You may consider using one of these short clips as part of your advent worship service.
Why shop fair trade? Small changes in the way we spend our money can make a huge difference to others. This clip contrasts the difference between our commercialized Christmas and the story of Christmas. In the US, $450 Billion was spent on Christmas last year. I$15 Billion would give everyone clean drinking water $20 Billion would wipe out poverty as we know it. Here is a Santa who is promoting buyiing nothing for Christmas. This New York based clip contrasts the bustle of commercialized Christmas with the quietness of a sacred Christmas. A fast paced graphics video contrasting the giving of gifts versus the giving of time, and giving to alleviate poverty. |