Candle Category: Joy

John Lytle lights this candle of Joy for the wedding of his daughter, Bonnie, to Andrew Yaglenski, on October 9, 2021.

John and Lauren Carlton light a candle of joy and share, “Our beautiful granddaughter Zoe Grace Carlton MacKay was born August 31. Everyone is well. Parents are predictably tired and we are in Massachusetts helping out.”

Dana Moore lit a candle of joy and shares, “Thanks for all the friends who’ve celebrated me so thoroughly this month. My cup runneth over.”

We lit a candle of celebration for Nina Cooke John who won a national contest to design the new Harriette Tubman memorial in Newark that will be called “Shadow of a Face.” Congratulations Nina!

We lit a candle to mark our return to our sanctuary for worship, mindful that we are only beginning to emerge from the COVID-9 pandemic, the deadliest event in US history.

We lit a candle of Pride and Joy for our town and our Social Justice Coalition who has worked with our council member Peter Yacobelis to improve the livability of LGBTQI individuals with the passing of the Employment and Township Contractor Non-Discrimination Ordinance and an Ordinance to Require All-Gender Restrooms.