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Christmas carols

Saturday April 17

Running a Christmas service in-person and online

Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba provides helpful tips and complete resources for running a hybrid Christmas carols service

‘God, whose love is everywhere’: a Christmas song

“There will be a place for the traditional songs in Christmas services again this year. But as enjoyable as the well-known carols are, there is always a need for a fresh sound, for a different text that can help us think anew about the nature of our Christmas celebration,” says The Rev’d Canon Dr David Cole

Around 500 people gathered at St Bart's, Toowoomba on the first (of two nights) to celebrate 'Carols by Glow Stick'

Carols by glow stick

The Rev’d Adam Lowe from St Bart’s, Toowoomba shares some simple ideas and helpful resources for churches so they can run enjoyable and effective Christmas carol events for their communities

Carols for the Earth

People of faith from the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change sang ‘Carols for The Earth’ in the Brisbane CBD to remind ourselves, the community and elected leaders of our responsibility to look after our common home, planet Earth. The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt, Dean of Brisbane’s St John’s Anglican Cathedral, said that we must stand up for urgent action and support renewable energy projects, especially in Queensland.