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Great worship resources

Please forward any useful information, on these or other related topics, to Rob Bos at robb@nat.uca.org.au Thanks.

1. Websites (general)

The Uniting Church in Australia’s Worship Working Group has a very useful website with links at: http://nat.uca.org.au/TD/worship

Another website with very useful links is: http://www.textweek.com.

2. Study materials

Coolamon College Discover… Program (8 group sessions of about 90 minutes plus some individual reading). Credit towards a Certificate is being negotiated by the College. This program includes the following units:

How shall we worship? – 1 (Anne Amos and Robert Bos)

This unit looks at the shape and theology of worship.

How shall we worship? – 2 (Ann Scull)

This unit looks at "contemporary" worship: experiential, participatory, interactive and communal.

Cost $30 per student no assessment, $50 per student with assessment.

Coolamon College Explore… Program (each unit approximately 50 to 70 hours of work). Credit towards a Diploma is available. This program includes the following units:

Worship in the Uniting Church in Australia (Anne Amos)

This unit looks at the shape of worship.

Uniting Church Sacraments for Lay Presiders (Anita Monro)

How do we understand Baptism and the Lord’s Supper?

Contact for Coolamon College: G.P.O. Box 674, Brisbane 4001.

Phone: (07) 3377 9940 or 1800 639 385.

Fax (07) 3377 9716

Email: coolamon@uccentre.ucaqld.com.au

Website: http://coolamon.org

3. Visuals

Royalty-free photo objects are produced on CD by Hemera and called Big Box of Art. It retails in Australia for about $AUD150.00.

4. E-groups

Journeys in Worship is hosted by the Victorian UCA Synod:

www.egroups.com/group/journeys-in-worship

5. Music

RCL-based contemporary worship music site: Together to Celebrate www.dovenetq.net.au/~macgd

See the website of the Contemporary Music Network in Victoria at: http://cecm.vic.uca.org.au. Click on CMN tab at the top and download one of their mailings.

6. Copyright

Go to the APRA website: www.apra.com.au

7. Multimedia resources  links

      www.digistry.org

 

8. Picture books & themes ... with kids