New Congregations
resources
Our regular e-zine. Click here to read the latest issue.
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Downstream is also available in paper format. If you would like to subscribe in this format, please Contact us.
DVD/Video Resources:
We have a few different resources on DVD available for borrowing - here is a preview of our DVD's from the Alan Roxburgh conference in 2002.
Info Sheets
A series of A4 colour brochures that can be used as discussion starters, thought-provokers, resources for planning and dreaming.
Available online in Adobe PDF format.
Soon available in hard copy for distribution to groups.
Contact us if you would like brochures to be posted to you.
Missional Worship Gatherings for a Post Christian Context
This resource is for use in any congregation where the worship service is a main focus of the church's agenda. It is designed for worship planners and liturgists in the hope that the worship service can become a more missional gathering.
Faith Communities and the Uniting Church
The Faith Community structure within the Uniting Church is part of the church's attempt to support new forms of church and create flexible 'new wineskins' for ‘new wine people’. This resource helps explain what this new structure is all about.
Visual/Creative Resources - free images and multimedia ideas.
http://www.gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com
Funding Sources
Finding Money for Mission
A guide to sources of funding for new congregations and faith communities.
Click Money for Mission
The Synod Mission Resource Fund (SMRF) annually distributes one third of the Uniting Church NSW Synod's budget to new and innovative forms of ministry. It may be possible for your congregation, presbytery or other Uniting Church body to access some of these funds.
The New Mission Gatherings Seed Fund is a sub category of the SMRF. This fund offers grants of up to
$5 000 (up to $10 000 under certain conditions) primarily towards the establishment and support of new initiatives and faith communities.
There are four rounds of funding per year, so it is possible to apply for funds throughout the year.