Gather at the Manger: Christmas Event Kit

Give Your Women a Place to Sit Down Together This Christmas

Gather at the Manger is a done-for-you Christmas event kit for one warm, two-hour fellowship gathering. The timeline, run of show, host script, devotional, activity, and menus are already done, so you can start with something solid instead of a blank page.

If you lead the women at your church, you already know how December goes. There's shopping and baking, the children's program, family coming in, and a calendar that fills up faster than you can write on it. And somewhere in the middle of all that, you're also carrying the women's Christmas gathering.

Every December, my own women's group reserves the big back room at our favorite Italian restaurant. Over the years I've noticed that nobody remembers what was on the menu. What we remember is the laughter, the conversations that kept going out in the parking lot, and how good it felt to sit down together at Christmas.

Your women need that too. You don't need a big budget, a stage, or a big team to give it to them. You need a warm room, good food, a short word from Scripture, and a little space for God to move.

In Luke 2, the shepherds turned to each other and said, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened." They went together, and they found Jesus right where God said they would. That's the heart of this kit.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

✅ 27-page Gather at the Manger: Christmas Event Kit (PDF), for one gathering of about two hours that works with brunch, lunch, dinner, or dessert and coffee, and stretches to a half day

✅ The Six-Week Planning Timeline, a week-by-week checklist from six weeks out through the follow-up afterward

✅ The Run of Show and Host Script, a minute-by-minute plan plus the words for the welcome, the opening prayer, each transition, and the closing

✅ Devotional: Let's Go Together, a 15 to 20 minute devotional from Luke 2 that follows the shepherds, with five table discussion questions

✅ Activity: Good News to Tell, where each woman writes one way God showed His goodness to her on a paper star and lays it in the manger, with a printable star page (works for 8 to 80 women)

✅ The Menu Guide, with three menus planned for 20 women and a potluck sign-up sheet organized by category

✅ The Simple Decor Guide and Supply List, with a budget-friendly option for every piece

✅ Volunteer Roles and Prepare Your Own Heart, eight simple roles plus a page just for you the week before

✅ Closing Prayer, Go Home Glad Take-Home Cards, and a Half-Day Plan, with Luke 2:20 on each card and eight add-on ideas if you'd like more time together

✅ Bonus: Christmas Scripture Prayer Cards, twelve cards, four to a page, each with a Christmas verse from the NIV and a one-line prayer

✅ Bonus: Christmas Favor and Gift Tags, "So glad you gathered with us" favor tags and Merry Christmas gift tags, nine to a page

✅ Bonus: Editable Invitation and Flyer Set, two 5 x 7 invitations to a page and a full-page flyer, as fillable PDFs plus Canva and Google Slides templates

✅ Bonus: Welcome and Table Sign Set, a welcome sign that also prints at 11 x 17, a Luke 2:15-16 table tent, a table blessing tent, and buffet food labels with allergen checkboxes

✅ Bonus: Volunteer Thank-You Notes, four to a page with Philippians 1:3 and lines for a personal note

HOW IT WORKS

Download your files immediately after purchase, and print what your group needs as many times as you need. For the invitations and flyer, type your details into the fillable PDF, or open the Canva or Google Slides template and make it your own.

Gather at the Manger walks all four steps of the Purpose to Plan Path™, the four-step framework behind every resource in this shop, for one Christmas gathering. The Scripture, the devotional, the activity, and the card each woman takes home all point the same direction.

Want conversation going at every table? The Christmas Table Talk Cards give your women thirty conversation starters, some light and fun and some a little deeper.

NOTE: This is a digital product. Nothing physical will ship. Please review all images before purchasing. Due to its digital nature, no refunds will be given.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

✞ What do I get, and how do I get it?
The 27-page kit PDF plus five bonus downloads: the Christmas Scripture Prayer Cards, the Christmas Favor and Gift Tags, the Editable Invitation and Flyer Set, the Welcome and Table Sign Set, and the Volunteer Thank-You Notes. Everything is delivered right after checkout.

✞ Does it work for brunch, dinner, or dessert and coffee?
Yes. The run of show is built for a two-hour gathering at any mealtime, with notes for adjusting the timing to your meal, and the menu guide has a version for each one. The half-day plan shows you how to stretch it to about four hours.

✞ Do I need a big team or a big budget?
Not at all. For a group of 20 to 30 women, three to five helpers is plenty, and for a smaller group you and two friends can cover everything. The decor guide starts with what your church already owns.

✞ How do I edit the invitations and flyer?
Type into the fillable PDFs, which work best in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, or open the Canva or Google Slides template and change anything you like. The template links are in a one-page how-to guide that comes with the bonus.

✞ Which Bible translation does it use?
Scripture is quoted from the NIV. Every passage is referenced, so your women can follow along in whatever Bible they bring.

✞ Will I need to update it next year?
No. Nothing in the kit or the bonuses is tied to a year, so you can use it this Christmas and pull it out again next December.

✞ What's your refund policy?
Because this is a digital product delivered immediately after purchase, we don't offer refunds. Please review the images before purchasing, and reach out if you have any questions.