Light Up the Season
Candle Scavenger Hunt
First Church invites the community to join us for a fun holiday event. Can you decode all of the clues and find the 24 candles on lawns all over Cheshire? If you can, you can win a prize for your family and maybe even a $250 donation in your name to select local charities.
Rules
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The Candle Scavenger Hunt will take place over the four weeks leading up to Christmas.
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Six (6) different candles will be released each week – November 28, December 5, December 12 and December 19. All candles will stay up until Christmas Eve.
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Clues for each candle will be released via Facebook and on the First Congregational Church’s website each Sunday afternoon.
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Each candle will have a different “word of the season” on it.
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Follow the clues to find the candles around town. Make note of each candle’s “word of the season” using the Candle Scavenger Hunt Answer Sheet. (see Answers section below)
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Submit your answers online here, or email them to Candles@firstcheshire.org (scan or photo is acceptable) NO LATER THAN noon on December 24th. Paper copies can also be dropped off in the box outside the front door of the church.
Please note that candles will be located on people’s yards. We ask that you respect the “hosts” homes and yards. Also, please be extremely careful when stopping to take pictures of the candles or to look for the words on each candle. If you cannot do so safely, please return at another time
Prizes and Winners
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More than anything, HAVE FUN and enjoy this activity with your family.
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Prize winners will be randomly drawn from all submitted entries. Even if you miss one or more weeks, you can still submit and be entered in the drawing.
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Prizes will include gift certificates to local restaurants and stores.
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In addition, four entries will be drawn and First Congregational Church will make a $250 donation in the winners’ names to your choice of one of the following charities:
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The Diaper Bank
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Columbus House
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Chrysalis
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Operation Fuel
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Clues
View clues here (navigate between weekly clue pages with arrows < > ) or pick up a paper copy from the decorated box in front of First Church (111 Church Drive). Each week the additional clues will be added to the website and the box in front of the church. Clues can be printed by clicking on "Google slides" in the lower right hand corner.
Answers
Submit your answers and WIN!!!
Remember each week there will be 6 new clues released. Find all the clues by December 24th at noon and submit them for your chance to win an exciting prize such as gift certificate or a gift of a $250 cash donation to a local community organization in your name.
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Download and print your answer sheet today or pick up a paper copy from the decorated box in front of First Church (111 Church Drive).
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Solve the clues and find all the candles on lawns around town
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Submit the answers online here or email a copy of your answer sheet to candles@FirstCheshire.org or Drop off a paper copy in the drop box in front of First Church (111 Church Drive). Submit anytime after the week 4 clues are released and no later than NOON on December 24th!
More than anything, HAVE FUN and enjoy this activity with your family.
Prize winners will be randomly drawn from all submitted entries. Even if you miss one or more weeks, you can still submit and be entered in the drawing.
Please note that candles will be located on people’s yards. We ask that you respect the “hosts” homes and yards. Also, please be extremely careful when stopping to take pictures of the candles or to look for the words on each candle. If you cannot do so safely, please return at another time
Questions
If you have any questions, just drop us a note at candles@FirstCheshire.org
This event is for the entire community and is sponsored by the First Congregational Church of Cheshire, An Open and Affirming, Green Congregation
of the United Church of Christ.
All are invited and welcome to take part in this community event.
