CRAIG MITCHELL
Welcome to my blog and portfolio. I’m an educator, facilitator, author, multimedia maker, event curator, church worker, musician, researcher and culinary explorer.
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Introducing Brick Church
Yesterday I ran the first of two workshops for a small church community on what a monthly Brick Church [aka "Lego" TM] might look like. The background to this is that I have an interest in doing Brick Church and have previously run an activity-based faith community...
Online Communities – Sessions 2 and 3
Here are some resources from sessions 2 and 3 of Creating Authentic Christian Communities Online, hosted by me in July and September 2024 for the Centre for Music, Liturgy and the Arts. The sessions were an opportunity to explore online worship in relation to the...
“Diving Deep” Workshop
Thursday 27 February or Wednesday 12 March Join me for an online workshop on preparing youth and adults for baptism and confirmation. Hear about how the church's thinking and practice regarding confirmation have sharpened in recent years. Consider how ages and stages...
Google Podcast of my PhD Thesis
So here's a fascinating thing - a podcast discussion of my doctoral thesis created by AI in Google Notebook LM. The application is designed to produce audio summaries from documents. It is free to use and feature a male and a female American voice. The voices are very...
How Shall We Sing – Sheet Music
I've just made the sheet music for "How Shall We Sing?" available as a separate item in the store. The song was co-written with David MacGregor for 26 January but is suitable for other times during the year, including Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week. It is written...
A Conspiracy of Goodness
Here's a new drama that I've written about keeping something good a secret. It goes with texts such as - Jesus cleanses a leper - Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1: 40-45; Luke 5:12-15 - Jairus' Daughter and a Woman's Faith - Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56 - Jesus cures a deaf man -...
Songs for the Season
Video Series
Our Faith: Christian Beliefs in the Uniting Church
Six short videos produced as a national learning resource for the Uniting Church in Australia. A range of church leaders – local, state and national – open up Christian beliefs about God, the Bible, the Church and God’s Mission. Discussion guide and activity resources for groups here.
“Here is a book of invitations to deeper water – to open a strange story and live in its pages, to learn to sing a new song in a different land, to be seared by a burning bush, to board a weathered boat and push out into the depths.”
Deeper Water: Resources for Immersive Worship