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On Line Resources for the Christmas Season
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Worship Planning Resources for Christmas, General Board of
Discipleship, United Methodist Church. |
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Worship Resources,
Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service, (includes litanies, "artistic
elements," etc), Rev. Nancy Townley, Free Resources, Cokesbury
Worship Connection. |
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"Las Posadas: All Church Christmas Pageant," Worship Ways, United Church
of Christ, 2006.
Music for Las Posadas. |
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"Christmas Collects and Benediction," Worship Ways, United Church of
Christ, 2006. |
| Worship
Ways Archive,
Multimedia Worship in Advent/Christmas, Service of Lessons and Carols. Liturgy planning, United Church of Christ. |
| Resources
for Christmas at Bass Mitchell's Special Days and Services site. |
| Services
of Lessons and Carols, 1997-2003, at King's College in Cambridge. |
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"The Places of Christmas," Six Weeks of Service Plans for Advent and
Christmas, Margaret Dijkjuis, Reformed Worship. |
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"Ordered for Impact: Using the Revised Common Lectionary's Scripture Choices
for a Rich Celebration of the Incarnation," Fritz West, Reformed
Worship. |
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Wellspring
Liturgies for Advent & Christmas,
Catherine McElhinney and
Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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Mustard Seeds,
Christmas Eve C,
Christmas Day C,
Blue Christmas C, a lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of
contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia. |
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Advent-Christmas Page, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor,
Contemporary Christian Music Resources. |
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| "Blue Christmas" / Longest Night
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Blue Christmas/Longest Night Worship With Those Who Mourn, Resources
from General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church. |
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"Blue
Christmas" service, remembering loved ones. Rev. Kent C. Miller,
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Denton TX. |
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Worship Resources,
Longest Night, (includes litanies, "artistic
elements," etc), Rev. Nancy Townley, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship
Connection. |
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A Blue
Christmas Service, Whole People of God, Wood Lake Books. |
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"Blue Christmas," poetry by Sami Martasian, United Methodist Church
GBOD. |
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| Artwork, Crafts, etc
| Image-links at The Text This Week's Art
Concordance:
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| Chrismons:
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Art
to Heart, Jeff Dugan. Suggestions for classic artwork to use with each
week's liturgy. Jeff also offers the opportunity to purchase PowerPoint
presentations of classic art for weekly liturgical use. |
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Audrey's
Christmas Page, crafts, dramas, recipes, music, etc. |
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| Devotionals
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| Articles
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Christmas, Wikipedia. |
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"Blue Christmas," Ann Fontaine, Episcopal Cafe, 2007. |
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"Living in the Shadow of the Manger," Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.,
(other resources at)
"Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2003. |
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"A Celtic
Christmas: Celebrating the Sacred in All Creation," Mary Earle,
explorefaith.org. |
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"Nativity Dramas: Why an Ancient Practice Might Work Well for the MTV
Generation," Todd Farley, Reformed Worship. |
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"In His Mother's Arms: A Christmas Meditation," Andrew Marr, OSB. |
| The Season of
Christmas, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays. |
| "A
Rare Opportunity to Touch the Soul," Kathleen K. Mandeville at The
Living Pulpit. |
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"The Christmas
Study Guide," BeliefNet. |
| "The
Twelve Days of Christmas" as a symbolic catechism. |
| "Christmas
in a Time of Fiscal Restraint," a bit of serious fun by William R.G.
Loader, Uniting Church in Australia. |
| The
Nativity of Our Lord at Byzantine.Net (Byzantine Catholics on the Web) |
| Christmas,
from the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
| "Christ
Climbed Down," Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958. Theology Today. |
| "On
Being a Jew at Christmas," Lawrence A. Hoffman, Cross Currents, 1992. |
| "Christianity
in the Marketplace: Christmas and the Consumer Culture - Joy to (Some of) the World,"
Leigh Eric Schmidt, Cross Currents, 1992. |
| "Nativity
Affirms Diversity," By Doug Adams, Professor of Christianity and
the Arts, Pacific School of Religion. |
| "Dancing
Christmas Carols with Angels Worshipping God," By Doug Adams, Professor of Christianity and
the Arts, Pacific School of Religion. |
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"Santa
Claus - St. Nicholas," Greek Customs and Traditions. |
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