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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Blessed Night, Blessed Light
This song has been written for Advent 2024 to go with the theme that we are using at Blackwood Uniting Church in Adelaide. The theme is actually "Holy Light, Holy Night" but those words didn't quite fit what I was trying to do with the song. Four lines of the verse...
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!...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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