Candle Category: Sorrow

Kate Walton and Zack Ontiveros lit a candle for their baby daughter, Clara Rowland Ontiveros. Kate was 34 weeks pregnant with her when she lost Clara on March 3.

Kim McLennon lights a candle of sorrow for the family of Glenn Burke. Kim’s brother in law Glenn passed away suddenly on Sunday Feb. 26. Glenn and Kim’s sister Karen had just celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary. The family needs the power of collective prayer at this time of sorrow.

Rev Jan Carlsson Bul lit a candle and shared, “This candle shares sad news about a one-time member named Dave Fogg, who died January 14 from vascular dementia. Please keep his wife Janet and their family in your thoughts and prayers.

We lit a candle of sorrow for the untimely death of 16-year-old Nathan Latifi, a junior at Glen Ridge High School. Nathan died from injuries in a car accident in Brookdale Park on January 15. Three other students from Glen Ridge High School survived the accident. We mourn Nathan’s loss and the trauma felt more...

We lit a candle of sorrow in the wake of the latest acts of police violence in Atlanta and Memphis; once again this week we remember the lives lost, Tortuguita and Tyre Nichols and we keep praying for an end to a policing system rooted in enslavement and control.

We lit a candle of grief for the 9 people who lost their lives in yet another mass shooting, this time in Monterey California. We continue to pray for peace and an end to violence.