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Advent & Christmas 2026

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The theme for this year's faith community Advent and Christmas series is 'The Light has Come'. This 5-week series invites people to step into the wonder of Christmas and discover the hope God promised long ago

Jesus, the Light of the World, has come! 

 

Sermon materials:

Week 1: Promised Light
Matthew 1:18-23

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Week 2: Boundless Light
Luke 2:8-20

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Week 3: Saving Light
John 8:12-18

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Week 4: Shining Light
Matthew 5:14-16

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Christmas Day: The Light has Come
Matthew 2:1-12

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Short evangelistic event messages:

- Gift of Light (5 or 10-minute versions available)

- Light of the World (interactive)

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Meeting resources:

Intergenerational segments
Guides for interactive segments that help people of different generations grow together.

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Song suggestions
A mix of contemporary and traditional song suggestions that tie with the weekly topics.

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Minute to Mingle
Themed icebreaker questions to help corps members start thinking about each week’s topic.

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Themed meeting template
A selection of themed meeting Powerpoint tiles for you to use while running this series.

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Resources for groups:

Chapel guide resources
Includes chapel guides, accompanying
bookmarks and gift tags.

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Candle lighting reflections
A short script to read before lighting each
week’s Advent candle.

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Family Advent Devotional

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*Coming soon*
Or follow the Family Advent Devotional plan
on the YouVersion Bible App

 

Decorations and activities:

Mini brand snapshot
For creating your own resources

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Decorating Ideas

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Kids Activity Pages
'The Light has Come' themed acitivity sheets

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A3 Christmas posters
'The Light has Come' / 'Happy Christmas' (translated poster available)

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Social media resources:

Ready-to-use social tiles
Social media tiles ready to be uploaded to your corps page for promotion of this new series.

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SOAP with us!
Social media tiles that allow you to SOAP online with your community, using verses related to the sermon series.

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Blank social media backgrounds
*Upload to Canva, or your prefered editing program, and create your own socials content.

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Videos (coming soon)

 

For the full range of Salvation Army Advent and Christmas resources, visit the mySalvos Christmas Toolkit 2026.

 

Questions and feedback:

If you have any questions or feedback about these resources, please email the Mission Resourcing Team at missionsupport@salvationarmy.org.au

Scripture acknowledgements:

CEV
Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

EASY
Scripture quotations are from the 
EasyEnglish Bible Copyright © MissionAssist 2018, 2024 – UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1162807. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
 

ERV
HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION ©2014 by Bible League International. Used by permission. 

MSG
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson

NIV
Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com

NLT
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the 
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. 



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