Ready to look a bit deeper into the Bible?
Bible Odyssey is the website for you.
It features the latest work and ideas as well as a cornucopia of material on every facet of the Bible.
Read MorePaula Gooder on the Bible
Paula Gooder, co-author of the wonder Pilgrim: a course for the Christian Journey series speaks here about the Bible and does so in a creative and interesting way. And it's less than three minutes long! What do you think?
Read MoreIntroduction to Pastoral Care
The Anglican Church Southern Queensland is pleased to offer Pastoral Care
Volunteer training workshops. The course runs over two separate Saturdays and the
fee is $20 for both days which includes a workbook, and morning and afternoon
tea (BYO lunch).
The course offers...
Small group resources - Exploring Life’s Big Questions
Small group material that deals with topical common questions about faith are like reality TCV shows: there’s a lot of them out there and most of them are rubbish!
Finding material written by terrific and trusted authors that get to the heart of issues without being bogged down is much harder. So that’s why the new SPCK series Little Books of Guidance are so valuable. There are four in the series so far.
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Gemma Bovery - a one minute film review
Gemma Bovery tells the tale of Martin Joubert, whose sea change to run a rural bakery is only enlivened by his love of literature.
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Partisan - film review
When film makers make a pitch to the studio executives, old clichés are often used to describe what the intended film will be like: “It’s a coming of age tale set in a utopian community where a young man begins to suspect the leader is not a paragon of virtue.” Partisan could have been pitched that way., but it takes this idea and spins it on its head...
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New BIBLE360 modules on the way!
After the huge success of BIBLE360: Introduction to the Bible, work is underway on a range of modules to extend your knowledge and engagement with Scripture. First out of the gates will be BIBLE360: Introduction to...
Read MoreIs God Real? - Kasey Chambers
Australian musician Kasey Chambers' song Is God Real? is an interesteing way to start a small group bible study that focuses on the nature of God. Using the lyrics, it would be easy to begin a discussion, asking participants to tick the things they've thought before, or heard others say...
Here are the lyrics...
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Making church cool?
Relevance is seen as a dirty word in some circles. But what gives life in our parishes?
Whilst I am resistant to any thinking that suggests we don't need to think about change or retuning our telling of the gospel for today's ears and eyes, I was struck by this quote from this article..
"At church, I do not want to be entertained. I do not want to be the target of anyone’s marketing. I want to be asked to participate in the life of an ancient-future community.”
Ex Machina - How human are you?
Alex Garland is an accomplished novelist, scriptwriter and with Ex Machina he turns his attention to direction. He did the script too, so let’s assume he’s a bit of a show off. Fortunately he’s done a terrific job with both roles in this film out now.
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Sign up for learning about ministry!
Ever wondered what drives great ideas for ministry across the ages? Knowing how Christian education works, what underpins it and how to do it better is a start! Jonathan Sargeant is coordinating Christian Education (THL366) next semester at St Francis Theological College.
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New Youth Resources @ Roscoe
During the first quarter of the year, youth work has been an area the Roscoe Library at St Francis College has purchased widely in.These titles cover a broad spectrum and include general titles on youth work as well as specifically Christian resources. More detailed information on these resources can be found here.
Read MorePilgrim Author Bishop Stephen Cottrell @ SFC
The Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford in the UK, will visit SFC during August for two very special events.
2015 Felix Arnott Memorial Lecture
Bishop Cottrell will present the 2015 Felix Arnott Memorial Lecture at SFC at 2.00pm on Tuesday, 4 August. The topic for this lecture will be:
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Faith Formation for Yrs 10-12?
Got a few young people on the edges of your parish but no resources to do things for and with them? Maybe their parents come to church but the kids are a bit on the outer? Senior Ichthus sounds just right for you. Run by our own AYCF department, Senior Ichthus will help those young people to consider their own faith and enable them to bring that wonderfully positive experience back to their parishes...
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Facebook and your church...
On-line communities come in for a bit of a beating. Are they truly communities? Can you experience true community if you are not face to face with someone else?
One thing is for sure: creating relational infrastructure for our church communities using methods that people experience in the rest of their lives is a positive thing. Or is it?
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A Place for Mission
Be it at Synod or any other gathering of Anglican Christians, you don't have to talk for too long before someone is discussing the worth of our Anglican Schools, often adding comments about the faith value of those institutions.
A wonderful sign that things are looking up for our schools is this new website, A Place for Mission.
Drawing on the experts who work in and think deeply about schools with a faith foundation, this website demonstrates that this community is engaging deeply in every aspect of what our schools do and how they can continue to be a vital part of the mission of the church.
They, along with many other promising initiatives our Schools Office is developing, show that our schools are hotbeds of new ideas and advanced thinking.
Maybe now is the time to wonder what we can learn from them?
Why An Urban Church Abandoned Traditional Charity
This article is truly thought provoking because it challenges us to rethink one of the most basic ideas the church has held to about being the church: the idea of charity, or at least the traditional idea.
Maybe we should stop giving??? Read on...
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Wandering in Michael Leunig's Mind
I enjoyed a reminder of the joys of the work of Michael Leunig this week at the Dialogue Australia Network conference, a regular get together of Religious Education teachers fro around the country....
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Christian education is about small groups. And I like Zebras!
Training in Christian Education
Ever wondered what drives great ideas for ministry across the ages? Knowing how Christian education works, what underpins it and how to do it better is a start! Jonathan Sargeant is coordinating Christian Education (THL366) next semester at St Francis Theological College. Find out more here...
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Testament of Youth: film review
Vera Brittain’s 1933 600 page novel Testament of Youth is often regarded as one of the most well-known memoirs about the experience of World War One. Written from the perspective of a non-combatant, Brittain traces her journey towards adopting a philosophy of pacifism. But how does the film of this much-loved novel fare?
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