Advent reflections Embracing the Beauty of the Wait With Christmas just around the corner, Advent offers a chance to pause, reflect, and embrace the beauty of waiting. Discover the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love as we prepare for the true meaning of Christmas.
christmas A Wrap on Christmas Unwrapped Last week we finished delivering the Christmas Unwrapped workshop for Year 6. The workshop is an opportunity to explore the story of the nativity, which is right at the centre of the Christmas celebrations. I know you’re thinking it should be fairly straightforward – but not always! This workshop is
advent Advent As we make our way through Advent, I wanted to share a few thoughts on what I see as the joy of this special time as a seasonof wating. The joy of Advent is a time of anticipation and preparation leading up to the celebration of Christmas. It is a
COVID-19 Covid Christmas I had planned a very different blog post, however following Saturday's announcement [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55379272] of Hertfordshire and much of the east and south east of England moving into a new fourth tier and the huge implications this has on the Christmas many
team Reflection and planning Photo by Nikola Jelenkovic [https://unsplash.com/@joe_banana?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] / Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] We’re coming close to the end of the year now. Christmas anticipation is looming,
Faith The Heart of Christmas Today is the end of two weeks of our Christmas Unwrapped workshop, where we are able to share the story of the first Christmas with 15 groups of Year 6 students in Hitchin. One of the central messages of the workshop is how we have wrapped the message of Christmas
hope Bringing Hope this Christmas... Christmas lights have been switched on, Christmas music is playing, and it is now only 19 days until Christmas! I wonder what it is that you are hoping for this Christmas? What is it that you are expectant for? With hope comes that anticipation, that waiting. As we enter this
reflection So, here it is, Merry Chr... Too early?! Never! Despite having young children I am usually the first in my house to want to put the tree up, the lights round the front door and the mulled wine opened. I have also opened day one of my advent calendar, despite it only being the 29th November.
workshops Christmas Unwrapped For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6. Less than a week until Christmas 2018! Over the past two weeks
expectations Expectations How do you feel about expectations? To me, the word seems pretty negative. We talk about unrealistic expectations, which only end in disappointment. We talk about managing expectations, not letting others run away with an exaggerated impression of what we can achieve. And then there are those expectations others hold
Young People Be a light at Christmas What words do you associate with Christmas? Cambridge university press gathered data on the words most commonly associated with Christmas and the top 300 words revealed a strong association between the holidays and a sense of family and positive relationships as well as showing that the most frequent category to
