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I Wonder

This is an occasional column that answers interesting questions.

I wonder why there is a bank of small candles in church and why occasionally some of them are lit?

The small candles are votive or prayer candles. "Votive means that something is given or offered in fulfillment of a vow. So if a candle is a votive candle it would have meant, originally, that it was dedicated to fulfill someone's vow. Many Anglican churches have provisions for the lighting of votive candles as a means of offering prayer, without their being associated with devotion to individual saints. The candle, from being an offering in fulfillment of a vow made in prayer, has become symbolically the prayer itself, a simple act of devotion."

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Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson, Joyce Asiedu, Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden, Nora Brown, Terry Brown (Treasurer), Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary),Evelyn Green, Shannon Holder, Bates Lyons, Joe Noel, Peter Marsele Terrie Thomas, Herbert Bowen (Hon)

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

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