{"id":42808,"date":"2022-01-11T19:39:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cranprep.org\/?p=42808"},"modified":"2022-01-11T19:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:39:38","slug":"christingle-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cranleigh.org\/prep\/2022\/01\/11\/christingle-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Christingle Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Christingle service is becoming a popular Christian church service held over the Christmas period where a candle in an orange is used as a fun and interactive symbol of Jesus Christ and the positive effect he has had on the world.\u00a0 This morning, at Cranleigh Prep, pupils have been decorating oranges for their Christingle service.\u00a0 The Christingle is made by children to help teach them about Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cranprep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ch3-167x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cranprep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ch2-167x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Christingle is a symbolic object used in Christian services at Advent, Christmas and Epiphany.\u00a0 The word &#8216;Christingle&#8217; comes from the German word of &#8216;Chrsitkindl&#8217; which means &#8216;Little Christ Child&#8217;.\u00a0 The Christingle is used to celebrate symbolise Jesus Christ as the Light of the World.<\/p>\n<p>A Christingle is usually made from an orange with a small candle inserted in the top.\u00a0 There is a red ribbon wrapped around the middle of the orange and some cloves or fruit studded in the orange.\u00a0 The orange represents the world.\u00a0 The blood of Christ is represented by the red ribbon around the orange and the cloves or fruit are meant to show the four seasons as well as the fruits of the earth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cranprep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ch5-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The candles in the Christingles are usually lit to spread light as this reflects the light that Jesus Christ brings to the world, and gives hope to people living in dark times.\u00a0 Towards the end of their service today pupils at Cranleigh Prep took their Christingles up to be lit, to represent the whole school family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cranprep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ch4-250x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"137\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cranprep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ch6-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meaning of a Christingle is simple.\u00a0 It is a symbolic object that represents Jesus and the light he brings to the world through the Christian faith.\u00a0 The Christingle as a whole is meant to show Jesus being the light of the World.\u00a0 Christingle translates to &#8216;Christ Light.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christingle service is becoming a popular Christian church service held over the Christmas period where a candle in an orange is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-chapel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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