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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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Advent and Christmas Worship Resources, John van de Laar,
Sacredise. |
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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. |
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A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols, Process & Faith. |
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Alternative
Lessons and Carols, Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box. |
| 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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Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran
Church, Portland, OR. |
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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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A Few Christmas Suggestions, 2008, annotated suggestions from
Natalie Sims,
Singing from the Lectionary. |
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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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Mustard Seeds,
Blue Christmas B, 2008.
Blue Christmas A,
2007. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of
contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia. |
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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
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| Devotionals
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
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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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