Let the Peace Light Shine

From the grotto in Bethlehem where Jesus was born, via Austria, New York City and the Plast Huculak Centre in North Etobicoke, the peace light has finally arrived at the church on the lake.

Please feel free to bring a lantern to the Martin Luther Church at 2379 Lakeshore Blvd. West to light your own candle and bring the peace light to your church or home for the remaining Advent Season.

All are welcome to do so at our candlelight service at 7 pm this Sunday December 20 on the Fourth of Advent. You will also get to listen to wonderful jazz music, performed by Magnus Hjerpe and Elizabeth Martin. The candlelight service is traditionally for youth and they are invited to stay after the service to decorate our Christmas Trees.

Other times to pass on the Peace Light can be arranged with the Church Office, 416-251-8293, churchoffice@martinluther.ca

Background:

Each year, a child from Upper Austria fetches the light from the grotto in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. The light is carried in two blast proof miners lamps on an Austrian Airlines jet from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Vienna (Austria) from where it is distributed at a Service of Dedication to delegations from across Europe. They take it back, with a message of Peace, to their own countries. Austrian Airlines then flies the miner’s lamps containing the Peace Light from Bethlehem to New York City from where it is distributed in North America.

http://www.friedenslicht.de/ , http://peacelight.org/