Christmas video 3: Jesus: Truth or Fairytale
“Jesus: Truth or Fairytale?” a Christmas video resource aimed at 16-19 year olds. For many young people Christmas is a fairytale, a nice story we repeat each year. This video
Christmas video 2: An Unexpected Christmas
The story of Christmas told by the kids of St Paul’s Church, Auckland, New Zealand:
Christmas video 1: Mess
Kicking off this year’s Christmas videos, is a new one from the Bible Society and Dai Woolridge: This year’s spoken truth is on the theme of Mess. Mess. It’s just
Disability inclusion: Why it’s about more than a ramp
Kay Morgan-Gurr who is a fantastic children’s evangelist, has written a brilliant article following on from the Archbishop of Canterbury hosting a cutting edge disability conference at Lambeth Palace on
Mothering Sunday resources
Students and staff from St Mellitus led by Jane Williams, Assistant Dean and Tutor in Theology, have written a beautiful Mothering Sunday liturgy for Mothers’ Union which can be downloaded below: St Mellitus
Church accidentally prints 2Pac lyrics in carol service booklet!
Someone probably should have told this church that there’s more than a few ‘Hail Mary’ carols. Sadly they choose rapper 2Pac’s version. Not the most suitable lyrics! The Church in
Christmas video 25: Christmas according to kids
What happens when you ask a bunch of kids to tell the story of Christmas? Enjoy this story of Bethle-ha-ha-ham and the magical star that appeared. The natural humour of
Christmas video 24: Christmas Starts with a Baby’s Giggle
The constant onslaught of Christmas advertising from October onwards can start to wear a little thin as we enter December. Something inside us knows that however lovely the advert featuring
The vicar’s reaction to people only appearing in church at Christmas
Jody Stowell wrote a great article in The Independent, a couple of years ago, on the vicar’s reaction to people only appearing in church at Christmas: Do I mind that
Christmas video 22: 88 Piano Keys Control 500,000 Christmas Lights!
The Piano Guys have created a brilliant video of Jon Schmidt controlling half a million lights from his paino. 500,000 Christmas lights, linked to 4,900 digital channels to ensure that the
Christmas video 20: The Scale and Morgan Freeman
This video, ‘The Scale’ is narrated by Morgan Freeman. ‘The Scale’ leaves you wondering all the way through what he is talking about. Only at the end to you get it,
Best children’s Christmas story book
One of my favourite resources for the Christmas season is Jesus’ Christmas Party by Nicholas Allan. Nicholas Allan writes and illustrates the nativity through the eyes of a grumpy inn keeper who is