Make Room at the Inn
As the 2024 Christmas season approaches, Inclusive Church is launching its “Make Room at the Inn” campaign to encourage and support churches in ensuring their spaces welcome everyone.
This campaign hopes to encourage and enable all churches to review and improve the inclusivity, diversity and accessibility of their services and festive events by offering practical tips and suggestions for ‘little changes than can make a big difference’.
At the heart of the campaign is a series of seven short videos (around 3-4 minutes each) and one longer feature film, with accompanying transcripts and infographics available to download.
The videos will be available across on our YouTube channel if you follow the links below. The full film will then be added and available. If you’d like downloadable copies please let us know!
Rev’d Chantal, National Coordinator of Inclusive Church, said:
“Christmas is a time to celebrate God’s radical love and invitation to all. We want to make sure it can be a time of celebration, reflection and togetherness for everyone. But for many, barriers to inclusion — whether physical, sensory, or cultural — can mean being left out and feeling excluded. ‘Make Room at the Inn’ reminds us of the true meaning of the season: making space, offering hospitality, and showing God’s love to everyone.” Whilst the suggestions are aimed at the festive period, many of them will also be useful habits to incoprorate into year-round provision.
The focus areas of the short videos are:
- Mental Health and Anxiety https://youtu.be/M6QteOahPSc
- Disabilities and Accessibility https://youtu.be/5vTDVQofIPE
- Scran and Brass (Food and Money) https://youtu.be/W8V0rK2uzSI
- Buildings and Facilities https://youtu.be/eVS7Wf1uloY
- Language and Labels https://youtu.be/mU2nRuTw-jQ
- Race, Gender and Representation https://youtu.be/gYdQ_Ug1dGo
- Think Differently (inc Neurodivergent considerations) https://youtu.be/_NgZ82cLAgU
Full transcript here:
Accompanying infographics:
The longer combined film is available to view here: https://youtu.be/wtvLax1krZ0 from 11am November 27th 2024.
