Set 3: The Theme of the World
This year's resources follow the theme of the World, represented by the orange of the Christingle. The orange is a celebration of the world, the plants, the animals and all of God's creation. Above all it reminds us of how we must care for His creation and how The Children's Society works with the Church to defend, safeguard and protect the children He created.
Step 1: Christingle Countdown
Why not send out this calendar four weeks before your Christingle celebration along with our Christingle invitation, to help build up anticipation in the run up to you celebration? You can also send out this press release to the local paper to encourage them to run a story about your celebration.
Step 2: Activities for schools, children and young people
Choose from a range of fun and educational activities for children and young people that will allow you to reach out into the wider community through Christingle. Download Reflections our new set of discussion and prayer activties for young people.
Step 3: The Christingle service
Download our sample Christingle service and service materials for you to use (or adapt to suit your requirements), drawing on the resource material in Times and Seasons. You can also download a service cover to use on the day.
Step 4: Service suggestions
Suggestions on themes, talks, readings and activities to tailor your services for an Advent service, Christmas service, Epiphany service and Candlemas service.
Step 5: Suggested Christingle music
Browse the selection of suggested hymns, songs and carols.
Step 6: Christingle stories
Ideal for explaining the Christingle message to young children. Choose from an Advent story, Christmas Story and Epiphany story.
Step 7: Christingle at home
So you've been to the Christingle service and taken your Christingle home. Here are some ideas to help you keep the idea of Christingle alive.
Step 8: Christingle-to-go
Take Christingle out into your community with these ideas and suggestions, we have a brilliant new Christingle Outreach Flyer to help you spread the message of Christingle.
