Tuesday 29th December

During Advent we have the opportunity to explore the challenges and changes to everyday life we have experienced this year, and look towards the new year with hope in Jesus.

We continue to look at different ‘scenes’ which take the context and characters from the Christmas story and invite us to make connections with life during the pandemic. There will be opportunities to reflect on our feelings and response to what’s happened, and come alongside the people in the Christmas story with fresh insight and understanding.

Each scene contains a passage from Luke’s or Matthew’s account of the Christmas story. The connection between ‘now’ and ‘then’ will be brought to life through a monologue where a 'voice' talks about an aspect of life in the pandemic, and then switches to a voice from a character in the Christmas story. Questions, prayer, and music offer different ways into the conversation and reflection.

This week we pray and reflect on refugees and migrants’ search for a safe home and the wise men’s journey to an unknown destination