Information for churches

If you have attended a Get in the Picture event and are looking for your photos and information about Christmas and services in your area please click here. The information provided on these pages is for churches and groups running events (though anyone is welcome to read it).

'Get in the Picture' is an excellent opportunity for the churches in your area to engage with the community, have a lot of fun and help others find out about the real meaning of Christmas. It's designed to be easy for you to run and other than a digital camera (and a computer) you won't need anything technical. Our team will answer any questions you have and even provide publicity cards for you to give out.

Whether you are a single church or a group of churches working together you will be able to make a difference this Christmas. The vision of this initiative is to see local churches or groups of churches building nativity scenes in their local shopping / tourist centres during Advent. Passers-by are encouraged to 'get in the picture' where a photo is taken. The participants are given an invitation to visit the Get In the Picture website to download their personalised Christmas scene.

Information about the meaning of Christmas and times of local services are made easily available to them when they download their picture from the website.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED AND GUIDELINES FOR YOUR EVENTS

	Find out about 'Get in the Picture'? and how you can be involved.
	Register to take part in Get in the Picture 2011.	If you have already registered and have your coordinator's login details, you can login here
	Guidelines about public liability insurance.
	Important guidelines about photographing children.
	General photography guidelines including uploading procedures.
	Local councils may well need to be given notice of your event.

RESOURCES AND RECOMMENDED LINKS

See the BUGB Christmas Crossingplaces Mission File for more seasonal outreach ideas.

Last year the ChurchAds.Net Christmas campaign on posters and radio was supported by over 700 churches and reached 20 million people. The 'Christmas starts with Christ' campaign will run for at least the next
five years. Interested? Find out more and Join the campaign here!

Publicity. We have prepared some simple templates to help you produce posters
and local fliers to publicise your event. Download them here.
Remember that we will send you 300 postcards to hand out at your
events. If you need more you can also order them here.

Visit the Bridge Builders website and have a look at their excellent
booklet called 'The Story of Christmas' which is available to support
your outreach this Christmas. The goal of Bridge Builders for over
100 years has been to encourage Christians, in the United Kingdom,
to read, carry, and share God's Word each day.

Every year, SGM Life Words produce a new set of creative resources to help
you share the Christmas story in your community. There are service plans and
school assemblies, children’s activities, booklets, posters and flyers,
and PowerPoint presentations.
Everything is available free of charge, for you to use and adapt for your
own context. Use the link to the left to preview 'The Christmas Story' or
here to visit their home page.

Visit the Bible Reading Fellowship's website. They're committed to
finding new ways to engage people of all ages with the Bible, both
inside and beyond the Church. And through all that they do - publishing,
training, quiet days, on the web - they work to resource individuals and
church communities in their Christian discipleship through the Bible,
prayer and worship.

Information for churches

Get in the Picture is an initiative of