Christmas – Page 6

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 …

"The keys are flexibility and fellowship; this is not about the production, but about the children being invited to step forward …

"My experience as a priest turned director is that the children stepped up to expectations and challenges with good spirit and …

"Children and adults get the power of committed, shared work. Sharing in committed work, working together, and taking specific …

The season of Epiphany is a season of beginnings. It starts in January, the month when popular culture invites us to …

When we consider the incarnate God in a manger, there are lots of stock images that flood our minds. One certainly is …

The true surprise of Christmas is that, like all of us, God was born to eventually die. Unexpectedly, by taking our nature, by …

The Luminaria Tradition At a previous congregation, my family had a tradition of creating pathways of luminaria on our …

"But I trust in Your faithfulness, my heart will exult in Your deliverance. I will sing to the Lord, who has been good to …

Whatever the reason, we have an opportunity to engage families in discovering that Christmas is not just December 25th but is a …