A Children’s Christmas Service

The service below is designed to allow young people to participate. It may be used on a Sunday night or another appropriate time when the congregation gathers to celebrate Christmas. Introductory Instructions Environment. For the candlelight service, lower the lights and place a glowing candle in each window. Place a large, unlit twenty-foot tree front right, the manger front center, and the pulpit and Advent wreath front left. The tree should be prepared carefully before the service as follows: Place a double-framed cross, formed from stiff wire (coat-hanger wire is ideal) in the front part of the tree. The cross should be proportioned to the tree (about eight by four feet for a twenty-foot tree). Decorate the tree with five sets of lights, each on a separate switch so that it is possible to control one set at a time as directed in the service. One set of lights should be arranged on the cross with electrical tape. Someone in the congregation with knowledge of electrical circui…