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[INSERT YOUR CHURCH NAME HERE] MOVE TO MAKE THE NATIVITY MOBILE
The greatest story ever told delivered by text

Members of [INSERT YOUR CHURCH NAME HERE] will be glued to their mobiles this Christmas as part of a Premier Christian Media and Church from Scratch drive to bring the real meaning of advent to [NAME OF AREA].

The Christmas story will be told via social media 'as-it-happens' from the perspective of the Bible characters; be it Mary, Joseph, the inn keeper or the shepherds. These ‘personal’ messages could be received while working away in the office, standing in a queue at the bus stop, or picking veg at the local supermarket. Delivered via text message, Facebook, Twitter and email, anyone and everyone has a chance to take part.

Peter Kerridge, CEO of Premier Christian Media said, “The Christmas Experience will be the only way some people will hear the nativity story this Christmas. This is a new and exciting way to connect with the story and make it a part of everyday life.”

[INSERT YOUR NAME AND QUOTE HERE – HERE’S AN EXAMPLE], “The Christmas Experience brings a fresh look to the Christmas story, and gives people the opportunity to hear it in the context of a familiar, and modern medium. The story will never change – it’s just how we tell it that does.”

Sign up is free. Log on to www.christmasstarts.com/experience, or text STORY to 60777. Once signed up recipients will get about three messages a day. The messages will begin on the 18th December and run until the 1st January.

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