Shine Your Light at Work
Too early to talk Christmas? Not for Dr Jonathan Oloyede and the team from the National Day of Prayer and Worship. They pioneered Shine Your Light in 2023 where hundreds of people shared Jesus over a weekend in December.
Transform Work is keen to join this venture and in so doing has encouraged Shine Your Light to extend its weekend to a week to be inclusive of workplace Christians. A lunchtime call took place for Workplace and Professional Groups to find out more. We also had 4 testopmpines of what Groups have already been doing. Click on the video to
Below is the agenda and what to expect on this call
12:30 Show the Shine your light video
12:35 Welcome
12:40 Introduce Shine Your Light
How and why it came about. What happened last year, Hopes for this year.
12:50 Christian Workplace Group leaders to share what they have already been doingChris Flint, TfL Christian Network
Jeremy Brien, CBRE Christians
Sara Wadsworth, Sefton Council Christian Group
Graeme Mooney, United Utilities Christian Network1:10 Open discussion
Why Christian Workplace & Professional Groups would / wouldn't join in with Shine Your Light.
1:20 Next Steps
What do Christian Workplace & Professional Groups need from Shine Your Light and Transform Work to support them to shine their lights during advent? e.g.,Free Giveaways e.g., coasters. pens,
Resources e.g., logos & quality images, poster templates, access to speakers, videos
1:25 Close in prayer
| Thinking outside the box... Getting Quirky Creative at a local authority this Christmas |
| Chris, who is involved in running a Christian Group in an international software company, told us about the exciting workplace initiative that the group launched at Christmastime. |
| One very simple idea at Christmas is to give a Christmas card to every employee. |
| Over the years I have had many Christians complain and challenge
that other festivals tend to get a lot more attention than Christmas.
So I laid down a challenge. |
| Although there was enthusiasm to organise a carol service we felt it was too late for this year, or so we thought... |
| "Steve, I don't get it... what do you mean by a reverse advent calendar?" |
| Several Christian Workplace Groups have started choirs, find out more. |
| Fill a child’s life with joy this Christmas! |
| Below are some details of an activity undertaken by the HMRC group at Reading. |
| What’s a good way for a Christian Workplace Group to get across the Christmas message to others in the organisation and at the same time raise the profile of your group? |
| Simple but effective way to celebrate Christmas with your colleagues and share the hope Jesus brings into life. |
| How to bring staff together to celebrate Christmas... by singing carols. Find out how... |
| Spend one of our group sessions planning your Christmas event together, here's a few ideas before, during and after |
| Don’t do ‘church’ in work but make it fun and relevant by including items about your organisations and key senior people |
| here are many forgotten people at work, those that live on their own, the cleaners and security night staff who start work when everyone else has gone home |
| Nothing like being part of a workplace Christmas choir for building good relationships with colleagues and supporting your workplace wellbeing. |
| Encourage the local mayor to give you a 2-3 mins pre-recorded word |
| Always worth asking your CEO / senior managers if they would be prepared to share... |
| Great idea to have a fun online quiz and also bust a few myths about Christmas too. |
| Ask management if the Christian Workplace Group can put up some Christmas posters on notice boards to help decorate the office to get in the festive cheer. |
| You are not forgotten. Add your name and any need you have to the Christmas Tree this year and we will pray for you. |
| Encourage other diversity networks to join in by asking them to read the Christmas story... |
| Tackling debt - help your colleagues by publishing 10 top tips for staying out of debt this Christmas |
| ask HR / Diversity and Inclusion managers if your organisation will allow religious festivals to be highlighted on your work calendar |