Board of Mission
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Uniting Church links
Congregations in NSW
The National Church Life Survey is possibly the most authoritative source of Church related research in the world. It is a joint venture of the NSW Board of Mission, Anglicare NSW and the NSW Catholic Bishops Conference.
Uniting Church Board of Education
Board of Education Resources website. Many worship and mission resources, news and events.
The Uniting Church Assembly The national body of the Uniting Church, with links to Synods and Congregations
Insights magazine A publication of the NSW Synod Communications Unit.
The Uniting Church also facilitates or supports these organisations:
Regional Congregations Network of Australia
Uniting Church Tertiary Students Association (UCATSA)
Eastside Arts and Paddington markets
The UCA Stewardship Network
Kairos Prison Ministry
Evangelical Members within the UCA (EMU)
Discussion groups to fill your inbox
The Insights List - one of the most active discussion groups in the Uniting Church
Youthworkers Mailing/Discussion list Register through the Uniting Education website
Youthmultimedia e-group
Journeys in Worship E-group
E-merging faith communities online
Cafe Church in Glebe, inner-western Sydney
Newtown Mission a brand new website and lots of mission action in Newtown, inner-western Sydney
St. John's Neutral Bay a classic congregation doing interesting things with the local community
Mars Hill - An innovative fellowship in Seattle
The Other Late Late Service (TOLLS) the Adelaide Late Late Service
Frontline is the ‘young adult ministry’ of McLean Bible Church
The Seekers Church an intentional online Christian community
Ginghamsburg United Methodist one of the early adopters to add an online ministry
Holy Joes UK home of Dave Tomlinson, author of 'The Post Evangelical'.
The Iona Community a haven for creativity, music, celtic spirituality, theological reflection and Christian activism in the UK.
http://www.credopub.com/ a Catholic site
http://www.godweb.org/index1.html the first church of cyberspace... worth a look
www.holyspace.org a beautiful site, requires a few plugins - flash, shockwave etc. but worth the wait
http://www.vurch.com/index.html from the site "don't go to church, go to vurch..."
the embody site an exploration of spirituality and worship in the ember days...
Vaux a UK alt worship community
Thinktanks, journals, theology, art, music and creativity, resources for worship
The Dig Tree Multimedia Lectionary project. An online community that is about developing and sharing multimedia resources for worship.
Zadok Institute online presence of the Zadok Institute and the excellent Perspectives magazine. Theological reflection on public life, work and faith
Eremos Institute a brilliant resource.
Forge Mission Training Network post-modern educators and practitioners who run regular intensive courses in mission
http://www.ship-of-fools.com/ the 'magazine of Christian unrest'. Also has a very active online discussion space.
The Prodigal Project Alt worship thinking from Oz and NZ
Useful On-Line (and Off-Line) Lectionary-Based Resources for Worship Leaders & Preachers
http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/
http://www.fifthchurch.org "Mother Teresa had the annoying habit of leading guests, pilgrims and visiting dignitaries out of the chancel during Holy Communion and into the alleys to place a dying beggar in their arms and whisper, "The body of Christ, given for you." Text plus video and audio.
www.smallritual.org Photos, words and contact details of alternative worship groups and events, mostly UK. Be inspired.
www.alternativeworship.org all you ever wanted to know about altworship, but were afraid to ask.
http://aish.com Hebrew festivals and information that Gentiles may re-spectfully re-contextualise or re-invent.
http://www.imagejournal.org/ explores the relationship between Judeo-Christian faith and art through contemporary fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, and dance.
http://www.blackstump.org.au The amazingly interactive website of the Black Stump Christian Music and Arts Festival
http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/ the festival that started all the festivals? A focal point for the postmodern end of the emerging church in the UK.
http://www.next-wave.org ""It has always seemed odd to me that the church should be so interested in seeing young people join its ranks, and yet, do little in the way of adapting to the culture in which those young people exist."
http://www.labyrinth.org.uk see the article in the first Downstream for 2002. A brilliant 'online experience'.
http://www.gracecathedral.org/ online information from the US about the use of the Labyrinth in worship.
http://www.willowconnection.com.au/ music, worship resources, celtic spirituality, world music from the world church.
The Open Book an excellent online Christian bookstore.
http://www.taize.fr/ online home of the Taize community.
http://www.fallingrocks.com.au Fraser Tustian, one man comedian, actor, scriptwriter, webdesigner and database guru. Empower your website here!
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/ movies and jesus and theological reflection
http://www.textweek.com/movies/movies.htm a movie concordance
http://www.imdb.com/ the internet movie database (not specifically Christian)
http://www.odyssey3d.com/ computer animation (not specifically Christian)
http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/ online revised common lectionary