- In a double boiler combine
- ½ cup Shea Butter / Mango Butter
- ½ cup Cocoa Butter
- ½ cup Coconut Oil (Solid)
- ½ cup Almond/ Jojoba/ Grapeseed Oil
- Optional - add a tbsp of beeswax to make a firmer texture
2. Melt until combined well
3. Refrigerate for an hour then add 10 drops each of Lavender, Lemongrass, and Frankincense Essential oils and then whip with a hand blender.
Mix up the scent as you wish:
Some well-loved skin care oils: Northern Lights Black Spruce, Geranium, Clary Sage, Ylang Ylang, Gentle Baby or Copaiba! 
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Reader: Today we light the Joy candle. We open our hearts to receive the gift of joy in Christ. Jesus partnered with God in Creation and then stepped into the world He made to bring heaven here. The angels sang of this good news of great joy that is for all of us!
(Light Candle)
Cynicism is easy.
Yet we long for laughter
A reason to rejoice that reaches into the deepest parts of us.
Joy to the world, the Lord has come to bring heaven down
The angels proclaimed it good news of great joy
Our Maker stooped down to be with us
Good news for all people
The beautiful hodgepodge of humanity invited to be restored
To God’s vision for each of us.
For us, the infinite became an infant
To be known, to offer meaning, purpose, eternal life
An infant to make us smile and peel back our armour
To open our hearts to the joyful invitation to wonder and new life.
Rejoice in the restoration
Jesus came to bring abundant life
Come near and let Him restore, awaken and make new.
Digize Essential Oil (a blend of Tarragon, Ginger, Peppermint, Juniper, Fennel, Anise, Patchouli, and Lemongrass created for digestive health) and Peppermint Essential Oil came to the rescue when eleven-year-old Andrew rose from his bed after bedtime calling for help. He was clammy and his stomach was churning. I rushed with him to the bathroom expecting nausea to erupt. I asked Lance to stay with him and rub his back while I ran downstairs to where I keep my pre-made rollers filled with combinations of essential oils in proper dilution for topical use. This one was my "Tummy Troubles" roller.
I ran back upstairs and rubbed the roller filled with Digize/Peppermint in Coconut Oil (as a carrier) combo on his abdomen. Then I grabbed my Peppermint roller and put it at the base of the skull where he was so clammy and hot - to cool him down. I also gave him a teaspoon of honey to calm his irritated stomach.
He responded immediately.
Within a minute, he was already feeling better.
We stayed in the bathroom as I rubbed his back and watched him closely. His breathing and churning stomach calmed.
After about five minutes he returned to bed and slept soundly until morning and never did throw up.
He is now a firm believer in the power of essential oils to benefit the body safely and effectively. Thanks, Young Living for creating such therapeutic products and for teaching us how to use them well.
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Today we light the Peace candle. The Prince of Peace invites us to enjoy stillness. “Jesus rebuked the wind and said to the waves: “Peace! Be still.” The wind died down and was completely calm.” Thank you, Jesus, for entering the storms of life with us and bringing peace there.
Peace Poem:
In a world full of noise and conflict and sorrow.
Life vibrates with sound and motion
Thoughts fly in chasing others out
Multi-tasking, managing schedules, juggling responsibilities
Needs cry out to be met
Storms blow in knocking us flat -
Jesus beckons
“Peace
Be still
Peace I give to you
A gift to nurture a transformation
Rooting you in restoration
Jesus invites
Let peace grow within you
and then let it out to the world so in need of reconciliation.
Let me create peace in you beyond your understanding
that you can hold the light of the Prince of Peace
to shelter your heart and shine on the path of all those around you.
~ Peg Wright 2022
Reader 1:
Today we light the hope candle. How our world needs hope.
Jesus, a light to shine in the darkness.
God, come to be with us
Song: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Spoken Word Poem written to share in Worship:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Through him all things were made. In him was life and that life was the light of all humankind. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Oh, the dark feels heavy sometimes
The shadows sit on our shoulders like a weight of grief, cynicism, fear.
But beyond the clouds the sun beckons us to its warmth
Memories of sunrise and radiant beams on our face
Son of God, love’s pure light. Radiant beams from your holy face.
A dawn of redeeming grace,
Possibilities break in
Life wins
Jesus
A tiny heartbeat of God so near
Pulsing with radiant hope
Breaking into the ordinary
To transform these moments into grace
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Jesus.
