Danny Recommends: Candlelight Service Candles
Every so often we dip our toes into a series called Danny Recommends:, posts that tip you off to the stuff that I…you know. The recommendations might be products for use in your ministry, resources that will help you develop leaders around you, or just fun stuff that you need. Want. Whatever. I have a full list of recommended books and such over at the Reading List, but these posts will go into further detail. For other posts in the series, check out the link at the bottom.
It’s that time of year again, kids: time for shepherds and stars, bathrobes and baby-doll Jesuses, tinsel halos and tin-eared carolers.
That’s right: it’s time for the annual Christmas Eve service.
This year, our church is going all in on the original LED lighting package: the humble candle. We’re throwing caution to the wind, praying against the wind on our matchsticks, and sneaking those infernal wax-drippers past our facilities team so we can dangle them over upholstered chairs. We’re going to give actual children actual flames.1 Silent Night? More like shrieks from first-degree burns and scoldings from the Building and Grounds Committee, if you ask me.
But I digress. Our foray into our first candlelight service in years has led us down a candle-lit rabbit hole. And today I’m happy to tell you that we’ve done the work so you don’t have to. 2
Concordia Supply is your go-to candle superstore.
I’ve told you about the good folks at Concordia Supply before. They’re who we’ve used for communion supplies for the last couple of years, and we continue to be really happy with their pricing, shipping, and customer service.
So Concordia was a no-brainer first stop when it came to our candlelight deep dive. We settled on two products:
And as you might have guessed, our team field-tested a candle under controlled conditions. We propped up the 4.25 incher on Elijah’s desk. Under his (hopefully) careful supervision, that sucker burned for an hour. And amazingly enough: no wax actually dripped off of it.
Now, full disclaimer: that was a candle sitting straight up, not being jostled around by a five year old (or worse…a middle school boy), and no superfluous hand motions about hoisting your light to the heavens or splashing tears because someone went too hard on Christmas Shoes.3
I digress again.
The point is, we’re pleased with our purchase and our ongoing relationship with Concordia Supply, and we think you will be, too. Here’s the quick-hitters list of why you ought to use them:
- Your Concordia rep will work with you to figure out what you actually need, not just their most expensive product. Once Elijah explained what we were trying to accomplish, they fixed us up.
- Concordia only deals in fast shipping. Order today and you’ll have those candles in plenty of time for your living nativity pageant.
- They give you all sorts of payment options: credit card, ACH, even PayPal and Apple Pay.
- If you already have an account, you’ll get rewards on your order and help from your rep. And if you don’t have an account, get one, because of both of those reasons I just mentioned.
Christmas’ll be here before you know it. Get those open flames ready, gang.
Order your candles and holders from Concordia Supply today.
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Disclaimer: FTC watchdogs will probably want to know that the vendors listed / linked above did not ask for this endorsement, nor did they provide me with free swag in order to do so. I’m just a really satisfied fan who wants to let you know about helpful things. I only promote items that have benefitted me and that I believe will benefit you. So there.
- We’re not actually doing that. Our fun-killer Kids Director is passing out glow sticks. 🙁 ↩︎
- By “we’ve,” I mean primarily Elijah, the guy on our team who manages anything that doesn’t breathe. And he gained a little assistance from Caleb, who leads the things that do. And maybe Seth pitched in … I don’t actually remember … mainly because he’s from the panhandle of Florida and likes lighting things on fire. ↩︎
- Please: no. ↩︎
