Advent + Christmas

Advent and Christmas

Looking for some inspiration this Advent and Christmas? We have pulled together a range of resources, creative ideas and media to bring the season to life. We have a few Christmas and Advent ideas on our Pinterest boards too - check them out here

NEW Advent Posters

4 original designs for LOVE, JOY, HOPE & PEACE, illustrated by our Strandz team.

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Advent

Advent Calendars

Generosity Advent Calendar - Salvation Army NZ
Busted Halo Advent Calendar
Advent Conspiracy — with the 4 aims of worship fully, spend less, give more, love all
Advent Spiral

All Age Advent

Christmas on the Move, our 2016 advent resource with a travelling nativity
All-Age Advent: Ideas and resources for All Age services from Kids Friendly.
Engage Together - Advent: Lectionary-based Children’s Talk + Multi-age activities for Sundays in Advent
Engage Together – Intergenerational Worship Resources for Advent 2017
Advent & Christmas (Messy Church Pinterest)

Advent Prayers

Advent Candle prayers - spelling out the words
Advent Prayer Stations (Building Faith)
Interactive Prayer Stations (Theresa Cho)
More Advent Prayer Stations (Ministry2Youth)

Advent at home

Our Strandz Journey Through Advent Packs
Advent Wonder: A free, printable booklet to give out to families with weekly reflections, daily activities, puzzles, and an Advent Challenge Chart to stick on the fridge.
2017 Multi-Age Advent Ideas for Households (United Methodist Church)
Advent Candle image with prayers
Picture Advent: Daily devotions, Photo-a-day challenge, Youth and Family activities, Church Resources
Jesus Storybook Bible: Advent readings using this great book, by Zondervan.
Faith at Home - Ideas to celebrate Christmas and Advent
Make a Jesse Tree (Bath and Wells Diocese, UK)
Operation Christmas Child (Samaritans Purse)

Christmas on the Move

Christmas on the Move is a free printable resource with Bible Characters and a nativity set to make. Use it as a family activity at home or amongst your congregation - it can also be used in church.
Join Mary and Joseph on their journey towards Bethlehem, as we journey towards Christmas.

check out Christmas on the move

Christmas on the Move

Download the whole Christmas on the Move pack [4.7mb] with ideas and resources for Advent

Printable Nativity

Download the nativity files to print and colour [1.3mb]. Includes a stable and 9 key Bible characters.

Nativity Characters

Download the print files if you want to print the characters in a larger format [1.9mb]

Colour in Nativity

Download the Christmas on the Move colouring in poster

Colour in Advent

Download an Advent colouring poster

Prayers

Some prayers you might like to use during Advent - have a look here

Copyright Info
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Meri Kirihimete - Christmas in New Zealand

There are some great New Zealand produced media, including those great videos from St Pauls' Arts and Media in Auckland, including When God was Born and Te Harinui - a musical play about the first preaching of the Christian gospel to Maori in Aotearoa on Christmas Day 1814, performed by the children and youth of St Paul's Church, Auckland, New Zealand.