2026 candle lighting
Candle Lighting begins at 7 PM. Please plan to arrive by 6:45 PM to secure your seat.
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting on the
second Sunday in December unites family and friends around
the globe in lighting candles for an hour to honor the
memories of our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and
grandchildren who left too soon. As candles are lit this
December 13th, precisely at 7:00 pm in each local time
zone, hundreds of thousands of people commemorate all
children gone too soon, creating a virtual 24-hour wave of
light!
Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting in the
world, this Candle Lighting, a gift to the bereavement
community from The Compassionate Friends, started in the
United States in 1997 as a small internet observance and has
since swelled in numbers as word has spread of this
remembrance. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are
held, and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted
in homes, as families gather in quiet remembrance of children
who have died and will never be forgotten.
Here at Miami Valley TCF, and now including our Eaton
Support Group, we will gather to celebrate our loved ones
with a program of readings, music and a moving video
presentation of photos, followed by refreshments and
fellowship. Please join us!
If you’d like to submit a photo of your loved one for the video,
please send it along with his/her name to our email
miamivalleytcf@gmail.com by Thanksgiving, please!
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