"We were inspired by God's precious gift of Jesus to reduce spending on ourselves, so leaving more valuable resources to give to those with nothing."
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Worship is at the heart of Christmas – at the first one the angels, shepherds and wise men come at different times and from different places to do one thing. To worship the new-born King. Time and eternity, peasants and academics combine to kneel at the feet of a baby whose birth was ordinary – but whose life and death would be extraordinary.
Christmas is about the birth of a child – as Jesus gives up the power, splendour and majesty of heaven and empties himself to come down to our level. He became poor in order that we might become rich. Born into poverty, the irony of his birth becoming a celebration of commercial consumerism is far removed from the original.
Dave Richards (Rector at P's & G's)
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Jesus was born into poverty and throughout the Bible, worship is linked to our attitude to the poor. God says, 'Share your food with the hungry, provide the wanderer with shelter' and in doing so, we will be really worshipping. This Christmas, our prayer is that as we celebrate Christmas justly, we will rediscover the heart of worship – and of Christmas.
