This station is based on the Church of England Blessing:
May the joy of the angels,
the eagerness of the shepherds,
the perseverance of the wise men,
the obedience of Joseph and Mary
and the peace of the Christ child
be yours this Christmas.
White lining fabric has been pinned to the top of the large wooden cross, to fall down and over the centre table. A 3D card star has been stuffed with about 8 of the white fairy lights and put on a pole duck-taped to the back of the cross. The lights, as for the "Praying in Colour" station, are on a timer to come on just before 8am and off at 4.30pm when the shop shuts.
I like the concept that the cross, whilst being covered and not remembered within the nativity narrative, is here supporting the whole scene.
The three frames, which I already had with unwanted pictures in them, hold 3 scenes:
- a starry sky for angels;
- a green hill for shepherds and
- a sandy hill for wise men.
Cutouts of the characters: wise men, angels and shepherds; have been put in front of each scene with sticky-fixers available. Some of the characters are uncoloured to allow people/children to colour themselves if they want to. Blank rectangles for peoples names are also there. Some sticky gold stars are there too, just because...
An empty crib with "straw" in it has also been placed in the centre with Christmas cards added to illustrate the expected scene.
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Copies of the Christmas Blessing are available for people to take away and remember at home.
Christmas colouring sheets have been added to the children's corner to go with our seasonal theme. I'd also like to create some Christmas cards to colour - time allowing.
This prayer station will be available until 19th Dec when it will be dismantled to make room for a "Journey Into Christmas" - a manned interactive area by the Kingfisher chaplaincy team that will be open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in the Christmas week.
