Christmas

Christmas

I’m dreaming of a thankful Christmas

It was like a wrapping paper blizzard. It already covered the floor. It didn’t stop. Tearing, ripping, throwing and moving on. In that moment I knew our family Christmas had taken a wrong turn. It felt like we were ripping through each present without gratitude or any sense that someone had ge…
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The Adventure of Christmas

In this seasonal series you will find a Christmas buffet of resource treats. The four flexible sessions have been written so that you can fill your plate with what you and your church family need this Christmas.

Each le

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The Adventure of Christmas

Kids, parents, grandparents, churches, ministers, streets, communities – we’re going on a Christmas adventure and we want you to join us! Our belly-busting Christmas menu of resources is being prepared and there’s something for everyone. So, get out your diary right now and make a …
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God with Us – really?

Immanuel. The Bible makes the mega claim that the baby Mary gave birth to, the baby Joseph named ‘Jesus’, is in fact Immanuel – ‘God with us’. Why is that great? Jesus is God with us. It seems a fairly simple statement, but those words are as stuffed with meaning as I …
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Christmas Bake Along Invitation

Faith in Kids hosts a bake-along video featuring Martha Collison guiding families through baking gingerbread men & women. This realtime baking lesson is interspersed with short all age talks explaining the reason for th

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What is Christmas bake along all about?

“She will have a son, and they will name him Immanuel.” This name means “God is with us.” Matthew 1:23 (International Children’s Bible). The good news of Christmas is that God is with us. In person, taking our form, into our world, hands on and messy, part of the everyd…
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God with us

God with us…he is never socially distanced, even when we have to be

So let’s step out of our church buildings and celebrate the birth of Christ in ways we would never have considered before!

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“Is this it!?” – When Christmas Fails

The moment my little brother walked into the room at Christmas, surveyed the party table spread with all manner of delights and asked … “IS THIS IT!?” has become legendary in our family. It’s now a running joke that if someone has clearly made a big effort to produce somethi…
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Elf on the shelf?

Do you elf, or do you leave it on the shelf? For many families the fun has begun – the elf’s cheeky antics entertain their children in the morning, as it spills the milk, covers the house in toilet roll, goes parachuting with Mum’s knickers and takes Barbie prisoner. As a Mum who f…
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Saving Christmas – Nativity play

A no-rehearse Nativity play with plenty of laughs focusing on the story of Joseph. This has been written with a guest all-age service in mind where you want plenty of action but not a long talk.

This “Saving Christmas” package of resources explores how we all hope Christmas wil

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