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  • Straw & Order: how to create your own nativity short film

    Straw & Order: how to create your own nativity short film

    Straw & Order: how to create your own nativity short film By Shona, Toby and Eleanor Bailey. The Parish of Kenmore-Brookfield community has a long tradition of putting on nativity plays for our local kindergartens and schools. Historically, local community members come and watch as they gather in the church or when the church takes…

  • What comes after online church?

    What comes after online church?

    By Evan Englezos: This year most churches around the country shifted very quickly from familiar face-to-face services to an all-online experience. In doing so, churches have grown in capability, learning about and implementing additional technologies. In fact, this challenging season has been a monumental opportunity to make much needed changes to the way churches think…

  • ‘Caremongering’ in our communities

    ‘Caremongering’ in our communities

    By Jen Basham, Justice Unit Coordinator Churches around Australia recently suspended public worship and gatherings, and other civic and business life is operating remotely or shutting doors to mitigate the risk of coronavirus spreading. A key to preventing the spread is ‘social distancing’. The word itself is a striking oxymoron, much like telling someone to…