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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Our Faith – Video & Discussion Guide
I have written a six session group series with video and discussion guide exploring Christian beliefs from the perspective of the Uniting Church in Australia. The session themes focus on core Christian beliefs. The series is designed for people preparing for adult...
Blended Faith Formation Seminars
Port Phillip East Presbytery started an online series of seminars on blended or hybrid faith formation during the COVID months. Many churches were diving into online worship, with mixed results. However we've been living in a digital world for quite some time. US...
A Blessing for the Imperfect
I wrote this recently for a colleague who was finishing her ministry role. May the blessing of work unfinished be yours. Be content that it was not all yours to complete. May the blessing of unfulfilled goals be yours. Be content that others also need to seek their...
Discipleship Quotes
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. Mohandas K. Gandhi I do not pray for success; I ask for faithfulness. Mother Teresa Christianity is not a collection of truths to be believed, of laws to be obeyed. Christianity is a person, one who loved us...
20 Minute Neighbourhoods
The 20 Minute Neighbourhood is an excellent planning initiative by the State Government of Victoria to develop community hubs across the state - for socialising, access to services, transport, and recreation. It's an an initiative which churches can contribute towards...
Like a Candle
Like a candle burning wildly Raging soft against the night Spark that leaps to clear the shadows Sending warm, disturbing light We are called to live the passion Hope stands strong against all pain for it’s only in the burning that the candle shows its...
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 for groups.
“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