Candle Category: Care

Sue Raufer lights a candle of care. Sue shares, “Last Sunday, while I was in service, I noticed a call coming in on my silenced phone. I smiled to myself, because I saw it was from my lifetime best friend, Barbara, checking up on me during this particularly difficult time. Everyone deserves a best friend...

Elaine Gibson lights a candle of care for Marcia Mandel as she prepares for heart valve replacement surgery on March 5th. Please send positive and healing thoughts for her safe and healthy passage through the surgery and her recovery thereafter.

We like this candle for Tuli Patel, executive director at our sister congregation and Summit Beacon. Tuli is grieving the recent death of her father; this candle shines in love and in care.

We light this candle of care for Rhonda Brooks, cousin to Robert and Shantale Pipkins, who passed away on November 8. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last month. We will miss her deeply.

Rev Scott and Rev Anya lit two candles, for two dear neighbors in Montclair South. These are two of the sweetest men we know. First, for Will Eden, 61, who was struck by a hit and run driver in Newark, and is holding onto life as we meet this morning. And for Elton Cook, who...

We lit a candle for Mary Kushner, mother of Laura Kushner, who has been in and out of the hospital. May she find peace amidst this challenge. And may this light also shine for Mary’s caregiver, Laura – bringing her comfort and rest.