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RESOURCES

There is a growing range of material available to inspire, inform and assist those who are starting out and those who are well on the way in engaging with Church without Walls. You can explore it by clicking on the links below:
Re-energise Conference 2007
Workbook
Booklets and video
Planning exercises
Regional needs: questionnaire and support
Useful links

Please note that downloads on this page are available in Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.

Re-energise Conference 2007

Resources for this conference, including downloads and video archives, can be found on the conference's dedicated website at www.cwwresources.org.uk
Please note this link will take you out of the Church of Scotland website and open a new browser window.

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Workbook

Copies of the workbook to accompany the General Assembly 2001 report are available from Wesley Owen, priced at £2.99. Visit the Wesley Owen website for information of your nearest bookshop or to order online. Please note this link will take you out of the Church of Scotland website and open a new browser window.

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Booklets and video

Booklet front cover Six booklets and an accompanying video contain inspiration, information, and practical ideas on Church without Walls. They have been written by people working in parishes and projects of the Church of Scotland as part of Church without Walls.
The booklets cost 50p or £1 each. For further information or to order, please email Ann Mitchell here.

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Vision building and scenario planning exercises

Download the following vision building and scenario planning exercises aims to get people thinking about the future and building a shared vision for the presbytery.

Download the shared vision exercise:
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Download the scenario planning exercise:

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Regional needs: questionnaire and support

The following questionnairecan be adapted to find out the information you need to establish a regional needs plan. It would be useful, too, for congregations or groups of churches assessing their local needs.

Download the sample questionnaire:

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Presbyteries are able to apply for funding to help put on events at regional level, and help is also available for publicity. This powerpoint demonstration shows what is available and how to apply.

Download the funding information powerpoint:

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Useful links

Please note that external links on this page will take you out of the Church of Scotland website and open a new browser window.

Church Without Walls resources
Offering a range of contemporary resources for you to use in churches, fellowship and groups.
www.cwwresources.org.uk

Parish Development Fund

Parish Development Fund logo and link to pages This fund gives grants to help churches work together for the whole community - and take risks in living and sharing the Gospel in new ways. [more]

The Big Saturday

Visit the innovative Clyde presbyteries' website to find out how the big regional celebration on Saturday 10 September 2005 at the SECC in Glasgow - including the Goldfish Bowl youth work focus area - went. The Goldfish Bowl logo and link to The Big Saturday website
Click here for www.thebigsaturday.org website

Celebration 2005

Find out more about what happened at the Church without Walls Day of National Celebration 2005 took place on Saturday 28 May at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). More information and photographs from the event are available on www.wow2005.org.uk

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Day of national celebration: Edinburgh

Irvine and Kilmarnock Presbytery

Find our how Irvine and Kilmarnock Presbytery is is promoting Church without Walls throughout a whole region at www.ikpresbytery.i12.com/index.html

New ways

Visit the website of a project in the Church of England to build a community of people dedicated to four principles: community, church, God's new order, and the bible. The website provides background, resources and stories on www.newway.org.uk

Futurechurch, New Zealand

Billed as 'a platform for emerging forms of spiritual community' you can read articles, resources, and networking in the emerging church down under by clicking on www.futurechurch.org.nz

Alternative Worship

This website forms the hub of the expanding network of churches experimenting with what it means to worship. If you want to be creative but don't know where to begin, this is the place at www.alternativeworship.org

Making the net work

For ideas on how to use the internet to get more people involved over a wide geographical area visit www.makingthenetwork.org

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In this section

Introduction
Welcome to the Church without Walls pages

General Assembly reports
An overview of the original 2001 report and subsequent General Assembly reports

Success stories
Church without Walls stories from around Scotland

Presbyteries without walls
How presbyteries have been taking on the Church without Walls challenge

News and events
The latest updates from the initiative

Resources
A range of information and resources to download

Contact us
How to get in touch and tell us your Church without Walls stories

 

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