Ideas: The Children's Society have developed lots of resources that you can use in different ways. Here are a few:
- Online Christingle service - Ideas and resources to run a service live or pre-recording for your local school or community.
- Craft bags - Including all the elements of the Christingle to be sent into schools or homes for people to build their Christingle during your service. Alternatively you could send it with a simple service plan and readings for households to lead together.
- Christingle service in church - There are resources and helpful ides to think through how a distanced service could work within your church.
- Christingle Trail - A QR trail which has been organised with Muddy Church that encourages people to get outside and explore while discovering the Christingle message. Click here.
Click here to visit their main website.
Venue:
- Online - Live or pre-recorded straight to your school or community.
- At home - Sending bags or resources home to help people join in with an online service or celebrate in their household.
- In church
Making it missional:
- Offer it as a service for schools.
- Publicise you service in the community.
Different ages:
- Make it tactile. Build in the making of the Christingle into your service so the instructions and message come together.
- Consider offering it to a care home for the elderly or people with special needs nearby. It is tactile and interactive which can be really helpful.