks, one per week, during the time leading up to Christmas as “part of the ...

In addition to the regular actions that characterize corporate worship, like preaching and teaching, an advent wreath is displayed in full view of congregants. One of the four candles is lit each ...

The practice of increasing the light each week in Advent is a way for us to not only recreate what happened before in ...

and love — the four candles of the Advent wreath that many congregations light each week during worship through the Advent season. Today, Advent is celebrated by many Protestant and Catholic ...

“Prayer is a big part of Advent. It’s a way to grow closer to God, especially with intentionality during this season,” Frei ...

As we light the candles of Advent—hope, peace, joy, and love—may we allow their flickering flames to illuminate the path to peace. May we embrace the waiting, the reflecting, and the hoping.

Enjoy the New Year. No matter how you will be celebrating in the weeks ahead, we wish you happy holidays. Christians will light Advent candles and bow in prayer to observe the birth of Jesus, who ...

The candles lining pathways and other campus features symbolize guiding the Holy Family into this Advent season and the ... secret until the luminaries were lit at dusk on Dec. 5.

A special form of wreath is the Advent Wreath, lit each evening by a designated ... usually fir or spruce, a 4-candle holder in a wreath shape, and 4 candles, 3 of purple and 1 of rose or pink ...