2009 Annual Worldwide Candle Lighting Services - Kentucky

Communities across the globe will be joining in The Compassionate Friends 13th Worldwide Candle Lighting on December 13, 2009.

You are invited to provide us information about your Worldwide Candle Lighting event for posting so people in your area will know of your service and be able to attend. Please complete the Worldwide Candle Lighting Information Form.  Note: we reserve the right to edit all submissions.

IMPORTANT: If you attempt to submit your candle lighting service and we do not contact you or your service is not listed within 24 hours, please contact Joan@compassionatefriends.org.

Click on your state below to view Worldwide Candle Lighting events in your area. 

 Services are being added daily! Stop back often!!

 

 
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Bardstown – Nelson County Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: Hospice of Nelson County, 111 North Third St, Bardstown, KY
Highlights: Readings and special music. Candle lighting starts promptly at 7:00 PM.
Bring: Pictures or remembrance of your child for the memory table. 
Special Events (after): Light refreshments and sharing time will follow the candle lighting.
Contact: Mary Ballard-Boone
Telephone: 502-348-5683 Email: marybboone@bardstowncable.net  

Beattyville – Lee County Kentucky Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: Beattyville Church of the Nazarene, 806 Grand Ave, Beattyville, KY
Highlights: Speaker, readings, special music, and candle lighting ceremony.
Bring: Please bring a picture or remembrance of your child.
Special Events (after): Light refreshments after service. 
Contact: Teresa Mays
Telephone: 606-464-9707 Email: tmays@pebank.com  

Frankfort – Frankfort Kentucky Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: Capital Plaza Hotel, 405 Wilkinson Blvd, Frankfort, KY
Highlights: Dr. Al Hickey, a bereaved father, will speak for approximately 15 minutes followed by readings from local member of the chapter. Kathy Casey will be singing one song. Reading of children's names will conclude event.
Special Event (after): Refreshments, snacks, and lots of hugs. 
Contact: Dusty Rhodes
Telephone: 502-223-1505 Email: drhodes@fewpb.net

Georgetown – Carol Lyons, Angel Garden, and bereaved families of Georgetown, KY in conjunction with the Worldwide Candle Lighting

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:00 PM
Location: Brooking Park (Scott County Park), N US25, Georgetown, KY
Highlights: Candles provided. Will read poems and mention all children's names in park. We will also have some music.
Bring: Please bring a picture or remembrance if you want or anything that you would like to read or include.
Special Events (before): Please dress warm due to weather as it is outside.   
Contact: Carol and Buford Lyons
Telephone: 502-535-5386 Email: Clyons6854@aol.com  

Hazard – The Broken Road Grief Support in conjunction with the Worldwide Candle Lighting

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:00 PM
Location: Main St, Hazard, KY (in front of City Hall, around the fountain)
Highlights: Reading of children's names, special music, key note speaker Mike Seals (Laurel County, KY), lighting of candles, moment of silence.
Bring: Pictures or remembrances of loved ones to go on tables with candles, all refreshments provided.
Special Events (before): Open for anyone to share a poem, story, or special event of their child, grandchild, sibling, or loved one.
Special Events (after): Also sharing handouts about their loved ones, coffee, hot chocolate, and music. 
Contact: Wanda Howard
Telephone: 606-666-9367 Email: wandahoward3@yahoo.com 

Lexington – Bluegrass Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:00 PM sharing time & 7:00 PM candle lighting 
Location: South Elkhorn Christian Church, 4343 Harrodsburg Rd, Lexington, KY
Highlights: Readings, music, saying children's names, and memory table.
Bring: Pictures and special mementos.
Special Events (before): 6:00-6:45 PM; social time for sharing with light snacks and punch for refreshment.
Special Events (after): If desired, you may leave your candle burning outside in the Faith, Hope, & Love Garden.  
Contact: Jim Sims
Telephone: 859-858-8288 or 859-797-2168 Email: Kywildcat1@windstream.net  

Louisville – Hosparus Grief Counseling and Gilda's Club Louisville

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 4:00-7:30 PM
Location: First Unitarian Church, 809 South Fourth St, Louisville, KY (one block south of Broadway, across the street from the Louisville Free Public Library)
Highlights: From 4:00-6:15 PM the community is invited to create luminaries in celebration of their children being remembered; luminaries are gathered in the healing space, a special place of reflection and remembrance, with music and a reading of names every 1/2 hour. The candle lighting ceremony will be from 6:30-7:30 PM. The community is invited to join in solidarity with other programs across the globe for this celebration with reflective readings and music. Families will take their luminaries home with them at the conclusion of this celebration.
Bring: The community is invited to bring pictures and other mementos to decorate the Healing Space. Families will take theirs home with them at the conclusion of the candle lighting ceremony.
Special Events (before): Families unable to attend or who live outside the Louisville/Southern Indiana area can call and request a luminary be made in celebration of their children. Their children's names will be read aloud from the book of names and included in the candle lighting ceremony. Families who provide their current mailing information will receive a copy of the program and their children's luminary in the mail following the keeping of the day. Contact: Hosparus Grief Counseling Center at 502-456-5451 or Gilda's Club Louisville at 502-583-0075 .
Special Events (after): Light refreshments will be served during the afternoon.
Additional: Parking is convenient at just south of the church (on Fourth St, between First Unitarian and Calvary Episcopal Church). The main entrance is adjacent to this parking.
Contact: Amy Sloboda, Hosparus Grief Counseling Center
Telephone: 502-456-5451

Morgantown – Morgantown Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 3:00 PM
Location: Butler County Extension Service Office, East G.L. Smith St, Morgantown, KY
Highlights: Readings, special music, reading of children's names, candle lighting, and Christmas tree decorated with butterflies with children's names. 
Bring: Pictures or remembrance of their children and light refreshments (optional).
Special Events (after): Sharing time with light refreshments.
Additional: If you wish your child's name to be on a butterfly decorating the Christmas tree, please call the listed number in advance of the service. 
Contact: Debbie Young
Telephone: 270-526-5321 Email: debragyoung@bellsouth.net

Owensboro – Owensboro Kentucky Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: Health Park Chapel, 1006 Ford Ave, Owensboro, KY
Highlights: Readings, special music, saying children's names, memory table.
Bring: Photo or remembrance of remembered child.
Special Events (after): Refreshments. 
Contact: Jean Julius
Telephone: 270-683-6455 Email: jjulius@omhs.org

Winchester – Bluegrass Chapter of The Compassionate Friends "Winchester program"

Date & Time: December 13, 2009 meet at 6:45 PM, candle lighting at 7:00 PM
Location: Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home Gazebo, 289 S. Main St, Winchester, KY
Highlights: Readings, music, and saying children's names.
Bring: Pictures and special mementos.
Special Events (after): Light refreshments and sharing our children.  
Contact: Mary Camp
Telephone: 859-737-0180 Email: thecamps@roadrunner.com