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Rev'd Jane Nattrass, Vicar of Gosforth St Nicholas in Newcastle

We're organising Advent window trails across the town, revealing one window per trail every day during Advent. Maps will be ...

Revd Felicity Walters

Whatever ways you're sharing the Christmas story this year, you can involve families in making their own crib scene - ...

David Guest, Vicar, St Bartholomew's, Otford

We realise that we cannot offer our usual Crib Service (which attracts over 300 people) or indeed many of our ...

The Revd Canon Sandra Millar

This short, humorous presentation is ideal for a Christmas service (online or otherwise) which includes young children, or, it could ...

Centre for Christianity and Culture Survey Respondent

The Midnight Mass is a beautiful and profound experience for a lot of people, but families are rarely able to ...

Rev Bryony Taylor

One good way in which you can keep in touch with people who you meet through the occasional offices is by ...

Tessa Wilkinson

We have made a large, outdoor Advent Wreath with one ‘candle ‘ being 'lit' each Sunday in Advent. If you'd like ...

The Revd Canon Sandra Millar

This very simple prayer idea uses aspects of the Christmas story to pray. Invite everyone to hold out their whole hand, ...

Sue, (LLM, Oxford Diocese), Felicity Walters & Sam Pullen-Campbell all sent in this idea

There's a beautiful, hope-filled film made specially for this Christmas by Christian theatre company LAMPS Collective. Telling the story of ...

The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture (University of York) is working with the Church of England to ...