The packet contains:

• Order of worship

• Litany for lighting the Advent wreath and Christ candle

• Christmas-themed bidding prayer

• Five dramatic monologues, featuring characters (real and imagined) from the nativity stories:

  • Common Folks and Nobodies — reflections by a servant girl at the Star of David inn in Bethlehem

  • Foolishness — thoughts of Abiram, proprietor of the Star of David inn

  • I Only Know — a young shepherd’s ruminations on the startling events one night in a field outside Bethlehem

  • Miracle in the Backyard — monologue of the young father Joseph

  • Hallelujah Emmanuel — reflections of Mary, mother of Jesus