Cathedral Shop Manager Ann-Marie Reynolds holding the ‘Star of Bethlehem on Country’ Christmas card design, Kuku Yalanji artist Lalania Tusa with the ‘Journey Line of Lord Jesus’ design and The Very Rev'd Dr Peter Catt holding the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ artwork outside St John's Cathedral on 12 November 2021

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Nativity story told through stunning dot art on new Cathedral Shop Christmas cards

The Cathedral Shop has commissioned Kuku Yalanji artist Lalania Tusa to design new Christmas cards, depicting the nativity story told through richly symbolic ancient dot art

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Liturgy suggestions for children in Advent

“‘Advent’ is the root of the word ‘adventure’. May this and every Advent fill you with a sense of adventure, wonder and delight,” says The Rev’d Canon Dr Marian Free, while offering liturgy suggestions for the Advent season

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How to run Advent and Christmas Prayer Spaces

The Rev’d Susan Crothers-Robertson from St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School provides tips and resources for running beautiful Advent and Christmas Prayer Spaces for use in schools, parishes, ministries and homes

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Advent is a season of expectation and preparation

Advent calendars may have been humbler in the 1800s than some produced now, but the idea remains a simple and powerful one – counting each of the days of Advent, waiting for the Christ child. I remember the excitement I felt as a child, opening the little windows that revealed pictures with Advent themes and the anticipation that grew,” says The Rev’d Sue Grimmett, while offering an Advent calendar resource and suggestions to readers

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Getting a jump on the rest of the world

“In the Christian perspective what is to come is the kingdom, or reign or realm of God. It is a gloriously transformed future in which we trust, for which we pray and to which we commit ourselves, heart and soul and body,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall