A Unique Christmas Service: Four Short Plays
Each of the four short plays, around five minutes long, shows different characters and different events in the nativity story. A brief, kid-friendly discussion time is then led, asking the audience...
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Christmas for Little Ones We’ve chosen twelve books that use text and image to capture the imagination of the very young and those who read to them! Some of these books use Scripture, some tell the...
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Christmas Eve for the Christian Household
“The bells have been rung, the candles are lit, the tree is glowing with light, and Jesus is snug in his manger. Now we sit down to eat.” Christmas Eve in the Home Because I am a minister, our home...
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Go On, PLAY with Your Nativity Creche
“More than a mere decoration, a creche or nativity scene engages the whole family and makes your Christmas traditions richer.” Using your Nativity Creche Many Christian households set up a...
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Christmas Pageant Ideas, Tips, and Scripts
“Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere! Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born!” Preparing for the Pageant Does your church offer a Christmas pageant? Whether you...
View ArticleThree Teaching Points for Advent
The Meaning of Advent The word “Advent” comes from the Latin adventus, which means “coming” or “arrival.” As a season of the church year, Advent is the four weeks before Christmas that prepares us to...
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An Intergenerational Epiphany Pageant
“Saints before the altar bending, watching long in hope and fear. Suddenly our hope unending, in Creation shall appear.Come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ the new born King.”...
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Christmas Pageants 2020: Recorded, Zoomed, Live Outside
How can we share the incredible story of the Incarnation through mediums that will engage our community in meaningful ways of retelling the narrative while maintaining appropriate physical distance?...
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Crèche Sharing Across the Miles
As many church buildings are closed and continue to offer worship over Zoom and other online platforms, we can still celebrate the birth of Christ throughout the twelve days of Christmas together....
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What Does This Season Mean? Handout for Christmas at Home
To download this beautiful resource for households that supports the celebration of Christmas at home as a PDF, click here. Introduction Christmas, or The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, is a...
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Advent Kits Gallery
During Advent 2020, we invited folks to send us photos and descriptions of their Advent at Home bags, boxes, & kits. Check out these creative and thoughtful ideas! Resurrection Lutheran Church,...
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Advent: Something is Coming! A Five-Week Intergenerational Resource
In 2021, I developed an Advent reflection series to go with the Seeking Shalom (Isaiah) resources that I had previously created, and I really loved doing it. People who used the resource in their...
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Digital Nativity Story from Shapes of Ministry
Even before the move into virtual ministry, I struggled to find Bibles or picture books for children to use in my ministry. Some books don’t have enough text while others have so much that it’s hard...
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A Storytelling Pilgrimage Through the Christmas Story
Storytelling can take many forms: oral, digital, and written. A pilgrimage, as the Episcopal Church defines it, is “a journey taken with a religious or devotional intention. Pilgrimages are typically...
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