Candle Category: Congratulations

This candle is for Toby Fried and his wife Helena; they had their first child Billie on February 3rd. She was born on what would have been Jerry’s mom’s 105th birthday. All are doing great and having a magical experience.

We light this candle for Composer in residence, Tom Parente who shares that at long last he has finished composing his first violin concerto – a recently published 26 minute piece which was written for former Shanghai Strip quartet second violinist Yi-Wen Jiang!

We light this candle in celebration of the marriage of our member Kia Williams to David Diaz.

This candle is from Anonymous, a candle of celebration for my beloved’s 10 years sobriety anniversary. I see the daily courage and dedication you put into your recovery. We share in the healing that comes from that hard work and I welcome the next 10 years of serenity and joy this journey will bring.

Jill Wodnick & John Wodnick lit a candle of celebration for Lavender Wodnick who graduated from Bennington College on Saturday, June 1, with a Bachelors of Arts in Literature!

We lit a candle in celebration to honor Laura Kushner’s impending graduation from Drew Theological School on May 12th!