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The theme for this year's corps mission Advent and Christmas series is 'The Hope of Christmas: No ordinary child'. This 5-week series will explore how hope broke into the world in the form of a tiny baby who is unlike any other.

Themes and Bible references:

• Week 1: No ordinary name (Luke 1:26-38)
• Week 2: No ordinary tribe (Matthew 1:18-25)
• Week 3: No ordinary town (Micah 5:2–5a; Ezekiel 37:24–27)
• Week 4: No ordinary king (Matthew 2:1-12)
• Christmas Day: No ordinary day (Luke 2:8-21, 25-33)
  • Short evangelistic event message: No ordinary song (Two options available)

Meeting resources:

Decorations and activities:

Family Advent Devotional (Download) *NEW Or follow the Family Advent Devotional plan on the YouVersion Bible App (Start plan here)	Kids Activity Pages Themed in-line with the 'No ordinary child' sermon series (Download)
Mini brand snapshot For creating your own resources (Download)	Translated A3 Christmas posters 'The Hope of Christmas' / 'Happy Christmas' / 'No Ordinary Child' (Download)
Gift Tags (Download)

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Videos:

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The Mission Resources Team would like to thank Captain Nicola Poore, Major Melanie-Anne Holland and the creative team at MacArthur Salvos for allowing us to build on their excellent series.

For the full range of Salvation Army Advent and Christmas resources, visit the mySalvos Christmas Toolkit 2025.

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