The Methodist Church's Advent and Christmas campaign for 2024 is called Hush the Noise: Join the love song this Christmas
You can find information about the campaign and how to get involved on this page. Resources, downloads and other assets will be made available in early September.
Hush the Noise
Join the love song this Christmas
Christmas is loud, isn’t it? So much expectation. So many voices. Telling us how to celebrate, what to wear, what to eat and drink, what to watch and what to buy.
Instead, this Christmas we’re inviting everyone to hush the noise. To listen for the love song that the angels bring, this and every year. They sang it for the first time more than 2,000 years ago, on the midnight clear. They’re just waiting for us to join in.
What is the plan?
We'll be directing people to a special page on our website throughout Advent, over Christmas and up to Epiphany, where they'll be able to watch our Christmas film, sign up for daily Christmas reflections and find their local Methodist Church. We'll also be running a social media campaign that engages unaffiliated people online.
There will be a number of products and assets available for Methodist communities, to download or order for free from September, to help them advertise and plan their Advent and Christmas services or events.
Advent and Christmas Campaign Advisory Group
We're working with a group of people representing different roles across the Methodist Church in order to gather feedback and thoughts as we develop our 2024 Advent and Christmas campaign. This is the first year we've set up this group, which meets each month from June to October.
We're looking forward to building these campaigns more closely with people working in front-line roles in the future, and see this as a first step in this process.
Keep in touch
Sign up to receive our digital resources and campaign updates email newsletter.
Church resources
These resources will be made available from early September to download or order for free from Methodist Publishing.
Worship resource planner
A package of worship resources for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, for you to plan your own services.
Advent resource for children and young people
Session ideas for the first three weeks of Advent that work alongside the worship package, exploring the same themes and with more activities.
Poster
Display outside your church to advertise your services and events.
Postcard invitations
Postcard invitations, with space to include details of your services and events, that also connect into the online campaign.
Downloadable design assets and social media graphics
Create your own print and digital designs using individual assets, and download ready-made social media graphics to use across your social channels.
'How to get involved' webinar
A short exploration on how to use the resources and ideas to get involved, as well as Q&A. taking place on Thursday 5 September at 7pm.
Weekly Advent reflections delivered via email
Sign up to our weekly Advent reflection emails, to keep church audiences spiritually fed throughout this busy time of year. If you have already received our 2023 Advent/Christmas and 2024 Lent reflections, you'll automatically be sent our weekly Advent reflection emails this year.
Connexional campaign
Daily Christmas reflections delivered via email
Sign up to our daily Christmas reflection emails, beginning on Christmas Eve, designed for unaffiliated people to explore this special time of year. This will be a new sign-up list targeted at those open to exploring faith.
Connexion-wide social media campaign
Run by the Connexional Team, pointing people to local churches and digital journeys. Search on your favourite social media platform for Hush the Noise.
Follow us online: Facebook | Twitter/X | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | LinkedIn
Christmas single
After the popularity of our first ever Christmas single released last year, we'll be recording a new arrangement of It Came Upon the Midnight Clear to release across all streaming platforms.
Christmas film
Connecting with people open to and exploring faith across the online world. The soundtrack will include a specially produced version of our Christmas single.