It’s only impossible until it’s done”, words attributed to many including Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela. On a Thursday morning in January 2022, 24 ministers, elders and others from within the ITsForMinistry Facebook group meet on Zoom for a Conversation triggered by some of Seth Godin’s thinking around Leadership always being qualified by ‘this might not work’.The Seth Godin’s Video which all had watched prior to the conversation was this…
Read More‘A Brilliant Star‘ – An Advent Meditation
An Advent Meditation – take time to ponder Hope, Peace, Joy, Love and Faith…
Read MoreAdvent and Christmas Resources
🎶 Advent and Christmas Music 🎶 Messy Church messychurch.org.uk/resource/summary-christmas-resources messychurchusa.org/messy-advent-resources/ Church of Scotland churchofscotland.org.uk/worship/weekly-worship 2021 Advent Calendar with Good News stories from around the Church Spill the Beans RCL based Resources – with lots for Advent and Christmas – and freely downloadable videos ALTERNativity www.alternativity.org.uk ALTERnativity on FACEBOOK Christian Aid christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christmas-appealAdvent Song: “When out of poverty” and other resources www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christmas-appeal/resources – Advent and Christmas Resources ‘When out of poverty‘ –…
Read MoreHarvest Music
Songs from Resound Music might be helpful this Harvest time… We See the Fruitful HarvestPraise Awaits You (Psalm 65)Freely From a recent collaboration with Christian Aid with its themes of justice for all: God of All Comfort And, really, any song from Resound Worship’s Doxecology collection – in particular: God the Maker of the HeavensIf the Fields are Parched (Have Mercy)As the Seeds Are Planted (Let the Earth Find Rest)
Read MoreOutside Holiness
I was looking for the George MacLeod quote ‘Take us outside holiness’ – from the prayer prayed during the rebuilding of Iona Abbey in the 1930’s. Before finding it, I came across another George Macleod quote “I simply argue that the cross be raised again, at the centre of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified…
Read MoreInclude a News Feed
You can easily include an RSS news feed in your Church website – here’s the current listing from the Church of Scotland News Page. In WordPress add an RSS block with the URL: https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/feeds/news
Read MoreImages
A consolidated list of good sites to download free graphics… PNGs, Icons, IMAGES and graphics free-images.com freeimages.com Unsplash.com Pixabay.com Pinclipart.com – good collection of transparent PNGs (but lots of adverts!) Backgrounds, Countdowns, Images, Video clips churchmediadrop.com – place to share files freely www.videezy.com Free Bible Images www.freebibleimages.org
Read MoreMS Teams – Notifications
Are you getting too many notifications on TEAMS… or too few… or just the right amount? Take control of what notifications you receive and how…
Read MorePost Pandemic Pondering and Planning
A very helpful resource for individual or group reflection. Are you pondering and evaluating how your faith community will move into post-pandemic relationships and programs? This resource from the PC(USA) provides guided opportunities to brainstorm, reflect, act and pray about how to re-form into your community’s future using a creative format. www.presbyterianmission.org/resource/post-pandemic-pondering-and-planning-a-guide-to-faith-re-formation/
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