{"id":2200,"date":"2014-12-22T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2014-12-22T14:03:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:03:55","slug":"pictures-from-our-christingle-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=2200","title":{"rendered":"Pictures from our Christingle service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had fun making Christingles at a service yesterday and raised some money for the <a title=\"Click here to donate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenssociety.org.uk\/donate\" target=\"_blank\">Children&#8217;s Society<\/a> as well. If you enjoyed this, do come along to our crib service this Christmas Eve at 3.30pm &#8211; fun for all the family.<\/p>\n<p>The Christingle is a visual and physical symbol which tells the gospel message of\u00a0the Christmas story through its combined parts. It consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an orange representing the world;<\/li>\n<li>a red ribbon around it representing the blood of Jesus;<\/li>\n<li>soft sweets or dried fruits skewered on cocktail sticks pushed into the<br \/>\norange, representing the fruits of the earth and the four seasons; and<\/li>\n<li>a lit candle pushed into the centre of the orange, representing Jesus Christ<br \/>\nas the light of the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a Christingle at home, why not light it and pray this prayer with your children:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lord Jesus, I stretch out my hands and receive this gift, and I hold it tight<br \/>\nbecause it is mine.<br \/>\nMy Christingle.<br \/>\nLight, fruit, sweets, colour, but so much more precious than this.<br \/>\nI hold in my hands a picture of your love.<br \/>\nI imagine all the other special things I might hold.<br \/>\nLord Jesus, help me to remember those with little or nothing to hold,<br \/>\nespecially other children who don\u2019t have enough to eat or a safe place to live.<br \/>\nToday, as I hold my Christingle and remember you,<br \/>\nI pray that you would make me someone, like you, who will reach out my<br \/>\nopened hands to give and love like you do.<br \/>\nAmen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are some photographs from the service &#8211; click on the pictures to enlarge them:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2200 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2204'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CC4A7166a-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2204\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2204'>\n\t\t\t\tSinging carols together\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2208'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CC4A7168a-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2208\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2208'>\n\t\t\t\tThe biggest Christingle ever!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2203'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CC4A7164a-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2203\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2203'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Blue Peter bit!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2201'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CC4A7180a-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2201\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2201'>\n\t\t\t\tCrowding around to make a christingle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2205'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CC4A7179a-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2205\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2205'>\n\t\t\t\tEveryone had a go\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2206'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CC4A7194a-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2206\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2206'>\n\t\t\t\tThe lights shining in the darkness\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had fun making Christingles at a service yesterday and raised some money for the Children&#8217;s Society as well. 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