The Twelve Days of Christmas
The twelelve days of Christmas starts on Christmas day and ends on the 6th of January (Epithany).
Epithany celebrates the baptism of Jesus and the visit of the wise men.
This idea uses twelve as the key and works best if you give some teaching and set the challenge before hand.
Heres how it works:
Take 12 days
Take 12 Readings
Take 12 minutes each day
Bring 12 thoughts and reflections
The idea is that each young person takes twelve minutes each day to spend with God. In that time they are to read and reflect on the days reading which you have prepared for them and record their thoughts. On January 6th hold a service / meeting where everyone comes and shares 12 things they have got out of this time.
Encourage the young people to be creative in how they present these and you will end up with a powerful service and a group that have had a profound Christmas.
Of course do not forget to do it youself and allow the service to be fairly unstructured and free a this will add to the whole experience.
This does need an element of preparation but prep that is well worth it.
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