How many light bulbs does it take to change the Church?

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You’ll have heard the one that asks, “How many Presbyterians does it take to change a light bulb?” “Change! Change! Really, is there something wrong with the old one!” What if we flip it and ask, “How many light bulbs does it take to change the church?” Light bulbs are a metaphor for ideas… and I’ve heard countless ideas over the years, I’ve had countless ideas, and shared them… only…

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Music & Hymns

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Music – Audio and Video Files Various sites from where songs and hymn resources are available Please ensure that appropriate licensing permission is in place when using these resources. 🟪 Items marked with 🟪 have Advent and Christmas music. 🟪 John Rutter 2021 Christmas Album now available on Apple Music, and on other platforms. Commercial music such as this can’t of course be streamed or otherwise broadcast without explicit permission,…

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IT’s For Ministry

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Back in February 2001, nearly 20 years ago, I registered the domain name itsforministry.org – IT’s for Ministry. Initially this was a place to host “Talks to Children”. Talks2Children.itsforministry.org is still there, with some Children’s Address type ideas. It hasn’t been updated for a while! IT, Information technology has supported the ministry of the Church in many ways in recent decades, and now in the midst of the Covid19 outbreak…

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