A service for Worldwide Children’s Remembrance Day will be observed next month in Lehighton.

Worldwide Children’s Remembrance Day is at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at Zion United Church of Christ, Second and Iron streets, Lehighton.

It will include music, readings, lighting candles of remembrance and a slideshow of the children, grandchildren, and siblings who are missed dearly.

There will also be a time of fellowship and refreshments following the service, and all are welcome.

In the event of inclement weather, the event will be Dec. 11.

Worldwide Children’s Remembrance Day is a time for family members and friends to commemorate and honor the memory of children who have died at any age, from any cause, no matter how long ago.

Every year since 1997, on the second Sunday of December, The Compassionate Friends (an international organization dedicated to providing grief support for families who have experienced child loss,) has created a Worldwide Candle Lighting, now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe.

As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time Dec. 10, hundreds of thousands of people commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon. This will happen throughout the entire world, from time zone to time zone, to create a 24 hour wave of light.

Parents, siblings and family members are asked to join for a special time of remembrance, including lighting candles in memory of the dear children in our own lives who have gone before us.

Anyone who would like a picture of their loved one included in the slideshow may email a photo, along with the name as they would like it displayed, to carbontcfremembrance@gmail.com.

For more information, call 610-377-6188.