The Christmas message of Emmanuel – the good news that God is with us – feels perhaps more pertinent than ever before in this extraordinary year.
The Methodist Church Christmas campaign for 2020 #GodIsWithUs seeks to share this good news through twenty-four written stories of individuals and their experiences of this extraordinary year. Each day of Advent we will share a testimony from somebody connected to the Methodist Church reflecting on what hope has looked like for them this year and how they have experienced God with them.
Find the campaign content using the hashtag #GodIsWithUs every day in Advent on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Watch the video, and read and respond to the stories on the campaign website:
www.findingourhope.co.uk
Resources
Printed postcards, and posters are available to order (free, plus post and packaging) or download (posters only) here:
Poster A (A4) Poster B (A4)
The campaign social media posts are available to download in advance for organisations and local churches wishing to schedule them throughout Advent. These will be provided in weekly batches. Please ensure you are scheduling these on the correct date, and not before 10am each day, check the document in the Dropbox for wording, and always use the hashtag #GodIsWithUs whenever you're posting about the campaign. If you have any questions please email Holly Adams on adamsh@methodistchurch.org.uk
- Download the first batch here (December 1st-December 6th).
- Download the second batch here (December 7th - December 13th)
- Download the third batch here (December 14th - December 20th)
- Download the last batch here (December 21st - December 24th)
The general campaign graphics can be downloaded here:
- The logo can be downloaded from here.
- The Welsh logo can be downloaded from here.
- The ‘sign off’ can be downloaded from here.
- The Welsh ‘sign off’ can be downloaded from here.
- The Welsh postcards and posters can be downloaded from here.
Worship and Prayer Resources
- Youth Group resource - a session plan combining themes from 3Generate 365 and #GodIsWithUs
- Worship at Home service sheets for each Sunday in December and Christmas Day, available to download.
- A Worship at Home Christmas CD to help those who are unable to watch services online or attend physical services, also available as a free download.
- A weekly prayer and reflection produced by JPIT - available here.
Local Ideas
We've heard loads of great ideas about the ways these materials are being used locally, here are two of them: St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Basildon have written a four-part Advent Study based on the campaign which you can download and use yourselves. Carterknowle Methodist Church have made Christmas Angels bearing the campaign message - God Is With Us.
