2009 Annual Worldwide Candle Lighting Services - Maryland
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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Bowie – Community Advocates for Family and Youth
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: The town of Bowie Gymnasium, 4100 Northview Dr, Bowie, MD
Highlights: Speakers, readings, and music.
Bring: Pictures or remembrance.
Special Events (before): Readings and sharing.
Special Events (after): Reception and readings.
Additional: Please contact Paula if you would like to read, there is a time limit for reading and slots are limited. Readings must be submitted by December 7. CAFY is allowing 3 participant readings. Dress for the weather.
Contact: Paula Williams
Telephone: 301-390-4092 Email: pwilliams@cafyonline.org
Elkton – Cecil County Chapter of The Compassionate Friends
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:00 PM
Location: Elkton Presbyterian Church, 209 East Main St, Elkton, MD
Highlights: Music, slide show, poems, and individual lighting of candles.
Bring: Family and friends.
Special Events (after): Sharing time and refreshments after the service.
Additional: If you would like to submit a photo for the slide show please send it to Lynn Jones, 235 Fawn Dr, Elkton, MD 21921 or email to ross1229@atlanticbb.net.
Contact: Bobbie Ann Sheldon
Telephone: 443-309-9331 Email: bobkat1s@hotmail.com
Hagerstown – Rest Haven Funeral Home & Cemetery
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 3:00 PM
Location: Rest Haven Funeral Home & Chapel, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave, Hagerstown, MD
Highlights: Volunteers place luminaries at the grave sites in the AM. The center has a service and music from 3PM-4PM then a bagpiper proceeds to walk the grounds for the next hour or until complete darkness and all you see are rows upon rows of luminaries.
Additonal: If you would like you may volunteer to help with the lighting or setting the luminaries in the early part of the day. Rest Haven's 22nd Annual Festival of Lights will be Saturday, December 12th.
Contact: Denise
Telephone: 301-733-3575 Email: resthaven@myactv.net
Hughesville – Southern Maryland Chapter of The Compassionate Friends
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: Southern Maryland Realty Center, Hughesville, MD
Highlights: Readings and/or poems will be by parents.
Bring: A dessert to share, picture or remembrance of your child, and poem or special reading to share.
Contact: Carol Paschall
Telephone: 301-855-3068 Email: capaschall@gmail.com
Laurel – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 5:00 PM
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 7607 Sandy Spring Rd, Laurel, MD
Highlights: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will present its annual Christmas concert of the music of the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons. The theme of the concert is "Of the Father's Love Begotten". The concert will feature the senior choir, Jubilation! Contemporary Ensemble, and the Joybells hand bell choir. Both traditional and contemporary carols will be presented, with some carols for all to sing. At the beginning of the concert, there will be a candle lighting which has become a yearly tradition inspired by The Compassionate Friends, Inc. Everyone in every time zone around the world is united to light a candle in honor of all children who have died; that their lights may always shine. As the candles go out in one time zone, they will be lit in the next, creating a wave of light that will encircle the globe. This year marks the 13th anniversary of honoring and remembering all children gone far too soon. The candle lighting and concert are open to the public and the concert is free. A reception will follow the concert.
Special Events (before): Concert at 5:00 PM (candle lighting at 5:00 PM).
Special Events (after): Reception.
Contact: Dr. Lynn Monkres
Telephone: 202-319-5136 (w) Email: monkres@law.cua.edu
Towson – Greater Baltimore Chapter of The Compassionate Friends
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 N. Charles St, Towson, MD
Highlights: Our program opens and closes with a bagpiper. We include readings, stories, special music, the candle lighting and the reading of our children's names by their families. We also remember the children whose family is unable to attend by lighting a candle in their absence.
Bring: We invite our families to bring pictures, scrapbooks, or other remembrances for our memory table. If families would like they may bring an unwrapped toy for the church's toy drive.
Special Events (after): After our program we adjourn to the parlor for a reception.
Contact: Garrett Tollenger
Telephone: 410-560-3358 Email: info@baltimoretcf.com
Walkersville – Frederick MD Chapter of The Compassionate Friends
Date & Time: December 13, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: Calvary Assembly of God, 8234 Woodsboro Pike, Walkersville, MD
Highlights: Time for special readings or tributes will be available prior to the candle lighting ceremony. We'll close with snacks and refreshments.
Bring: Framed picture or remembrance of your child.
Special Events (before): We'll begin at 6:30 PM with sharing time for special readings or short tributes. Candle lighting will begin at 7:00 PM. To ensure we begin the candle lighting on time, please let the coordinator know if you have something special to share.
Special Events (after): Snacks and refreshments afterwards.
Additional: Pending final coordination, we may be able to have a slide show of our children during the sharing time. If you would like to submit your child's picture, please email it to the contact email address.
Contact: Lou Campbell
Telephone: 405-413-4243 Email: lightacandlefrederick@yahoo.com