Advent Resources
Resource Title Description
A Charlie Brown
Christmas Join the Peanuts
gang as they discover the real meaning of Christmas. A real classic to be
enjoyed by all ages.
(30 minutes)
A Child Is Born Sixty biblically
based prayers for the Nativity season. Scripturel passages recommended b church
lectionaries provide
the basis for the meditations in this prayer diary.
A Coming Christ In Advent Reflections on the
annunciation, beautiful hymns, the Magnificat & the Benedictus, which we
hear in Luke on
the lips of Mary & the father of
John the baptist.
A Festival of Lights: A Candlelight A complete worship
service celebrating Christmas Eve with "The Festival of Lights".
Includes a
Service and Story
for Christmas Eve story that can be used for the sermon
entitled "One-Fourth of an Angel" depicting a modern day
version of Mary and
Joseph & the news of a baby.
A Royal Crown: The
King Born In Biblically based video portrays Mary &
Joseph as a devout Jewist couple who learn that they are
Bethlehem about to become
parents of the Messiah. Still illustrations that suggest Nazareth &
Bethlehem of
Jesus' time. A
familiar Gospel story. (20 minutes).
A Very Opinionated
Christmas Tree: Collection of dramas and other pieces that
are short and very adaptable for a variety of students
Easy Dramas,
Speeches, and Recitations and ages. A Jesse Tree idea is also
included.
for Children
Aaron's Christmas
Donkey Children's Story
Advent 2000: Born to Save An exploration of
what God has done for us in Jesus Christ & how we might offer our lives in
return, using the
Revised Common Lectionary texts. (5-ession leader's guide available).
Advent 2000: Born To Save (Leader's Set of leaflets to
coordinate with the Advent 2000 booklet. Each includes an easy to follow
Guide) outline; Bible
background & many options to choose from.
Advent 2002: The Coming King Celebrate the coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ, using the Revised Common Lectionary texts, to
receive from God the
good news of the coming of God's Anointed One, the Son of God. (5-ession
leader's guide available).
Advent 2002: The
Coming King Set of leaflets to coordinate with
the Advent 2002 booklet. Each includes an easy to follow
(Leader's Guide) outline; Bible
background & many options to choose from.
Advent 2004: Babe in a Manger Five session Advent
study, plus Christmas readings, based on the Revised Common
Lectionary.Questions
are included to encourage reflection
Advent 2004: Babe in a Manger Contains suggestions
for planning and leading the five session Advent study. Also includes
(Leader's Guide) worship ideas, Bible
background & a selection of activities & other options.
Advent and Christmas Resources Variety of resources
for Advent and Christmas that can be used with all ages.
Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Reflections for each
day in this book begin with words from Nouwen, followed by scripture, a
Henri J. M. Nouwen prayer & an
activity for applying the messages to one's daily life. Through his quotes,
share
Nouwen's own journey
of waiting while seeking the Lord.
Advent and Christmas
with Thomas Daily reflections beginning with a
scriptural quotation, continues with a thought from the writings
Merton of Merton, the
renowned Cistercian monk, & ends
with a prayer. Each day you will draw closer
to the joy of
welcoming the Savior into our lives.
Advent Candle
Lightings Collection of Advent
Candle lighting readings and worship ideas, copied from a variety of
resources located in
the Presbytery Resource Center.
Advent Conversations: Lighting The An excellent
resource for making the Advent wreath a meaningful & relevant part of the
worship
Advent Wreath -
Years A, B, and c service. Brief conversational dialogues
that relate the wisdom of the prophets to modern life. Can
also be used by families in the home.
Advent Thirst,
Christmas Hope - Prayer Meditations, questions & prayers to help
lead you into the human mysteries of thirst & hope, not
and Meditation for
the Journey only during Advent & Christmas,
but throughout the year.
Advent: A
Congregational A good collection of
Advent resources for use with the family, church groups & intergenerational
Life/Intergenerational
Experience activities. Guidelines for planning,
Services of Worship & songs for Advent are also included.
Advent: A Season of Seasons Step-by-step on what
you can do to make sense of Advent. Some history is included with ideas on
involving the whole congregation. Worship
pieces and at home resources are also included.
All I Want for Christmas: An Advent Four week Advent
study for either group or individual use, providing a lesson each week centered
Study for Adults on the themes of
hope, peace, joy & a Savior. Includes Scripture references, reflections,
questions, hymns,
and closing prayers.
All Paths Lead To
Bethlehem Delightful & creative approach to
telling the Christmas story. From the announcement to Mary, to
the journey of the Wise Men & the flight
into Egypt, the story of Jesus' birth is given new
meaning by the
customs of Christians in many countries.
Alternate
Celebrations Catalogue Comprehensive collection of resources for
alternative celebrations of all the major holidays and
rites of passage, as
well as resources for responsible living personally, in families and in the
community at large.
Alternative Worship:
Resources from Arranged around major festivals of the
church year, these unique liturgies, prayers, rituals &
and for the Emerging
Church challenging views of
the alternative worship scene with be an enormous help for those working
towards a more
contemporary approach to worship. CD-ROM included.
An Adult Christ At
Christmas Infancy narratives in Matthew &
Luke represent a developed Christology proclaimed through a
reflection on the
origin of Jesus. The birth & early life of Jesus are the entire gospel
story in
miniature, according
to the author.
An Advent Sourcebook Poetry, parable,
song, scripture & story contained here attempt to broaden & stretch the
rhythms
& motions of the
Advent season. Excellent helps for worship and devotional usage.
An Advent Worship Service: Songs and Weaves together
informative readings, scripture & familiar hymns with the lighting of the
Advent
Lessons For The
Advent Wreath And wreat & the hanging of the greens.
Congregation participation. Requires 4 readers. Interpretetive
Hanging of the
Greens movement provided
for "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.
Angels We Will Hear
on High: Stories Eight Christmas stories presented as a
story-sermon for Christmas Eve. Loaded
with eccentric
for Christmas characters who do
unconventional things in out-of-the-way places, but who always seem to
discover the true
meaning of Christmas.
Augustine of Hippo:
Sermons to the Homilies on the liturgical seasons of
Advent, Christmas, New Year's & the Epiphany, delivered
People (Advent,
Christmas, New Year's, by Augustine during his lifetime.
Epiphany
Before and After
Christmas: Activities Activities, Service projects, crafts,
recipes, readings, reflections & family worship ideas, facts and
and Ideas - Advent
and Epiphany so much more. Can be used for Sunday School
or family time.
Bethlehem Year Zero The birth of Jesus
and surrounding events as TV news would cover it today. This is not
nativity-play
treatment of Christ's birth, but an attempt to set it in the real political
& social context
of the time. No study guide.
Birthings and
Blessings: Liberating Creative resources for innovative and
inclusive worship.
Worship Services for
the Inclusive
Church
Bookmarks: Bible
Explorations for Nineteen session Bible study elective for
youth in grades 9-12 that engages leaders & learners
older Youth (Volume 5) through an emphasis
on biblical stories. These focus on the areas of Salvation & Liberation
&
Justice. Includes reproducible handouts
Boys Can Be Angels
Too & Three Four dramas for Christmas that are easy to
put together with a variety of production notes. Plays
Other Christmas
Dramas include some with
speaking parts, narration, non-speaking parts, all about 30 minutes in length.
Bread for the Journey: Resources for Contemporary worship
resources that emphasize worship as part of an ever-evolving journey
Worship toward God. Included
are pieces for baptism, communion, confirmation, new member litany,
funeral &
seasons of the Christian year.
Celebrating Special
Days in the Church Liturgies and participation activities for
church school children that are Biblical based for every
School Year season of the year.
Includes church year celebrations, special events in the life of the
church as
well as other
national days.
Celebrating The
Advent/Christmas Ideas & suggestions for teachers,
families, pastors & other church leaders involved in planning
Season activities for the
Advent season.
Celebrating the Church Year with Includes religious
customs for the home, activities, suggestions for prayer & Scripture
readings,
Young Children songs, recipes &
reflections on liturgy & liturgical background of the feasts & seasons
of the
Church Year. All
ages.
Celebrating Through
the Church Year A brief booklet to help families understand
the different church seasons throughout the church
year.
Celebration Services For Christmas Services of worship
that emphasize the message of love that Jesus brought rather than the
messenger. It also
gives you some of the origins of the pagan customs that sometimes blind the
true meaning of
Christmas.
Child of the Light:
Walking Through Daily readings for Advent through Epiphany.
Includes reflection & prayer. A group study guide is
Advent &
Christmas located in the back
to help support the individual journeys through the book. Leader helps for
each gathering and
going deeper with the group.
Children's
Activities for the Christian Practical information & activities for
the cycle of the Christian church calendar. Easy-to-use
Year guidance, resources
& reproducible pages to help interpret the Church year through elementary
age.
Chrismons An explanation of
symbols made into chrismons, used at various times of the year.
Chrismons - Christian Year Series Instructions, study
helps & interpretations for Chrismons to celebrate the Christian Church
Year.
Chrismons Advanced Series Instructions for
making the advanced series of Chrismons with programs, study outlines,
interpretations,
patterns and step-by-step directions.
Chrismons For Every Day Instructions for
making Chrismons with additional ideas & study helps.
Christmas Everywhere: Advent To aide in
re-experiencing & re-interpreting some of the traditional Christmas
symbols, and ideas
Activities and
Pageant with a pageant
learning about how Christmas is practiced in different lands
Christmas For Children: Series 1 Delightful stories
that include The Christmas Donkey telling of the rewards of service to God;
Silent Night of
Jeremy Rabbit showing how arguing can ruin the true Christmas spirit &
Christmas Journey of
Deborah Dove - Christ's birthplace in our hearts.
Christmas For
Children: Series II Three stories for all ages to enjoy. Peter
and the Hermit is of a boy teaching faith & friendship to
a hermit; The Other
Wise Man is a retelling of a classic tale and The Joy of Christmas tells of
Mary's joy through
the journey of the Wise Men.
Christmas from the
Backside A retelling of the
biblical Christmas story through the eyes of a minor character. Seven different
stories, includes a
study guide.
Christmas Joy Offering - 2000 This packet has
samples of the resources and a informational booklet to help promote the
Christmas Joy
Offering for 2000.
Christmas Joy Offering - 2002 - In This packet has
samples of the resources and a informational booklet to help promote the
Search of Our
Bethlehem Christmas Joy
Offering for 2002.
Christmas Joy Offering - 2003 - Prepare A collection of items and guidelines to help
promote the Christmas Joy Offering for 2003.
The Way
Christmas Plays A collection of
plays for Christmas including "Christ is Come"; "Family of God
at Worship";
Prophecy";
"Christmas Pagegent", and "Welcome the Wise Men".
Christmas Praise Collection of
lectionary readings, poems, carols, prayers, & litanies that will enrich
the Christmas
worship experience
in your church or home for Advent, Christmas & Epiphany.
Christmas Program Resource - Book 2 Collection of plays,
music, verses and ideas to use with children of various ages for an Advent or
Christmas program.
Christmas Programs Compiled from
various sources including Church Educator magazine and Church Worship
magazine.
Christmas Programs for the Church: A collection of
programs, pageant services, monologues, puppet play and other ideas for a
variety
Number 13 of age groups.
Christmas Sourcebook Prayers, poems,
hymns/homilies & scripture have been arranged chronologically. It begins
with
the Christmas Vigil
& progresses through the days to the Baptism of the Lord.
Christmas Treasures: A Collection Of Ample selection of
seasonal worship, drama, & children's resources by popular authors from a
Congregational
Resources For variety of denominations. Includes candle
lighting, readings, prayers, dramas, sermon ideas for
Advent/Christmas children and much
more.
Clear View of Jesus'
Birth (4 video set) This 4-part study strips away the
"Mythology" that has grown up around Christmas & will
enhance your worship
of our Lord Jesus, not only at Christmas, but all year long.
Clown Ministry Skits for All Seasons Dozens of skits for
special occasions, including Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Valentine's Day,
Retirement, &
Thanksgiving. These uplifting celebrations can be used during worship,
fellowship
times, outreach,
youth events, etc.
Create and Use
Bulletin Boards That Over 50 bulletin board designs as well as
how to utilize them effectively. Basic design &
Teach construction tips
covering a variety of subjects.
Creative Craft Ideas For All Ages A large assortment
of craft ideas for preschool through teens, covering old & new testament,
church year &
other holidays.
Creative Ideas For Advent Excellent ideas for
Advent. A variety of programs, crafts, drama and other ideas to help paln a
better program
during the season.
Creative Ideas For Advent - Volume 3 More creative ideas
for Advent! The material in this book has been produced for use as a
resource for creative
planning of Advent & Christmas programs in the church.
Destination Christmas: Advent Programs Contains programs
that provide an opportunity to learn by listening, discussion & study with
& Practices for Youth practices of faith
that provide an opportunity to learn by creative expression & personal
experience. Each can
stand on its own or use as an ongoing study.
Don't Just Sit
There: Bible Stories That Using movement, props & rhythm, teach
the Scriptures to preschool children. Easy-to-follow
Move You directions to get
your children actively learning!
Drama of Christmas:
Letting Christ In Explore the lives & thoughts of the
major participants in the first Christmas. Drawing on scripture,
Our Lives tradition, &
legend, Kelsey weaves an imaginative tapestry of stories, providing the reader
with
endless
possibilities for reflection.
Dramatic Pauses: 20
Ready-to-Use 20 easy to use drama sketches that tackle
issues kids care about, including: Gossip, Drugs &
Sketches for Youth
Ministry Alcohol; Creative
ways to say "no"; Sexuality; plus Christmas & Biblical sketches
& some
Just-for-fun
sketches.
Everlasting Light: A
Resource for Collection of worship resources that will
bring new joy to your Advent worship. Based on the 3
Advent Worship years of lectionary
readings for Advent. Includes hanging of the greens service &
candlelighting
as well.
Faces At The Manger Through Poetry, see
the faces that gathered around that straw-filled feeding box outside the inn
centuries ago &
about all the faces that have been there in the centuries since.
Family Worship Idea Book To encourage &
stimulate creative devotions & worship in the family throughout the year.
Includes use of
music, prayers & worship centers. (1973)
For People Just Like Us: A Christmas Worship program
designed to involve children of all ages, along with the congregation in a
Service for the
Congregation and it's meaningful experience. Familiar music for
all or for children's choir, readers, shared responses
Children and other dialogue.
Fresh Out of The Box
- Volume 3: Ten worship celebrations, including a
dominant metaphor, commentary of the Scripture text, music
Digital Worship Experiences for Advent suggestions, film clip suggestions & six video/animation clips for projection from the included <