Free Advent Calendars

In 2007 and 2008 the Christian Fellowship at Mott MacDonald in Cambridge
have given a chocolate advent calendar and a card, with a list of local
carol services on it, to every bay in our office - 150 calendars in
total! We managed to find some Fairtrade chocolate advent calendars with
the nativity story behind each door.

We wanted to demonstrate God's generosity to us by doing something nice
for people! One of us on each floor was responsible for distributing the
calendars, so that we could give them to people personally. It is lots
of fun giving people something for free especially when it involves
chocolate and we have enjoyed seeing people searching for the right door
to open, reading the next stage in the nativity story and then enjoying
the chocolates. It's a wonderful, if a little strange, thing to hear
your colleagues daily reading the nativity story!

We have had some great responses:

"What a great idea (these advent calendars) - I really do want to get to
a Christmas carol service this year, I haven't been to one for ages."

"I am already planning to go to the carol service in my village - good
to see listed here what is going on in the city."

"If you are singing in the City Church Carol service, maybe that's one I
will avoid!"

"I'll try to come to your carol service on 21st December - where is it
exactly?" (detailed map was provided)

"Oh, I didn't know you were a Christian, you have completely blown all
my stereotypes out of the water!"