Candles and Conifers: Resources for All Saints’ and Advent

Candles & Conifers is a collection of seasonal resources - prayers, liturgies, poems, reflections, sermons, meditations, stories and responses - written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.

It offers resources for groups and individuals covering the weeks from All Saints' Day to Christmas Eve, including saints' days, Remembrance Day, World AIDS Day and Advent. There are liturgies for an outdoor celebration with fireworks, a Christingle service and a longest night service, as well as Advent candle ceremonies, personal prayer practices, a series of responses and blessings and a cats' Advent calendar.

A companion resource book, Hay & Stardust , covering the season of Christmastide, from Christmas Eve to Candlemas, is also available.

In towns and villages

In tower blocks and terraces

Christ is waiting to be born

In palaces and shanty-towns

In high streets and back-streets

Christ is waiting to be born

In the vastness of the universe

In the intimacy of our hearts

Christ is waiting to be born

Come, Lord Jesus

Come into our homes

Come into our lives

Come and stay