Helping churches form lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ
“A Season of Teaching and Learning” is an initiative of the Uniting Church’s National Working Group on Doctrine. It is a general encouragement for the church to engage in teaching and learning about the Christian faith.
As part of the season, they have produced three study books, all available from Mediacom. Continue Reading
“A Big Year” is an electronic media initiative to foster faith development across age groups over a twelve month period. Started by the Churches of Christ in Queensland, the project is now supported by the Uniting Church and is being developed as an inter-church venture.
“A Big Year” features a website; app for iPhone/iPad or Android device, a Facebook page, and videos. There are three ‘streams’ – individual adults, families with primary-aged children and youth groups.
When you sign up on the website, you are presented with some activities to undertake each month. There’s an audio introduction. The activities are grouped for “Monks” (contemplative) , “Cheerleaders” (social), and “Activitists” (practical action) – with ideas for individuals, families and youth groups. In month 1, there’s nothing overtly Christian about the activities. Bible readings are suggested, as is a move to watch “Pay It Forward”.Continue Reading
animate is an adult study series from sparkhouse, a US company in Minnesota linked to the Lutheran Church. Containing seven sessions on DVD with discussion materials, the series aims to help adults engage with the nature of Christian faith from a contemporary persepctive. Presenters are of a high calibre and include Brian McLaren, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and Lauren Winner.
Themes include God, Religion, Jesus, Salvation, Cross, Bible, Church, but with funky subtitles. So it seems to be a bit like an Alpha course in the sense that it covers the basics for newcomers but also for people who’ve been coming to church but need to rethink the basics. I would expect these speakers to be helpful for both groups.Continue Reading
Dr Steve Taylor from Uniting College in Adelaide talks about some discipleship resources here. images, books, journeys, coaching, senses, faith. Have fun exploring these.
A series of videos on practices of discipleship has been produced by the “Practicing Our Faith” project of Valparasio University in the USA. The series covers topics such as:
The videos can be viewed here. They are also viewable on YouTube. Each is accompanied by a downloadable study guide. As well as viewing them online, you can also purchase a DVD here.
