Making Christmas 2010 count

The Methodist Church is encouraging people to give a free gift to their friends and neighbours this Christmas.

‘A Gift of Christmas’ is a brand new booklet from the Methodist Church that celebrates and reflects on the story of Christmas. It includes Bible passages, stunning images from the Methodist Collection of Modern Art, prayers and reflections from a variety of authors, including John Byrom, Valerie Collinson and Graham Kendrick.

‘A Gift of Christmas’ is designed for churches and individuals to give away and is also ideal for small-group and personal reflection. It can be purchased from http://www.methodistpublishing.org.uk/ at the price of £5 for 50 copies. A free nativity play script, written by Revd Howard Mellor, and a PowerPoint presentation of the booklet will both soon be available to download for free from www.methodist.org.uk/gift.