Shine Your Light, an ecumenical initiative spearheaded by the National Day of Prayer and Worship, is seeking 1,000 churches to share their vision of taking carol services, nativity and other Christmas events from within church buildings out into shopping centres, village greens, community centres – anywhere where the public will gather – this December.
Although the focus of the evangelistic campaign is the weekend of 13 to 15 December, any church can register, and benefit from a range of free resources to help them spread the Christian message throughout December.
General Secretary of Churches Together in England Bishop Mike Royal said: “Christmas can sometimes be over-commercialised. People feeling pressure to spend money they don’t have on stuff they don’t need. Shine Your Light reminds people of the true meaning of Christmas. God’s gift to the world in the person of Jesus Christ.
“Churches Together in England endorses the Shine Your Light campaign. Our 54 Member Church denominations unite in declaring this Christmas that ‘Jesus is the reason for the Season!'”
Free resources for churches include:
- a professionally designed and printed Carol sheet for events (P+P costs only)
- music backing tracks to accompany the carols, or
- a music score for each carol, and
- resources for churches to follow up contacts made at events
This could be a creative way for churches to work alongside each other in the Churches Together network at both local and county or city levels.
Partners include the Baptist Union, the Methodist Church, the Salvation Army, Ground Level Network, the Congregational Federation, the New Testament Church of God and many other CTE Member Churches.
Register for Shine Your Light 2024.
National Day of Prayer and Worship is a Charity and Network in Association with Churches Together in England.