Marissa's 1st time as an Acolyte

We cannot believe that Marissa is now in 6th grade. She has graduated from Children's Choir and is in confirmation. With that comes the responsibility of being an acolyte on Sunday mornings. Marissa has always disliked fire, but lately we have told her that in order to light the candles she'd have to work on getting over that phobia rather quickly. Marissa did a nice job lighting the candles at church on November 28th. Now she will have to hang loose until the end of January to light them once again. She's pretty fortunate that she doesn't have to light them during advent because our church has a wreath that requires a lot more lighting or many more candles.