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Global Chalice Lighting for January 2016

ICUU announces the 149th in its monthly global chalice lighting readings. Congregations worldwide are invited to use
the reading for at least one worship service in the designated month, identifying it as the ICUU Global Chalice
Lighting for that month. This Global Chalice Lighting was originally submitted by the General Assembly of Unitarian
and Free Christian Churches (UK).

ENGLISH:
As one small flame
fills a whole room with light,
So may we radiate
hope, courage and good cheer
in our homes, in our worship
and in all the corners
of our world.
- Rev. Celia Midgley
British General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
www.unitarian.org.uk

FRENCH:

Comme une toute petite flamme emplit une pice entire de sa lumire,
Ainsi, pouvons-nous mettre l'espoir, le courage et la bonne humeur
dans nos maisons, dans notre culte et dans tous les coins du monde.
- Rev. Celia Midgley
British General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

GERMAN:

So wie eine kleine Flamme

einen ganzen Raum mit Licht erfllt,
so mgen wir Hoffnung,
Mut und Zuversicht.
in unser Zuhause, in unsere Feierstunden
und in alle Ecken dieser Welt ausstrahlen.

- Rev. Celia Midgley

British General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

ITALIAN:

Come da una piccola fiamma

si diffonde la luce che riempie la stanza

cos possano da noi diffondersi
speranza, coraggio, gioia.

Possano riempire le nostre case

i nostri luoghi di culto

e ogni angolo del nostro mondo.

Celia Midgley

British General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

SPANISH:

Como una pequea flama

llena un cuarto entero con la luz,
as nosotros podemos irradiar
esperanza, valor y buen nimo
en nuestros hogares, en nuestro servicio religioso
y en todos los rincones
de nuestro mundo.
Rev. Celia Midgley- Asamblea General Britnica de Iglesias Unitarias y Cristianas Libres
(With many thanks to our volunteer translators: Jean-Claude Barbier (French), Freya Bednarski-

Stelling (German), Paola Ferrari (Italian) and Jorge Espinel (Spanish).)