#FollowTheStar Church of England Christmas campaign 2018 Find out more and join in at www.churchofengland.org/christmas
Spirit of collaboration Workshop with diocesan communicators in 2018 helped to shape the campaign and strategic approach Diocesan comms reference group provided additional thoughts Great collaboration with Bishopthorpe, Lambeth & Church House All of this has shaped the plans for 2018.
#FollowTheStar Reflections Written by Isabelle Hamley Contains 14 daily reflections, from Christmas Eve throughout the 12 days of Christmas, ending with Epiphany on 6th January. Each one includes a picture, a short Bible passage, a simple prayer and a challenge to reflect or act differently. Available from CHP individually, in packs of 10 or 50.
What we re sending to parishes CHP sending a free booklet, poster and flyer to 19,000 clergy by end of September Booklets are now available to order.
The #FollowTheStar App Free and available for ios and Android Developed in partnership with CHP & Aimer Media the team behind #LiveLent, Daily Prayer Key features: Daily reflections A Church Near You embedded Reflections and Bible passages available in audio format Launching in late November 2018
Digital How we re using the reflections online: Email or mobile sign up required to access reflections Animated teaser videos for social media Updated Alexa skill Family resources: Advent/Christmas reflections calendar Animated family prayer #FollowTheStar videos that show people journeying to church Record well known Christmas carol Targeted social media advertising.
A Church Near You Special homepage for Christmas Prioritise churches which list Christmas services and events Churches can enable #FollowTheStar campaign on their pages Interactive map showing live numbers and features of Christmas services and events Key calls to action throughout the site will be: Go to a local service or event Go to our CofE website Christmas pages.
Resources for local churches Christmas cards Bookmarks Posters and flyers Banners Gift tags Stars - Resources available through Church Print Hub - Many customisable with local details by CPO.
Church of England website From September the following will be available: Preview of the #FollowTheStar reflections booklet Advent and Christmas family resources to enable churches to plan events List of all CPO resources available Links to buy Church House Publishing reflections booklet Christmas themed home page in December
Family resources Ideas for home - something for every day till January 6th Activity at church - an adaptable framework Connecting with families online prayer and presence.
Night of Stars our aims 1. Time content for maximum reach Update A Church Near You website with local services and events (tagging events with Christmas) prior to the spike of traffic to ACNY, illustrated above.
Night of Stars our aims 2. Make highly visual content (a) become a star church by displaying a prominent star (ideally outdoor and illuminated at night) and (b) share images and videos through social media #FollowTheStar 3. Generate media interest Don t forget to tick the box on ACNY website to signify participation in the #FollowTheStar campaign this is important is it is the data we will use for our media release.
We need local churches! 1. Order the booklets, download posters, logos and other resources 2. Update A Church Near You with local services and events (tagging their events with Christmas) 3. Share the Christmas videos and social media posts through your diocesan and local church social media accounts 4. Display stars prominently as part of our night of the stars campaign 5. Download the #FollowTheStar app from late November (available on Android and ios).
Find out more and join in at www.churchofengland.org/christmas