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By Christina Goodings and Samantha Meredith, Bible Society £5.99 Here is a craft for every day of Advent, or just to keep your children entertained in the run up to Christmas. You can make decorations, your own Christmas cards, and a variety of gift boxes and trimmings. Suitable for age 3-7 years.

A Covid Christmas (no more than six) could actually help take some financial pressure off you, according to Martin Lewis, the personal finance expert. The Money Saving Expert founder recently pointed out that because of the enormous pressure on people to spend, spend spend at Christmas, the festive period has become one of the ‘biggest...

More than 17,000 online services and events have been provided by Church of England churches since the introduction of the lockdown and restrictions on public worship earlier this year. Figures from the Church of England’s A Church Near You website, which allows people to search for church services and events, show that more than 17,000...

Many people say: “I can understand God, but I can’t see where Jesus fits into the picture.” A theologian called Athanasius, Egyptian by birth and Greek by education, gave the answer to your question 1600 years ago. He said: “The only system of thought into which Jesus Christ will fit is the one in which...

What helps clergy to flourish?  Some insights from an ongoing Church of England research programme have now been sent to curates across the country. The study has found six main principles that contribute to the wellbeing of ordained ministers. They include the ability to handle expectations, recognise times of personal vulnerability, establish healthy boundaries, and...

By Bob Hartman, Bible Society, £2 These entertaining rhymes will make it easy for you to share the message of Christmas with children in your family, church and community.

The EU needs a more “humane, tolerant and equitable migration policy.” So says the Bishop in Europe, Dr Robert Innes, responding to news of recent deaths of migrants who have attempted to cross the English Channel in small boats. Dr Innes spoke of the recent cases as “deeply saddening”.  “Refugees, including children, have perished as...

If you are going to spend Christmas in a house with a resident cat, it may be worth knowing how to win its favour on the big day. Recent research at Sussex University has found that humans become more attractive to a cat when they slowly blink at it, and mimic what is known as...

Everyone knows that it was on the feast of Stephen that ‘good king Wenceslas looked on’.  After all, it’s in a Christmas carol – but why? There’s nothing about Christmas in it: a splendid young page who rustled up some flesh, wine and logs, an old man out in the snow (’deep and crisp and...

Recently published Mission Statistics for 2019 show that parishes were already running or supporting 35,000 social action projects before the pandemic, serving communities across the country from lunch clubs for older people to parent and toddler groups and food banks. More than 4,000 parent/carer toddler groups are run or supported by Church of England churches,...

Editor:  Children don’t always hear Christmas carols quite right…. Children’s Christmas Carols Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly We three kings of porridge and tar On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me Later on we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire. He’s makin a list, chicken and rice. Noel, Noel,...

With Christmas in mind… Believe in God and you’ll believe in miracles. Believe in the baby of Bethlehem, and you’ll experience one. – Anon It is no use saying that we are born 2000 years too late to give room to Christ… Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts…. And...