United Reformed Church

God in the Ordinary

Advent Pack 2023

On this page you will find a variety of resources to support the use of our Advent pack for 2023 – “God in the Ordinary”. Amongst these you will find things to use in church during advent, including some ideas for intergenerational worship.

Individual video retellings from the four mini-books in the pack can be found on our Youtube channel and a compilation video of the four (also available on Youtube)  can be viewed below.

All of these are free to use, with our blessing.

Remember that our free weekly resource for children’s groups, Faith Adventures for Children Together, follows the same readings and themes during December 2023. Visit the page to find these and more resources you could use too.

God in the Ordinary – intergenerational worship ideas

These resources are compiled for churches from the Faith Adventures materials and can be used in intergenerational worship with the Advent Pack videos and materials.

 

Storecupboard Nativity intergenerational worship outline (Are you ready?)

An outline for an all-age worship using items from a kitchen cupboard (or foodbank donations) to retell the story of the nativity and think about God’s gift of something extraordinary into our everyday. This is a stand-alone but can also be linked to the Advent 2023 resources

Our Faith Adventures material can also be found here:

Week one: Luke 1: 26-31  – An ordinary couple

session outline (PDF|743kb)               postcard home (PDF|257kb)

Week two: Luke 2: 8-18 – Ordinary shepherds

session outline (PDF|723kb)               postcard home (PDF|294kb)

Week three: Matthew 2: 1-2, 9-11 – Ordinary stargazers

session outline (PDF|748kb)               postcard home (PDF|267kb)     Youth Resource sample (PDF|266kb)

Week four:  Luke 2: 1-7  – An extraordinary gift

session outline (PDF|912kb)               postcard home (PDF|345mb)

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