Tag Archive - Church

St Stephen's Flooded

January 7, 2010 in Life with 2 Comments

Today our church, St Stephen’s, got slightly flooded by a burst water main on Mowbray Rd. It was covered on both Channel 7 and 9 on their 6pm news broadcasts. It was also covered by The North Shore Times (here). There is also a photo gallery here.

As of yet there is no major damage to be seen.

Update: List of media references

Below are some photos from my Dad’s iPhone.

A foot of water or more...

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Memorise Your Sunday School Lesson

July 31, 2009 in Kids/Youth with 0 Comments

Christmas CraftSunday School needs a higher priority in our thinking.

Recently I have been reading a book called “The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School” by Aaron Reynolds. One of the key ideas that he states is that Sunday School lessons should be memorised.

Now this isn’t just the story/talk that could be memorised, but the whole thing! From what games you play, to any dramas or craft that you may want to use.

This is a big task.

The reason for memorising the lesson is so that what you teach will be as excellent as possible. If you are ready to say your next word instead of looking at a sheet, then you will probably be able to react to the situations that are before you.

I really like this big challenge.

I think that any step towards excellence in Sunday School is a good step to take, and I believe that Sunday School needs to have a high priority in our churches.

I believe that this extra effort of memorising lessons is a worthwhile investment.

To see more about the importance of Children’s Ministry then read “The importance of children in mission” or “Making Youth Evangelism Obsolete”.

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Online Reflection at Uni

July 29, 2009 in Life with 0 Comments

The semester has started and for me, I have been greeted by a number of courses that are doing weekly online reflections.

This has excited me a bit for 2 reasons

  1. I enjoy the content (Primary school maths and a subject based around my prac).
  2. I enjoy reflecting about life online.

Each week I am asked to write a few hundred words about what I have learnt and also to comment on what other people have posted. I am looking forward to this as I believe that it will really help me to learn the content, which will be very useful for me when I go to teach.

Reflection 2

It is interesting to see that University’s are so readily using reflection online before many churches are. I would be interested to see if many churches are using online forums to discuss the content from Sunday’s service. Would we be able to grow through an online forum?

I think that communication in our age is getting easier and easier, and I hope that churches will stay up to date with effective communication techniques.

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