Looking to sign up for a 360 Project seminar somewhere near you?
Here's what's coming up in the next few months...Feel free to sign up if you live locally or anywhere nearby. Of course, anyone can go to any of these no matter where they are!
Each is free and runs from 9-3.30pm. Rego details available by...
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Many of us are so absorbed and taken up with life, and all its minute by minute demands, we may well ask “why bother?” with Christian contemplation. Martin Laird’s recounting of the story of a young male prisoner with a habit of self-harming made my mind up in a way nothing else ever has.
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Love Life Live Lent is a unique booklet that helps you change the world for the better during Lent one small action at a time ! LLLL offers 40 simple choices and actions for each day of Lent to make the world a better place.
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The Church needs to change in order to fulfil its vocation. Instead of a monarchy, what about Church as an open space of freedom? This book, then, is a...
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he book for the next get-together of Reading with Spiritual Eyes, the diocesan book club is The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose.
The idea is that you can use this book with your local book club, or start one for that purpose in your parish. Then, we all get together on...
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Paula Gooder continues her popular series on the seasons of the Christian year with this daily companion for the six weeks of Lent, leading readers deeper into the spirit of the season and opening up the scriptures that are read in churches during this period.
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One way of referring to Christians is that we are People of the Story. The gospel that we live is the ultimate story in many respects, because it shows how all of the others fit together. Storytelling is one of the arts that clergy and other religious educators try to master because their natural task is to show how people's stories and God's big story connect.
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Reminders of the journey of Lent are useful day by day as we approach Holy Week. These videos, could be used in worship or just posted to parishioners for inspiration during the 40 days...Or you could watch them now for your devotions...
Read MoreMartin Scorsese has always been a filmmaker whose work has showcased a dialogue with faith, or more correctly a struggle with it, the kind of challenging journey every Christian is on: working to reconcile ambiguity of a sometimes seemingly silent God with day to day experience....
Read MoreHere's info about a book and the link for the new ABM materials for Lent this year...
Read MoreIn his first full-length book Justin Welby looks at the subject of money and materialism. Designed for study in the weeks of Lent leading up to Easter, Dethroning Mammon reflects on the impact of...
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The Building Faith website has been making some great resources for faith formation lately and here's another one. This free webinar is a middle-of-the-night thing for us here but normally registering for webinars means you can access the material at your own leisure after it's done. Here's the details from them...
Read MoreUsing visuals in worship is a no-brainer tool for our congregations. We use them in everything from worship booklets to PowerPoint presentations, posters and flyers.
But where can you get copyright free images to use in these instances?
Read MoreSo many of us go to bed at night with the day racing through our minds. We need a way to both reflect and let go. A daily examen is one way to to this. By reviewing the day that has passed, and preparing for tomorrow with the expectation of God’s continued care, we create the habit of...
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“That God is three persons: Spirit in green to help us grow; Jesus in brown walking in the dirt; the Father in gold who created this beautiful earth.”
Every now and then there comes a time for filling a gap in your work with children and young people in the Sunday School/Children's church program. The good people over at Building Faith website offer ideas here and there to help us with such moments.
This lesson from a year or two ago helps young people to think about the idea of...
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2017 has well and truly started and we’ve seen some great films released already (LaLa Land anyone?) But you might have missed these in the heady rush of 2016. Look out for them on DVD or through your streaming service of choice...
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Here's a bunch of advent ideas and resources to browse...
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Want to learn more about the central book to your faith? Want to discover some tools which help with reading and understanding? How did they put this book together, anyway?
Read MoreAny parish wishing to apply for a GFS ‘Group Grant’ of up to $500, for help to fund their Children’s or Youth Ministry for 2017, is invited to...
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