Christmas
Christmas
‘A Christmas all age talk on Luke 2: 8-18. It shows how the first Christmas was the ultimate multi sensory experience! It will take about 20 minutes to deliver and is designed to be split into 4 parts to scatter throughout an all age carol service to cater for little concentration spans.
Christmas is an attack on the senses. It is those familiar smells, sights and sounds that bring us rushing back to so many memories. That first Christmas, we hear the ear drum bursting choir of angels, we are blinded by the army of angels, we smell the stable as we see the screaming baby, we hear
Forget your Blue Peter Christmas coat hanger advent crown, or the arrival of Christmas cups in Costa Coffee! The real sign that the countdown to Christmas has begun is the unveiling of the John Lewis epic advert, the one that all others are measured against.
My favourite advert so far this year…
If the ghost of Christmas past visited you, what would he show you? Which moments, which memories, which habits, which catastrophes and which delights would feature?
I suspect that a ten second pause is long enough for a torrent of memories to come flooding back, some with out-loud laughter, some wi…
We are waiting with baited breath for the big day.
What will the John Lewis advert be?
A man on the moon, a badger on a trampoline, a penguin? The hype is real.
How will the others compare? Is Kevin the carrot from Aldi really going to make it? Will M&S pull themselves back and bring the magic a…
If you want to make sure your kids get a piece of God’s word in the countdown to Christmas, then consider getting one of these advent calendars for them instead of (or to compliment) the one you usually pick up at your local supermarket.
1. The Prince of Peace Advent calendar is a great optio…
Apparently Jesus was actually born at the end of September. It’s all to do with the time of year sheep are out on the hills around Bethlehem and when Herod would have done his census. So Jesus would have been the oldest in his year, if he had gone to a British primary school. Although his earl…
Christmas is the easiest time of the year to invite friends to come with you to church. Which makes it a great opportunity to encourage your children to invite their friends, too. We asked one parent of primary-age children how they do this in their family:
When you start talking about Christmas, a…
There are so many ways we can be distracted from the true meaning of Christmas during the holidays. Why not make time for one or more of these resources celebrating the birth our Lord Jesus Christ while you’re enjoying time together as a family this Christmas?
Randall Goodgame Sing the Bible F…
If you would like to gather the family together for a devotional during the Christmas holidays we have two brilliant family devotionals to guide you:
Prepare Him Room helps you build family Christmas traditions around Christ. The memorable and meaningful activities, songs, and stories of Prepa…
