Suggestions are flowing as for advent resources for this season. Here are a few…
Read More5 Things Churches Need To Consider About Children’s Ministry
Sparkhouse: free video resources
Friend of FormedFaith Greg Henderson has recommended the terrific resources of SparkHouse. This Christian media company makes video resources for people of all ages with a number of outcomes in mind.
Read MoreOther Lenten ideas for 2017
Here's info about a book and the link for the new ABM materials for Lent this year...
Read MoreFree webinar to prepare for Lent
The Building Faith website has been making some great resources for faith formation lately and here's another one. This free webinar is a middle-of-the-night thing for us here but normally registering for webinars means you can access the material at your own leisure after it's done. Here's the details from them...
Read MoreReviewing your day with God
So many of us go to bed at night with the day racing through our minds. We need a way to both reflect and let go. A daily examen is one way to to this. By reviewing the day that has passed, and preparing for tomorrow with the expectation of God’s continued care, we create the habit of...
Read MoreTeaching about the Trinity using art
Every now and then there comes a time for filling a gap in your work with children and young people in the Sunday School/Children's church program. The good people over at Building Faith website offer ideas here and there to help us with such moments.
This lesson from a year or two ago helps young people to think about the idea of...
Read MoreAdvent Ideas for you
Here's a bunch of advent ideas and resources to browse...
Read MoreBIBLE360: Introduction to the Bible in Gympie
Want to learn more about the central book to your faith? Want to discover some tools which help with reading and understanding? How did they put this book together, anyway?
Read MoreA call for EfM groups and leaders
Do you believe exploring faith matters? Do you want to be equipped for ministry? Do you want to be more effective for mission? Do you want to go a little deeper into the scriptures than a single day or 6 week course can offer? Then you and your fellow parishioners may be candidates for...
Read MoreFiona Hammond: New Formedfaith Staff!
There's no doubt the work of encouraging the faith growth of everyone in the diocese is important. A measure of this is that some funding has been located to enable us to get more done!
Fiona Hammond has been employed for three days a week to...
Read MoreI, Daniel Blake - opens Nov 17
Carpenter Daniel Blake is a survivor. He’s had to be; his wife has died leaving him bereft but he must go on. Even a heart attack couldn’t stop him. But one thing just might: being caught between the fangs of a welfare bureaucracy that seems constructed to rob him of his self-respect and means of living.
Read MoreFAITH360: Praying in Anglican Ways happening here first!
Can you feel the excitement?
The first new module of The 360 Project, FAITH360: Praying in Anglican Ways is happening for the first time! It'll be a landmark event for...
Read MoreOnline training for 360 Project New Modules
Considering becoming a leader of the two new 360 Project modules, BIBLE360 Introduction to the Prophets and FAITH360: Praying in Anglican Ways? That role is available to clergy in the Anglican Church Southern Queensland diocese and suitable lay people appointed by them.
Read MoreFree Intergenerational ideas
What is it like when your family gets together?, ot just one or two members but the whole tribe?
It's noisy, fun, challenging, inspirational, and...the list could go on and on. It sounds like the Church!
Read MoreThe Bible Project - free videos...
People are so visual these days that good resources are needed to draw people into a closer relationship with Scripture. One group creating such videos are The Bible Project.
Read MoreFree Angligreen pew sheet content
Want to resource your parishioners with the latest events, news, ideas and strategies to enable us all to be better stewards of creation? Or just want some of those ideas yourself, for projects at your church?
Read MoreBecome a leader for The 360 Project modules
The big difference with the two new 360 Project modules is this: your own local expert, whether that be your parish priest or one from a neighbouring parish can lead them. Or even a lay person with some theological training behind them.
The modules have presenter's notes that assist in this process. But you still wouldn't want to just pick one up and lead it. There's more to it than that.
Read MoreWhats New About The 360 Project
Okay, let's get to the point. There are new modules. There's a new approach. And there 's new streams... It's all new!
Read MoreDust Echoes - Learn about the Dreamtime...
The path of reconciliation is a good path to travel. But we talk about it a lot; some wonder how they can actually get on the way. What's a step in the right direction?
There are a lot of answers to that question but one is certainly to do anything that fosters deeper understandings of ourselves and others.
And one way to do that is to...
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