Follow the Star: A pop-up Christmas journey

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The partnership with BBC Sunday Worship and Daily Worship resulted in millions of people hearing the #FollowTheStar reflections An invitation to all choirs and singing groups to sing a new version of ‘The First Nowell’ – listen to a preview now.

Using Join the Song with under-18s: engaging under-18s through singing the new setting of The First Nowell. Learn about the resources available for under 18s and get practical ideas for using them at your church. Sign up to join this webinar, held on Wednesday, 27 September. Last Christmas, churches across the Diocese of Gloucester extended ‘The Great Invitation’ from the Church of England to Follow the Star to their local church in person once again. For each day from Christmas Eve to the Eve of Epiphany (5 January), he offers a short reading from the Bible, a reflection challenging you to see the Christmas story afresh, an invitation to wonder what this Christmas means in your own life, and a prayer to help you treasure this story in your heart.Sign up to receive the Join the Song collective worship resources for use in schools, in church settings and at home It could be that you’re hoping to see an increase in the attendance of children and young people at your services and events. Or perhaps that more people in your local community will engage with your Christmas content this year. Whatever your goal is, make sure you are clear on what you’d like to achieve, and then ask yourself how the Join the Song resources can help you to meet this goal. How can you use digital platforms to help you get the word out? More than 50,000 items sold through the online store – bookmarks, booklets and flyers were particularly popular This year’s theme – Follow the Star: Join the Song – highlights how singing can help draw us closer to God and each other through the journey from Advent to Epiphany.

Lesson 3: Scripture is a wonderful resource if you want to know God’s direction for your life; get good directions, then follow the star; Lesson 2: What you believe should determine how you behave. Be willing to put feet on your faith; then get going and follow the star; Amazed as they are, the shepherds take up angel’s invitation and hurry to Bethlehem. And it isn’t long before the shepherds are singing, too, praising God and sharing the good news of Jesus’ birth. The Church of England is running the following webinars to help you get the most out of this year’s campaign:

Christmas 2023’s digital resources unwrapped: join the Digital Labs team for an interactive session looking at the resources available for this year’s Christmas campaign. Sign up to join this webinar, held on Wednesday, 11 October. One of the key elements of the Join the Song campaign is to invite choirs and singing groups of all ages to learn and sing the carol. Centuries later, singing is still central to how millions of people celebrate the good news of Christmas. Singing and hearing carols can enable people of all ages to get in touch with the wonder and the truth of the Christmas story. Christmas 2023's digital resources unwrapped: Join the Digital Labs team for this interactive session to look at the resources available for this year's Christmas campaign. Sign up to join the webinar on Wednesday 11 October.