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Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? #27

An Advent and Christmas Resource for Families, Individuals and Churches

WHOSE Birthday? is for your personal inspiration, community education and sharing.

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Although this resource is not available in print, you may make all the copies you choose. It is covered by Creative Commons non-commercial attribution share-alike license.

Choose from 20 daily Advent/Christmas guides/calendars. Some are lectionary-based, some are thematic. Copy your choice on recycled paper as a bulletin insert, in your own Advent-Christmas booklet or as a series in your weekly service bulletin.

Do-It-Yourself 'WHOSE Birthday?'

Table of Contents

Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?

An Advent and Christmas Resource for Families, Individuals and Congregations

Brief Introduction

Reflections & Activities

Xmas Gift Equation and Priceless Gifts by Susan Vogt

Saving Forgetful Old St. Nick and O Holy Night at the Clothes Closet by Melodie Davis

Simple enough: Advent Devotions by Bob Sitze -- Sorry, no longer available
Ready? / Ready to rust? / Ready to run? / Ready to rumble? / Ready to rouse? / Ready to root? / Ready to rock and roll? / Ready to roar? / Ready to reveal? / Ready to return? / Ready to restore? / Ready to reap / Ready to ramble? / Ready to rage?

'The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents of Sandy Hook Elementary,' chapter 8 of Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People (2015) by Nadia Bolz-Weber. Get this touching, insightful book from your local public library.

'Keep Herod in Christmas,' chapter 16 of We Make the Road by Walking (2014) by Brian McLaren. Get this insightful book from your local public library.

'Putting Herod Back Into Christmas' by Joy Carroll Wallis, Sojourners

Whose Birthday? How-To

• What Happened to Christmas?
• Why a Simpler Christmas?
• Weekly Family Time: How to Use These Reflections & Activities
• Let Us Have a Truly Christ-like Christmas
• Top 10 Uses of "Whose Birthday?"
• More Exciting, Helpful Ways to Use "Whose Birthday?"
• Going Beyond "Whose Birthday?"
• Alternative Giving \ Alternative Giving Index

Resources

• 10 Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas
• Carols with Justice TEXT and AUDIO
• Finished-Ready Resources
  
  Advent Bulletin Insert series
  Advent 1-Simply Advent.pdf
  Advent 2-Simply Presence.pdf
  Advent 3-Simply Miracles.pdf
  Advent 4-Simply a Savior.pdf
  

  Consumo, Overlord of Overconsumption
  Consumo: Cover of 'Quaker Life'

  Christmas Packs:
  Christmas Budget
  Advent Budget

  Simple Living 101: Tools for Activists: More Resources for Speakers
  Let's Talk About Christmas - PDF 29
  Christmas Budget Worksheet 33
  Alternative Giving Card - PDF 34

  What Does Jesus Want for Christmas? pageant - PDF, TEXT and AUDIO.

  Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? (Advent/Christmas)
  #20-text & PDF (Tony Campolo, Shane Claiborne and others)
  #19-text & PDF (Millard Fuller, Walter Wink, Ched Myers and others)

  Worship Alternatives: Sermons, Art, Litanies, Hymns, Prayers, etc. Look for PDF in all Worship Items categories.

  37 Marketing Traps to Look Out for This Holiday Season (from PostConsumers.com): Online Marketing Traps // Offline Marketing Traps // Sign-Up Marketing Traps // Upgrade Marketing Traps // Data Collection Marketing Traps // All Marketing Tricks and Traps

Bring Simpler Living to Your Group!

More Services

Membership

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Colleague Organizations

Eco-Justice Ministries' weekly commentaries Advent/Christmas archives

Center for a New American Dream: How to Host an Alternative Gift Fair

New Celebrations: Resources that reflect a more healthy, a more sane, a more theologically correct approach to more meaningful celebration of Christmas and other holidays.

Advent Conspiracy

Mustard Seed Associates (GodSpace)

Buy Nothing Day

Buy Nothing Christmas

Becoming Minimalist: The Helpful Guide to Simple Christmas Links

Simple Christmas

GospelLiving.org (The Pastoral Center)

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Brief Introduction

A quick internet search for 'simplifying Christmas' yields 2,370,000 results. To the average person, that would seem insurmountable. Why bother?

The articles for 'WHOSE Birthday?' #27 are drawn largely from colleague sites, groups that we trust. So, if you read some of the articles here and then snoop around on the site, we're confident that you will not be drawn into a scam.

The content of this edition of 'WHOSE Birthday?' is not the same as the podcast. The podcast is taken from the audio tracks of a previous edition of 'WHOSE Birthday?' So, this year you get a two-fer.

NOTE: The Creative Commons license only applies to the content on this site. Since most of the content of this edition is not on this site, contact the owner of the content you choose before you make copies.

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DIY WHOSE Birthday?

The classic Advent/Christmas resource 'Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? is available in multiple formats in 2015 to meet your personal, family and community needs. 'Whose Birthday?' 2010 was the last edition distributed on paper. Since then I have published it on the internet.

'Whose Birthday?' #27 is a new, free online collection. Use as much as you need in print or online. Also, contribute your art and articles to SLW! for it.

'Whose Birthday?' #16 is scheduled for release as a SLW! podcast series late this fall. This legacy resource can also be used as text or audio. It's calendar matches the lectionary cycle (C).

DIY 'Whose Birthday?' Yes, you can produce our own customized, do-it-yourself 'Whose Birthday?' You're welcome to assemble and copy a version that meets your local needs. All of our resources and service are now free of charge.

• CREATE - select the items most appropriate for your congregation or group, including graphics. Add some of your own original material if you choose.
• PRODUCE - assemble the items in an attractive way, using publishing software (probably already on your computer) for a paper version; or electronic software for internet-based version (using PDF's of a paper version or a template for a newsletter version).
• DISTRIBUTE - Hand out copies to your congregation or group at a worship service or meeting or by mail, make additional copies available to share with friends and relatives. Do not sell for a profit or copyright it under our Creative Commons license. Post it on your congregation's or your personal web site.
• PROMOTE - Tell people where it's available using social media and any other ways available to you -- newsletter, worship bulletin, posters, etc.

To make your selections, visit:

• 'Whose Birthday?' index by editions.
• Alphabetical index of Advent/Christmas Alternative articles taken from 'Whose Birthday?' and our Christmas Packs
• Graphics at 'Spirit of Simplicity: Quotes and Art' and from 'Worship Alternatives'
• Complete Thematic/Seasonal index of Advent/Christmas resources
• For help with your workshop, visit parts 2 & 3 of 'Simple Living 101: Tools for Activists Shy or Bold'
• I plan to continue issuing podcasts of audio from 'Whose Birthday?' To hear past episodes, visit the index.
• For audio and video resources visit our AV index.

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Page updated 30 Oct. 2016

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