What is it like when your family gets together?, ot just one or two members but the whole tribe?
It's noisy, fun, challenging, inspirational, and...the list could go on and on. It sounds like the Church!
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Measuring Christian learning...
So we all want the people in our parishes to be growing in their faith. But how can you measure whether that is happening?? Setting some kind of benchmarks can enable measurement.
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The Bible Project - free videos...
People are so visual these days that good resources are needed to draw people into a closer relationship with Scripture. One group creating such videos are The Bible Project.
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Free Angligreen pew sheet content
Want to resource your parishioners with the latest events, news, ideas and strategies to enable us all to be better stewards of creation? Or just want some of those ideas yourself, for projects at your church?
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Become a leader for The 360 Project modules
The big difference with the two new 360 Project modules is this: your own local expert, whether that be your parish priest or one from a neighbouring parish can lead them. Or even a lay person with some theological training behind them.
The modules have presenter's notes that assist in this process. But you still wouldn't want to just pick one up and lead it. There's more to it than that.
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Whats New About The 360 Project
Okay, let's get to the point. There are new modules. There's a new approach. And there 's new streams... It's all new!
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Choosing Curricula Materials Made Easy
Choosing the Right Curriculum
What curriculum is right for your congregation's Christian Formation program? The answer starts with asking a series of questions. But what are those questiuons???
Reading with Spiritual Eyes - a book club
It's great fun to chat about books you've been reading with others, especially if they've read the same book. So a book club that discusses a book and adds in a faith dimension? That sounds like a great idea! Eve James at The Roscoe Library, St Francis Theological College is starting Reading with Spiritual Eyes. It's just such a book club!
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The 360 Project
After the success of BIBLE360: Introduction to the Bible, it made sense to expand the project to include opportunities for learning in other areas related to faith and faith formation. Using the distinctive '360' concept of exploring issues from all sides, you see before you: The 360 Project!
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360 Project: New Modules Orientation Event
The big difference with the two new 360 Project modules is this: your own local expert, whether that be your parish priest or one from a neighbouring parish can lead them. Or even a lay person with some theological training behind them.
The modules have presenter's notes that assist in this process. But you still wouldn't want to just pick one up and lead it. There's more to it than that.
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NEW Module: FAITH360: Praying in Anglican Ways
So if spirituality is an individual thing, have you ever wondered just what yours is like? I mean, in ways differentdifferent to someone else's? Imagine if there was a wayto work out just what your own particular spirituality is? That would mean you could work out just what kind of things you need to do in your life to help your faith grow!
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Introducing Sparkhouse Family: Videos, books and more
Sparkhouse has long been a trusted provider of Christian education resources and curricula. In recent years, the animated video portions of these resources have drawn rave reviews. For the most part, Sparkhouse resources were usually purchased and used by churches or schools. What about families and households who want access to this material?
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Living with Grace in a World of Complexity
There are some great workshops coming up organised by the Social Responsibilities Committee...
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A sense of call: how does it happen?
Dr Hugh Kempster is an Anglican priest in an inner city Melbourne parish.
Both of these sentences are true!
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Why are some people over church but not their faith?
Linking to a book review is a curious thing to do but I find that author Tony Jones has done a good job of summarising the contents of Packard and Hope's Church Refugees, a book that studies the reasons people have left churches.
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Conference: Re-Imagining Faith Formation for the 21st Century
John Roberto will be in Sydney 23-28 August for two events about Re-imagining Faith Formation for the 21st Century. John is well-known internationally as a speaker, forward-thinker and author in faith formation, intergenerational ministry, and learning in a digital world.
Read MoreRoscoe Library Resource of the Week
From Eve James, Librarian at the Roscoe Library...
“It’s not easy to talk about death, dying and funerals.
GraveTalk is designed to get the conversation started. There are no answers — just thought-provoking questions to get you thinking — and talking.
Have your say!
I strive each month to make the information on this website as useful as can be. Looking at the stats for online use of formedfaith tells me that a lot of people are opening pages.
In fact that number is higher than the average for a site like this.
But how can we make it better?
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Baptism prep materials: FREE!
Materials for use in baptism preparation are rife though there seems to be a lot out there that is, erm, not very useful.
Something good I saw recommended by Director of Mission, Stephen Harrison at the Anglican Schools Office is...
Read MoreEvangelism for everyone?
Stephen Cottrell’s joyful and vibrant book puts mission and evangelism back to the top of the agenda for Christians of all strands of catholic tradition. To many, the word ‘evangelism’ conjures up negative images of coercion and manipulation. Stephen Cottrell’s approach is realistic, generous, inclusive and creative.
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