Yes it's November and I am talking about Christmas. the Quaker commitment to our event The Celebration of Light.
If you have never experienced or helped with this event yet, please consider coming
There is :experience the Peace garden lit with hundreds of small candles
same with craft for children
the same with storytelling and music making for the children
the same with craft for the children
There is also refreshments for adults and children
This event is entirely free and supported by Wellington Quaker Meeting and the Area Meeting Members
Take a look at last year's preparations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NuWgY8EQw
Celebration of Light
Quakers have
organised this event for the people in Wellington
and beyond. It is intended as a secular event. The Peace garden which is
used as a quiet place to sit and reflect in The Quaker Meeting House Wellington
( next door to the One Shop), is transformed by greenery and hundreds of tiny
candlelit lanterns. People who know about it come back year on year. We
intend it as an alternative Christmas Celebration, that of appreciating light
in the darkness and the silence. ( there is little light pollution in the Quaker Peace
Garden ). Children
are often overawed by the experience. We invite peopled to come and look on the
same day the lights are switched on in Wellington ,
Children are particularly welcome One of the features is to walk the spiral of
light and perhaps reflect on the non commercial meaning of Christmas and our
love for one another and all living things including our own planet.
Children and the Celebration of Light
We have various things to interest the
children
Nov 26th there will be craft and free
coffee and tea for parents. Craft will be making Christmas decorations
using mirror card.
Dec 3rd there is storytelling and music
which the children are invited to join in the music making. This year the story
is Hans Christian Anderson's" the Snow Queen." Many children are
familiar with the film Frozen. Frozen was derived from this story and it is a
lovely story. HCA wrote stories of hope and love.
I shall also be reading my story available
on my website, www.zoe ainworthgriggbooks.com It will be about "The Fabulous
Miss Flimp" with free illustrations by Sue Hammond Lovatt to colour of
Miss Flimp in a fairy dress.
For a free ebook "Christmas and Miss Flimp"
https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=zoe+ainsworth-grigg
For a free ebook "Christmas and Miss Flimp"
https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=zoe+ainsworth-grigg