by Steve Sheely | Nov 15, 2021 | Grieving Parents Support, Seasonal, Special Services, Worldwide Candlelight Service
For the last 13 years, after one of our nursery workers lost a daughter in a vehicle accident, Rolling Hills Baptist Church has conducted a Candlelight Service for grieving parents. This year’s service, held annually on the second Sunday of December at 7pm, will...
by Steve Sheely | Dec 15, 2012 | Pastors Blog, Worldwide Candlelight Service
Advent 2012. I frequently requested an early advent date for my column so I could invite readers to our Candlelight service for grieving parents. I know with previous attenders, word-of-mouth, advertising and my columns that many know about this service. And those...
by Steve Sheely | Dec 17, 2011 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog, Worldwide Candlelight Service
As pastor I am careful not to assume everyone feels as joyful as I do. And vice versa. The expectation that you have to be happy is not a gracious one. It’s about jingle bells and big plates full of cookies. It’s about hilariously over-the-top sweaters and houses...
by Steve Sheely | Jan 11, 2010 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog, Worldwide Candlelight Service
The older I get the more I move from frenetic, yet sleepy-faced kids in footsie pajamas tearing into packages to lonely people waiting desperately for December 26th. From Epiphany 2010. It was December 1984. My first year at seminary. I had already developed the...
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