The Christingle ‘Christ Light’
December 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Christingle ‘Christ Light’
Source: timetravel-britain.com
For many years churches all over the world have made Christingles to remind them that Christ is the light who came into the world at Christmas.
This past Sunday, we made Christingles in Kids Zone! Our Pre-School Coordinator, Mrs. Cindy Sue Peters shared with us this meaningful tradition that she picked up while in Brazil.
The tradition of a Christingle service has its origins in a Moravian children’s service held in a castle in Germany on Christmas Eve in 1747.
The Christingle orange represents the world, John reminds us that ‘Jesus was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognise Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him’. (John 1 v 10 – 11).
The fruits and sweets on the four skewers represent God’s gifts to us, the fruits of the earth and the four seasons. ‘As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease’. (Genesis 8 v 22).
The red ribbon of the Christingle represents the blood of Jesus which was shed for us in love so that our sins may be forgiven. ‘God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him, shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him’ (John 3:16-17)
The lighted candle, pushed into the centre of the orange, represents Christ, the light of the world. ‘He [Jesus] said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life”.’ (John 8 v 12).
So, parents if you were wondering what those things were that came home and perhaps half eaten, there you go! We gave your child a fun little lesson on our Creator and Saviour of the world!
If any of you missed, feel free to make one of your own. Here’s an instruction video on how to make a Christingle and an instruction sheet on how to make a christingle. Enjoy!
