Advent & Christmas

The whole season of Christmas, from Advent to Epiphany, is a wonderful opportunity for the Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus as 'God with us'. Instead of feeling we are battling against the tide and shutting ourselves off from all the festivities, which are increasingly secular, Susan Sayers encourages us to embrace them and fill them with real meaning. In her excellent book of resources for worship in church, outside and at home, for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, the author shows how this can be possible.

This rediscovery of the stories of Christ's birth through adult eyes is for use in group and worship situations. The material is drawn from the work of the Wild Goose Worship Group who have an innovative style of worship.

Candles & Conifers is a collection of seasonal resources ? prayers, liturgies, poems, reflections, sermons, meditations, stories and responses, written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.

Covers the season of Christmastide, including Christmas Eve, Holy Innocents' Day, Winter and New Year, Epiphany, Homelessness Sunday, and Candlemas.

There are lots of different characters that all play a part in the wonderful story of Christmas. There’s brave Mary, scary King Herod, the excited shepherds, and not forgetting the most important character of all – Jesus!

There are lots of different characters of Christmas for you to meet in this book… there’s just one problem, they need colouring in!

Photocopy: Permitted All-age Talks for Advent and Christmas contains fifteen fully worked-out all-age talks for the Advent and Christmas season.

Here are 14 complete service outlines for innovative and reflective worship at Advent and Christmas. The services consist of suggested visual material and music, introductions, hymns, prayers and meditations - everything you need to add a new dimension to your services.

The unpredictable origins and etymologies of our cracking Christmas customs For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas. Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way.

Join Tom Wright on a journey into the eart of Luke, exploring the Gospel themes of encouragement, renewal,justice and celebration