Resources

A tradition carol service format, put together by the US Bishops Conference. Find it here.

Missio has created Advent assemblies to help schools, colleges and youth groups journey towards Christmas. The assemblies focus on Missio's international projects, enabling pupils to discover how the Universal Church is bringing the Hope, Peace, Joy and Love of Christ to those living in poverty, regardless...

A range of resources for Advent in primary and secondary schools is now available from the CAFOD website.

The resources include an Advent liturgy with accompanying notes, a reconciliation service, and an Advent calendar in PowerPoint format, which is ideal for daily class prayers.

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There's lots of bits of miscellaneous info on here, and really useful list of hymns! Find it all here.

Activity Village has a range of craft activities for Advent, Christmas and other times of year which you can access for free is you're looking for ideas to use with children – like this wooden spoon angel. They also offer a wide range of printable colouring sheets. puzzles, posters etc, but these...

Really handy prayers that young people can lead themselves! £10 from Don Bosco Publications, the Salesian publishers, click here to order

Advent Buddies! Let Advent be a time for young people to grow in faith by linking with an adult in the Parish. This resource is from the states, so make sure you check things through with the person responsible for safeguarding.

Creighton University Online Ministry have put together some things full of prayers and reflections. Very text heavy. More here too.

St William of York, Sheffield began a lovely tradition in the parish in 2005.

Starting from the church on the first Sunday of Advent, the nativity figures of Mary, Joseph and the donkey make a journey round family homes, spending each night with a different family, before returning to church on Christmas...

There are loads of short animations like this, around one for each day of Advent. Check out their playlist on youtube for them all.

CJM, Welcome Jesus – Advent Liturgy, there"s a free outline/script, and musical resources for purchase.

Free resources with prayers and reflections from Loyola Press in the US. If you go back to the root menu youll find more advent bits and bobs.

Tearfund have put together this lovely 'God With Us' Nativity play. Find it here.

Create a Jesse Tree to help young people see the broader context around the Christmas story. There are some prayers Loyola Press have here.

These reflections, 25 in total, were put together by young people from the UK! They're based on the daily readings of Advent 2014. See the rest on their youtube channel, here.

Missio and Mission Together have created even more resources for you to use and enjoy for Advent and Christmas.

There are PowerPoints and notes to guide you through the material, as well as workshops that you can run with a class group.

Picture from Missio's website

Mission Together has created new liturgies, assemblies and craft activities for 2018 to help primary age groups journey through Advent.

Some of the new resources reference Biblical locations featured in their 2018-19 'Together in Jordan' campaign poster. This enables children to follow the journey made...