First Sunday in Advent
Even before the first Sunday in Advent, we began celebrating this special time with an Advent service right here at SVF on Friday, November 30. As always, the Music Line singing was top notch. Two days later marked the first Sunday in Advent. The first candle is lit. "On the first Sunday of Advent – four weeks before Christmas – people light the first candle in the Advent candlestick. This is always a special event, eagerly awaited. Each Sunday until Christmas, a candle is lit (and blown out after a while), until all four candles are alight." - from the official Sweden/Sverige website At home I have a special candle holder (with a line-up of four candles) used every Advent season. Here in Sweden we are using one candle with daily "burns" until December 24. Going to Immanuelkyrkan for the Sunday morning service is a highlight of the day. The hymns sung are mostly ones we remember singing, too. ...