Week Two:
Two candles are lit on the second Sunday and allowed to burn as before.

O Lord, stir up our hearts that we may prepare for Thy only begotten Son, that through His coming
we may be made
worthy to serve Thee with pure souls.
Through the same
Christ our Lord.

Week Three:
Three candles, including the rose candle, are lit on Gaudete, the third Sunday, and during
that week.

We humbly beg
Thee, O Lord, to
listen to our prayers;
and by the grace
of Thy coming
bring light into our darkened minds.
Who livest and reignest for ever and ever.

Week Four:
All four candles are lit on the fourth Sunday and allowed to burn as before.

Stir up Thy might,
we pray Thee,
O Lord, and come;
rescue us through Thy great strength so that salvation, which has been hindered by our sins, may be hastened by the grace of
Thy gentle mercy.
Who livest and reignest for ever and ever.

Do you know of any older (12-16 year olds) that would be interested in becoming a pen pal? 

It takes only about 15 - 30 minutes a month to write a letter and return it to the church.  

Usually in April we go to the farm where we have a hayride, picnic, scavenger hunt, roast marshmallows for smores, see horses, cows, and chickens - it's very fun for us and for the students and we get to meet our pen pals at that time.

Details:
Rehearsals - children's chapel during month of Dec., Performance - Sunday Jan. 6th 10:30 service
History:
 In the story of the Epiphany, as related in the gospel of Matthew, "three wise men from the east" visited the baby Jesus in Bethlehem on the twelfth day following his birth. January 6 became the day appointed by the Church to celebrate the revelation of Christ's divinity to mankind.In the 4th century,  the western world's most influential preacher, St. Augustine, romanticized and embellished the story of the Epiphany. The gift-bearing wise men became "kings," and Feast of the Epiphany, the twelfth day of Christmas, evolved into a major holiday imbued with royal associations.
Prayer:
Father of light, unchanging God, today you reveal to men of faith the resplendent fact of the Word made flesh. Your light is strong, Your love is near; draw us beyond the limits which this world imposes, to the life where Your Spirit makes all life complete. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.