There's a lot to look forward to from formedfaith in the coming months. Seminars are happening and you can book one now.  There's training coming up too.  And some new projects are zooming along too.  What are they? Click here to find out!!

We don’t want to mess with the text, but a little contextualization can sometimes help to get our heads and hearts round the message of a Bible passage. Try the MAS strategy (www.itcpublications.com.au) to get a little modern day perspective on a story.

MAS stands for...

Over at Stephen Harrison's wonderful A Few Smallish Fish blog, he's highlighted the latest Australian Reconciliation Barometer results.  With our Diocesan Reconciliation Action Plan underway, this is food for thought.  How can you get invloved?

Measuring a church’s health and vitality, even its growth, is no longer tied to the number of people in worship on Sunday. We need to look at...

Sometimes all the planning in the world won’t make a Bible study or Sunday School class go well. I’ve had my fair share of disasters, or more often “ho-hummers”, you know the ones, sessions that just could have gone better. On reflection, often the cause of blandness is...

Looking to sign up for a 360 Project seminar somewhere near you?

Here's what's coming up in the next few months...Feel free to sign up if you live locally or anywhere nearby.  Of course, anyone can go to any of these no matter where they are!

Each is free and runs from 9-3.30pm.  Rego details available by...

Many of us are so absorbed and taken up with life, and all its minute by minute demands, we may well ask “why bother?” with Christian contemplation. Martin Laird’s recounting of the story of a young male prisoner with a habit of self-harming made my mind up in a way nothing else ever has.

Love Life Live Lent is a unique booklet that helps you change the world for the better during Lent one small action at a time !  LLLL offers 40 simple choices and actions for each day of Lent to make the world a better place.

The Church needs to change in order to fulfil its vocation. Instead of a monarchy, what about Church as an open space of freedom? This book, then, is a...

he book for the next get-together of Reading with Spiritual Eyes, the diocesan book club is The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose.

The idea is that you can use this book with your local book club, or start one for that purpose in your parish.  Then, we all get together on...

Paula Gooder continues her popular series on the seasons of the Christian year with this daily companion for the six weeks of Lent, leading readers deeper into the spirit of the season and opening up the scriptures that are read in churches during this period.

One way of referring to Christians is that we are People of the Story.  The gospel that we live is the ultimate story in many respects, because it shows how all of the others fit together.  Storytelling is one of the arts that clergy and other religious educators try to master because their natural task is to show how people's stories and God's big story connect.

Reminders of the journey of Lent are useful day by day as we approach Holy Week.  These videos,  could be used in worship or just posted to parishioners for inspiration during the 40 days...Or you could watch them now for your devotions...

So what's happening with the 360 Project?

Here's a list of the excitement...