School children across the diocese are being invited to take part in Advent workshops after the success of Creation Care activities in the summer.

The Advent Adventures resources have been put on Diocese of Truro’s website to help people run workshops for schools in churches.

During the summer months, more than 1,000 children from schools across the diocese signed up to take part in Christian-themed Creation Care workshops in church yards during the summer months. Now the days are getting colder, children are being invited inside churches to learn how people prepare for Christmas.

Silhouette of the nativity and an advent wreath in the foreground.

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The Advent package of resources, developed jointly by Tina Venton and Jane Wheeler from Carnmarth South Deanery and Clare Green, Diocese of Truro’s Schools’ Creation Care Officer, fit in perfectly with the required primary school curriculum and cover a number of objectives detailed in the Cornwall RE Syllabus followed by all Cornish Primary schools.

Titled Advent Adventures, the workshop is for those in Years 1 and 2 and can also be adapted for early years or lower juniors.

The workshop explores the Christmas story, discusses advent as a time of preparation and invites children to take part in practical activities involving craft, drama and storytelling.

Clare Green said: “These workshops tell the Christmas story and how people prepare for it with Advent.

“They are a simple and practical way for churches to link with their local schools and for children to enjoy a church visit with a purpose.”

Any church interested in running a workshop with schoolchildren can contact Clare Green for advice.