Advent and Christmas 2026

The Bible Society has a range of Christmas resources, including some in Welsh.

Look out for CAFOD’s online Advent calendar. CAFOD also has an Advent calendar and resources for children.

For the Christmas Appeal, Christian Aid will be working with programmes in Ethiopia and across the world to help communities recover from repeated flooding. Advent and Christmas Worship resources are available for churches, with many in Welsh.

Christian BSL provides British Sign Language (BSL) translations of Christmas carols and for words and phrases related to Advent and Christmas. The videos are presented by Deaf BSL users who are practising Christians.

This year’s Advent and Christmas theme focuses on the first and greatest Christmas gift of all: the gift of God being born as one of us in Jesus Christ. Resources include daily reflections (available by email or printed booklet) and Advent activities and daily devotional for children.

Eco-Congregation Scotland has resources under the theme A Choice of Voices, described as ‘a fresh approach to prescribed and traditional Advent readings, requiring active discernment and involvement from us as we re-hear and re-think the gift of Advent’, as well as a video advent calendar.

This year’s theme is “Don’t be Afraid”. Resources are available to help churches journey through Advent, celebrate Christmas, and share good news with the community.

A nationwide grassroots movement bringing Christmas carols and the Gospel message to public spaces across the UK and Ireland, this year focussing on 11-13 December 2026, including 72 hours of unbroken prayer.

Christmas can be a particularly difficult time of year for single people. The Single Friendly Church Network provides resources to help, with all ideas coming from single Christians themselves.

Trussell resources for churches for Advent include a carol service kit and a Reverse Advent Calendar.

CTBI’s Advent course from 2009 A World in Waiting – Advent hope in an economic crisis is still available to download (from our archive website).

‘Advent Journey with the Magi‘ provides a reflective spiritual journey into the mystery of the Incarnation which travels towards Jesus through the eyes of the Magi. It includes sections on Stars, Travels, Gifts, Meeting Herod and Meeting Jesus.