Learn more about the Church of England's 2022 Advent and Christmas campaign, Follow The Star: The Great Invitation.

Many useful resources can be downloaded from our website.

How can your church reach and engage different audiences with Comfort and Joy? Comfort and Joy is the Church of England's 2020 Advent and Christmas campaign. 

Templates and useful links for preparing carol services, crib services and prayers at Christmas.

Over the last few months we have worked with dioceses and people across the Church of England on a new Advent and Christmas theme to reflect the current Covid context. We hope that Comfort and Joy will better enable us to reflect where the country is and will be by the end of this year. This builds on the success of #FollowTheStar, the theme of the 2018 and 2019 campaigns.

We want to help church leaders plan for Advent and Christmas as much as possible in these uncertain times. CPAS has produced three simple guides, full of ideas, that are free and accessible to all leaders.

What is Christmas and Advent all about?

Rapper Guvna B speaks of his grief over the loss of his father and the hope that the Christmas message brings, in a reflection for the Church of England’s Comfort and Joy campaign.

Details of the Church of England's Advent and Christmas services.

Advent is ‘the final countdown’ to Christmas day and many children will have an Advent calendar to help them count the days. It’s also a really special time for the church. Here’s more about why it’s so special, and some Advent activities for children.