--- title: Countdown to Christmas Hope date: 2022-11-04T10:45:00+00:00 author: Alyssa Carey canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/countdown-to-christmas-hope" section: Resources --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Resources](/great-commission/resources/all) - Countdown to Christmas Hope # Countdown to Christmas Hope #### An interactive, Advent daily devotional aimed at people exploring the Christian faith, that explores why Christmas gives us hope. [ ![Screenshot of Countdown to Christmas Hope](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) Visit resource ](https://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Shop/Products/501761/Hope_Together/Books/Countdown_to_Christmas.aspx "Visit Countdown to Christmas Hope") [ ](# "What is the Engel Scale?") Engel scale rating Aimed at people who are further along in their faith journey An Advent journey of hope that gently begins to explore faith and asks why Christmas gives us hope? A daily journey through things to read, think about, make and do. Countdown to Christmas Hope is perfect to give to friends, colleagues and neighbours you are having faith conversations with. There is a Facebook page linked to the book where people can respond to the daily activities, challenges and thoughts. Countdown is designed to be given out ​‘hand to hand’ to those we are in conversation with about faith. [ Visit resource ](https://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Shop/Products/501761/Hope_Together/Books/Countdown_to_Christmas.aspx) ### Featured Resources [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### World Vision’s Christingle… All-Age ideas to lead or add to your traditional services and inspire your church family with the… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/christingle-pack-for-your-church) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Christmas with Bible… Bible Society have produced a host of resources to help you bring the Christmas story to life. ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/christmas-with-bible-society) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Shine Your Light Together take the message on Jesus onto our streets this Christmas ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/shine-your-light) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### A Community Christmas… A resource pack full of ideas to help you reach out to those in your community this Christmas. ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/a-community-christmas-resource-pack) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Christmas Interrupted Andy Frost has put together five short reflections on the Christmas story about the greatest… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/christmas-interrupted) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### 12 Revelations of… Explore Christmas using Augmented Reality with children and young people. ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/12-revelations-of-christmas-app) [](https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=1769260916495219&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eauk.org%2Fgreat-commission%2Fresources%2Fcountdown-to-christmas-hope) [](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=Countdown%20to%20Christmas%20Hope&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eauk.org%2Fgreat-commission%2Fresources%2Fcountdown-to-christmas-hope) [](https://www.facebook.com/dialog/send?app_id=1769260916495219&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eauk.org%2Fgreat-commission%2Fresources%2Fcountdown-to-christmas-hope&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eauk.org%2Fgreat-commission%2Fresources%2Fcountdown-to-christmas-hope&display=popup) [](mailto:?subject=Shared%20from%20Evangelical%20Alliance&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eauk.org%2Fgreat-commission%2Fresources%2Fcountdown-to-christmas-hope) Topics [Christmas](/great-commission/christmas) [Give-aways](/great-commission/give) [Community events / engagement](/great-commission/community-events-engagement) #### What is the Engel scale? The type of tool you'd like to use may depend on how open and/or aware of Christianity the people you're working with are. The numbering system runs from 0 to 10 with: 0 - meaning the tool is suitable for engaging with someone who has no interest and/or knowledge of the Christian faith. **10** - meaning that the tool is suited to engaging with someone who is now making a decision to follow Jesus. 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