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Setting Up Shop
I'm just setting up a shop / store on this site to sell some of my resources. Here's the first item - an Advent / Christmas song. I'll have to wait for the first purchase to see if it all works! https://craigmitchell.com.au/product/oh-god-today-has-a-human-face-sheet-music/...
“In the Beginning” – A Creation Drama
Here's a piece that I've written for Blackwood UC's Advent series "Holy Light' Holy Night". It is meant to begin in near darkness, with person 1 in the centre of the room and persons 2, 3 and 4 spread around the perimeter of the room.The script should be performed with great...
Ambient Music
I've just added a list of recommended ambient music for use in worship, learning events, prayer stations, retreats, etc. This is updated from my old blog and it's a permanent page which I will update from time to time. I hope you find it useful. Click here for ambient music...
Technology in Worship
I've recently presented an online 'masterclass' on Technology in Worship for leaders in the NSW-ACT Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. It was a 2 hour session facilitated by Rev Dr Niall McKay who is in a resourcing role with the synod. Presenting this stuff online is...
Ways to Pray
Yesterday I led a prayer activity at Messy Church at the church where I'm doing supply ministry. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of craft activities as a medium for Christian education or faith formation. Experience beats analogy every time as far as I'm concerned. I would...
Reconciliation Sunday – Meeting by the River
People of many homelands - will you join us beside the river and bring your memories of place your wisdom of country to this place and this time in the hope that this land might become more truly our shared home? Yes, we will come People of many languages - will us join us...
Creating Authentic Online Communities
Last night I hosted the first of a series of workshops for churches seeking to have an online presence through worship, as part of my current role with the Centre for Music, Liturgy and the Arts (within the Synod of South Australia, Uniting Church in Australia). We had people...
Affirmation of Faith based on the Preamble
In about 2011, Rev Jenny Tymms prepared an Affirmation of Faith based on the Revised Preamble to the Constitution of the Uniting Church in Australia. This was done in consultation with First Nations people so that the language would work well in ways that were inclusive of...
The stunning guitar instrumental album "Reverie" by the impossibly talented Rob Timbs is now available for free on the "Songs of Faith and Hope and Love" website. It's been made to sound even better by the original engineer Chris Adams - who does this as a wonderful act of...
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