Christmons featured on the Christmas Tree on the lectern side The scroll of Old Testament prophecies, foretelling the first coming of our Savior - Advent. The rose, symbolizing the Incarnation of our Lord in His birth as a human, thus Christmas. Epiphany represented by a star, to recall the ways in which the Child and later the Man was shown to be the Son of God. The pelican. Long ago people believed that in time of famine a mother pelican would pierce her breast so her Young could have her life's blood and live. Thus, the pelican-in-her-piety has for centuries been a symbol of Christ's atonement for our sins and suggests the Lord's Super. A beautiful butterfly, symbolizing Christ's bursting forth from the tomb in the resurrection.  The fiery chariot. Elijah's being caught up into heaven in this way was a prototype of our Savior's bodily ascension into heaven.  The symbol of The Pentecost. Seven-tongued flame to symbolize the outpouring of the gifts of the Holy Spirit on The Pentecost.  |
Christmas Tree ChrismonsOur Christmas Trees have decorations called Chrismons (CHRIST = MONogram) that that proclaim our Lord Jesus Christ through the use of symbols. The Chrismons Tree originated at Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Danville, VA in 1957. They hold the copyright on the word "chrismons".
 The pulpit side tree holds Chrismons of the three persons of the Trinity. We worship one God in three persons and three persons in one God. God the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Holy Spirit is still another, but there is one Godhead of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, equal in glory and coequal in majesty.    The stars represents the three ways in which God comes to us (the means of Grace) - His Word, Holy Baptism ,and Holy Communion.
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Christmons featured on the Christmas Tree on the pulpit side One God: The shamrock has for centuries been used to explain the mystery of the Trinity - one leaf with three separate and distinct sides. It is placed within a triangle which is also a symbol for the three-in-oneness of God.  God the Father: The hand descending from the cloud refers to God, the Father, the Creator. God the Son: the Sacrificial Lamb bearing the banner of victory over sin and death.  God the Holy Spirit: represented as a Dove,referring to the form He took at Jesus' baptism. The chalice and the shell represent the, Sacraments of Communion and Baptism |
The decorative designs are symbols of Christianity from its earliest days. The large loop on the tree represent a vine which is Christ with Christmons representing the life and nature of Christ Jesus.