The Christmas Story is on the way to the printers this morning. It will in the warehouse and ready to ship in a couple of weeks, but you can view the booklet online and order today.
As the title suggests, the booklet tells the story of the nativity in a simple and straightforward way for adult readers. It’s suitable for giving away at church events, carol services and the like, and we’ll be making matching posters and invites for downloading in the next few weeks.
Our Inspire range of Christmas resources is now available to view and download on the Christmas site. You’ll find all the usual downloads, featuring the graphics from our popular booklets such as Meet the Cast and A Little Story About Something Big. Click on the banner below to visit the Christmas site.
We’re also putting the finishing touches on our new booklet for adults, The Christmas Story. Watch this space for more details very soon!
We love hearing about creative mission initiatives from our supporters, and sharing our best ideas. After last year’s Meet the Cast hunt around Mapperley, a church in Southampton read about it in Interact and was inspired to do something similar.
Nativity characters were hidden in shops around Highfield, and shoppers were invited to track them down. The first 50 participants to find them all received free coffee vouchers for a nearby coffee shop, where there was a short follow up time.
If you’ve tested some creative ideas this Christmas, let us know about them and we’ll share them here on the blog.
There’s still time to order booklets for your Christmas events, but make sure you order this week if you need them delivered by Christmas day.
It’s pretty busy at the warehouse, as you can imagine, and you’ll need to order before Friday the 18th to avoid disappointment.
For faster deliveries, place your order by phone, and call us on 020 7730 2155.
Downloads of course, will be available right up to the last minute!m Click here to browse our download packs.
Have you visited our new Christmas site yet? You’ll find all the usual booklets and resources, now packed in convenient download packs – a whole set of resources in one click!
Coming soon – our new Christmas booklet for children – the colourful and engaging Christmas: Expect the Unexpected.
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It’s not too late to send your Christmas e-cards from Life Changing Words.
You can now send them to multiple recipients at once, and you can choose what day you’d like it to be delivered on. There are 18 designs to choose from, in 12 different languages.
Click here for Life-Changing Words’ ecards page.
This painting of the nativity will appear on 1,000 bus stops around the UK this Christmas. It is part of a campaign from the Churches Advertising Network, and is the latest in a series of eye-catching posters showing Christmas in a different light.
This year’s poster, which is also available to download, combines elements of Renaissance art with an contemporary urban scene by placing the nativity in a bus shelter.
The picture was painted by award winning artist Andrew Gadd, who explains the concept:
“At first I didn’t like the idea of painting a nativity scene in an urban setting. However, once it was explained that it was to be designed for bus stops, it gave me an idea… this idea. The bus stop when simplified is like a stable. It is after all a shelter; a place people go to but never want to be. So where better to stage a nativity? How unlikely! The image reflects the environment it will be shown in, and therefore includes the viewer. Which is what it is all about.”
We’ve had a run on our Christmas booklets over the past few days, and Meet the Cast has now sold out.
If you were planning to use Meet the Cast, we can recommend A Little Story About Something Big as an alternative children’s title.
Downloads will remain available for both booklets.
