Tag: Christmas
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Running a Christmas service in-person and online
By The Rev’d Michael Calder: A simple carols service is one of the most effective ways to share the Good News of Christmas with a range of people from both inside and outside the church. Incredibly, almost everyone (even secretly) loves coming along to sing carols! Despite living in an era in which fewer people…
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Advice to clergy: pace your workload for Christmas
Advice to clergy: pace your workload for Christmas With the Christmas season approaching, clergy will be even busier than usual with Advent preparations, Christmas services and events, increased community engagement and media opportunities, and the ordination weekend, as well as the hectic, but fun, end-of-year family activities. Finding balance during this period can be challenging…