Celebrate Christmas!
The day after our group had discussed how we might celebrate Christmas, I took a call from Tom who works in Children’s Social Care in our Council.
“Are you still involved with the Christian group?”
“Yes ... ”
“Are you planning to run a carol service this year?”
And I explained the conversation at our group the previous day.
Tom organises a party for Sefton’s looked after children in our Town Hall every year and thought it would be great if the decorations could have a life beyond their party at the end of November.
I emailed our group and asked them to pray about our plans. Was God nudging us to think about organising an event after all?
I forwarded the email to Annie who runs a Christian community theatre company locally and who has helped us organise Christmas and Easter displays when we were full time in our offices. I didn’t ask her to help as she is already busy co-ordinating a Christmas grotto and nativity experience in the local shopping centre.
She replied the next day: “I’d love to help you make something good but simple, and short, work this year. We have enough time. Shall I join your online session on Wednesday to see what you’re thinking and add some thoughts…?”
We met up. We decided to organise "Carols and Mince Pies". We want to include a variety of people and groups. We will invite a local community choir. Annie will do a short drama as a shepherd's daughter with a strong Scouse accent and a Christmas message. We will advertise on our intranet and ask our staff if they would like to take part in any way.
Our Chief Executive says he would love to join us.
Our group decided not to organise an event to celebrate Christmas this year. God, it seems, has other plans.
What does God want to do where you work this Christmas? Check out the articles below to discover how other Christian Workplace Groups have helped their organisations celebrate Christmas.
| Over the years I have had many Christians complain and challenge
that other festivals tend to get a lot more attention than Christmas.
So I laid down a challenge. |
| "Steve, I don't get it... what do you mean by a reverse advent calendar?" |
| Several Christian Workplace Groups have started choirs, find out more. |
| Fill a child’s life with joy this Christmas! |
| Below are some details of an activity undertaken by the HMRC group at Reading. |
| What’s a good way for a Christian Workplace Group to get across the Christmas message to others in the organisation and at the same time raise the profile of your group? |
| Simple but effective way to celebrate Christmas with your colleagues and share the hope Jesus brings into life. |
| One very simple idea at Christmas is to give a Christmas card to every employee. |
| How to bring staff together to celebrate Christmas... by singing carols. Find out how... |
| Chris, who is involved in running a Christian Group in an international software company, told us about the exciting workplace initiative that the group launched at Christmastime. |
| Spend one of our group sessions planning your Christmas event together, here's a few ideas before, during and after |
| Don’t do ‘church’ in work but make it fun and relevant by including items about your organisations and key senior people |
| here are many forgotten people at work, those that live on their own, the cleaners and security night staff who start work when everyone else has gone home |
| Nothing like being part of a workplace Christmas choir for building good relationships with colleagues and supporting your workplace wellbeing. |