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The theme for this year's Advent is ‘Peace', inspired by John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."

As usual, we will be sharing Advent stories from across the Church on our website and social media channels throughout this period.

The design team have prepared Advent social media banners as well as posters and greeting card graphics for you to download and use as part of your own Advent activities

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Get your whole church family exploring the Bible together this Advent and Christmas. This set of resources gives you ideas for each of the four Sundays of Advent and the first Sunday after Christmas.
Each has a different Advent theme - Hope, Peace, Joy, Love.

The first three weeks provide you with an all-age section to include in your Sunday service and two separate programmes for your children's group and your youth group. Each exploring the same passages from Luke chapter 1.

The material for the final Sunday in Advent is a complete intergenerational service, which can work as a pop-up nativity, or be organised with a bit more preparation if you have the time. This focuses on the birth of Jesus as found in Luke chapter 2.

There is also an intergenerational service for the first week after Christmas, reflecting on the final section of Luke chapter 2 where Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple and meet Anna and Simeon.

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All together at Christmas - All-Age Service Plans | Shop

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A bundle of five Advent and Christmas resources for your church to explore the Christmas story using Luke chapters 1 and 2.

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The Resource Hub brings together a rich diversity of resources to equip your faith journey. Resources written by ourselves, and resources found on a multitude of other sites gathered from the wider Christian community.

There will be resources for every month of the year, encompassing all the major festivals. There will be a section to help us be the church and we will also look to provide ways to help your church reach out into its local - and the global - community.

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TheResourceHub from the Congregational Federation pulls together an invaluable collection of resources and links that will help equip and empower the local church. Based around Being Church, Doing Church and Festivals there’s soimething for everybody.

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Children’s, Youth and Intergenerational Advent Resources including...

under 5's praise service

cafe church service &

outdoor advent trail

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The URC Children and Youth work advent resource for 2025 has arrived. Intergenerational resources and suport materials for the advent period.

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Join us for a special GoHealth Advent journey 2025. This year, behind each door of our interactive online Advent calendar you will find a reflection, a story, a prayer or a video from one of our favourite thinkers, poets, theologians.

Contributors include:

The Rt. Revd. Stephen Cottrell, The Archbishop of York;

Malcolm Guite, poet, priest and song writer;

The Revd. Rosemary Frew, The Moderator of The Church of Scotland;

Dr Shola Oladipo, Pentecostal church leader;

and twenty more (but we don’t want to ruin all the surprises!)

Daily you will experience a story of how waiting has been healing, however they understand that idea or word.  Together, crafting a collage of hope, honesty and healing.

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Advent calendar and other resources for Catholic secondary schools at Advent.

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Share the good news this Christmas with brand new, festive resources!

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The season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas and is a time of prayerful preparation. During Advent we recall the Israelites' long wait for the Messiah's birth and remember that Jesus was born into the world and will come again.

Each year Mission Together produce engaging and fun resources to help children keep Jesus at the heart of this exciting season. Our resources are free to download and include scripture, prayer, craft activities and a call to action.
Advent Calendar 2020 Liturgies for Advent 2020 Craft Activities for Advent Christmas Crib Liturgy & Blessing 2020 Epiphany Liturgy & Classroom Blessing Liturgies for Advent 2019

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The season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas and is a time of prayerful preparation. During Advent we recall the Israelites' long wait for the Messiah's birth and remember that Jesus was born into the world and will come again.

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A very popular resource page every year, we hope that the 2025 Advent and Christmas links will continue to be helpful to teachers, school workers, chaplains, volunteers, churches and parents alike.

On this page, you will find many links to a range of different organisations’ resources. At CVE Scotland, we are delighted to be able to signpost our users to these resources and want to thank and acknowledge the efforts of those who created them.

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Resources for Advent and Christmas from CTBI

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Resources for Advent and Christmas from CTBI

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Resources are available for Advent and Christmas including the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, and those from a wide range of churches and Christian organisations. Plus there is material from previous years: A World in Waiting – Advent hope in an economic crisis and Advent Journey with the Magi.

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An expression of our member churches’ commitment to ecumenism and inter-church cooperation across Britain and Ireland.

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Christmas churchgoing is on the rise* with nearly one in two UK adults (45%) planning to attend a church event or service this year, up from 40%* last year, according to a new nationwide poll of 2,017 UK adults by Savanta1 for Christian humanitarian & development agency Tearfund.

Britons are drawn to church for a mix of tradition, spiritual meaning and support: of those who go nearly two in five (39%) say it’s part of their Christmas tradition, a third (34%) go for the atmosphere, while more than a quarter (28%) see Christmas as a meaningful time for spiritual reflection. Non Christians are most likely to say that they come away from a church at Christmas feeling joyful (38%), peaceful (34%) or hopeful (25%).

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More Brits flock to church this Christmas

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Churchgoing rises as nearly one in two Brits (45%) plan to attend a church event or service this Christmas