Advent and Christmas Crafts
- Scripture Angels
- Scripture Angel template
- Jesse Tree Activity
- Jesse Tree Bible Verses
- Jesse Tree Bible Verses short version
- Jesse Tree pictures
- B&W Jesse tree pictures from Healthy Family Website
- Advent calendar template
- Reindeer Chocolate Chip biscuits
- Edible Christmas fun
All Age Services
Creative prayer
Quiz
Story telling ideas
- Christmas response Story
- Christmas Wrapping
- A very Chocolatey Messy Christmas
- Christmas in 3 words
- Right Left Christmas Nativity Story
- Spelling Christmas
Drama Scripts
These were kindly given free by Play it by Ear Drama Company. To find out more and get your hands on more of their scripts, just click on the link
The script “The Perfect Baby” was written and kindly passed on to us by Karen Douglas (Trevor’s wife!)
This script comes from http://ministry-to-children.com
Games
Messy Church programmes
Messy Church programme for Advent
Messy Church programme for Christmas
Advent and Christmas videos
Busted Halo Advent in 2 minutes video
The Bible Society have 3 beautiful videos telling the Christmas story. They are:
The Well Good News of Christmas
Useful Websites
Try these websites for great ideas for Christmas and advent.
- http://www.going4growth.org.uk/growth_through_the_year/christmas
- http://www.daniellesplace.com/ (yearly subscription with some free resources)
- www.barnabasinchurches.org.uk
- www.godventure.co.uk
- www.flamecreativekids.blogspot.ie
- http://www.maynardsgroovytunes.co.uk/
- www.dltk-bible.com
- The Urban Pastor
- Church of Ireland Children’s Ministry
- BRF’s pinterest board
