by craig | Jun 11, 2024 | Music, RESOURCES, Worship
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...
by craig | Jun 10, 2024 | Digital, LEARNING, Media & Communication, RESOURCES, 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....
by craig | May 23, 2024 | Australia, RESOURCES, Worship
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...
by craig | Jan 12, 2024 | Worship
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...
by craig | Dec 14, 2023 | RESOURCES, Worship
I was introduced to the description of Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer by Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster in their brilliant book about youth ministry, The Godbearing Life. The term comes from the Greek work theotokos, and the theological notion is more...
by craig | Nov 22, 2023 | Intergenerational, RESOURCES, Worship
Christmas Eve at Blackwood Uniting Church in December 2018 was an Australian-themed nativity called “Christmas in the Shed,” named after an album and songbook by the same name compiled by Adelaide singer-songwriter Leigh Newton. Leigh was our special guest...
