The Peace Light
The Atlantic Highlands Navesink United Methodist Church has the Peace Light, a candle lit from the oil lamps at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and Pastor Nicole Smith invites all to bring their own candles to share the peace, unity, friendship and friendship of all throughout the world.
The pastor explained the light from the oil lamps in the Church of the Nativity at the site where Christ was born, have never been extinguished though they have been transferred from one lamp to another over the two thousand years.
In 1986, the Austria Broadcasting Company organized the Peace Light and began a tradition of a child traveling to Bethlehem to light a candle from the oil lamp. Boy scouts from throughout Europe then lit their own lights from the candle lit from the oil lamp and gave it to others, signifying peace and unity among people of all races, creeds and colors. The Peace Light brings light to the darkness by encouraging peace and unity throughout the world.
The light has been coming to the United States for more than 20 years, and this year it arrived at JFK Airport in early December.
It arrived at the United Methodist Church on Third Avenue on December 9 and will be available for all to light their own candles until the Feasts of the Three Kings on January 6.
Interested persons can bring a candle to the church office Tuesdays through Thursdays between 9 a.m. and noon or schedule a time with Pastor Nicole for another time convenient to both.
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