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RESOURCES
Information about the following resources are available
on this page:
Prayers
Background Briefings
Presentations
How
guides
Activity resources
Text-based downloads on this page are available in
Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.
Image heavy files are also available in [.pdf] format,
which requires Adobe Reader to view. Click
here to download the programme for free.
Prayers
The World Mission publishes a very popular prayer diary
which highlights the challenges influencing our partners
worldwide on a week-by-week basis.
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You can download this resource, entitled
Prayer Focus along
with an range of worship resources
and materials from across the Church, on our dedicated
Worship on the Web area. Visit
these pages here. |
Also available from World Mission is Update
which incorporates prayers in each
weekly edition and is available on here
on our news page.
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Background Briefings
These are longer versions of articles, and additional background documents for news items, which appear in WM magazine and the UPDATE email newsletter. Currently available to download in pdf format:
Switched on to the Media
by Andrew Graystone
(UPDATE 20 August 2008) |
[.pdf]
(34KB) |
What is Climate Change and How it will Affect Bangladesh
by James S. Pender
(UPDATE 24 September 2008) |
[.pdf]
(780KB) |
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Presentations
Presenting issues and events using computer slideshows
and videos is an excellent way to discover world church
issues. We currently have the following presentations
available:
Sowing the seeds of peace in Sudan - September 2006
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brief presentation giving an overview of the Maiwut
community-based agriculture programme being run
by our partner church - the Presbyterian Church
of Sudan (PCOS), with suggestions on how you can
get involved with supporting it. |
Sorghum - a vital cereal crop
in Sudan |
Download presentation:
Dreams Still Alive and After the South Asian
Earthquake: An Update – January 2006
| This
package shows the devastating effects of the earthquake
in October 2005 and the efforts made by our partner
churches in the recovery operation. It includes
a documentary which lasts around 15 minutes with
music and narration and a PowerPoint presentation,
which is silent. |
One of the many campsites created
to house survivors |
Every copy of the package costs £2 and all money
raised will be sent to our partner churches’ Earthquake
Appeal.
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Technical requirements: Microsoft
PowerPoint and DVD playing capabilities |
To receive a copy or copies of the above presentation,
please contact us, noting
the title of the presentation you would like. We shall
post the presentations to you.
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How?
guides
Interested in how to become more involved in World Mission?
We are developing a series of easy-to-use guides which
aim to help. Some of these can be downloaded here, and
we will continue to update this list as the guides become
available.
| Download: How can
we build a World Church Team? |
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| Download: How can we raise money
by collecting stamps? |
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| Download: How does the Partner
Plan Scheme work? |
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Activity resources
Get active with one of our packs which are designed for
audiences young and old.
Send care, deliver happiness - stamp appeal 2008
This year's stamp appeal will raise money for a project
that helps young girls in North India return to school
and continue their education.
The promotional poster is available for download here
which has further information and contact details about
how to get involved.
Download the stamp appeal poster:
Human trafficking resource pack:
Prepared jointly by the Guild, World
Mission Council and the Church and Society Council,
this resource pack is available to download from the
Church and Society pages here.
Fairtrade Fortnight Church Action Guide
Fairtrade fortnight gets underway on Monday 26 February
2007. For details of how your church can get involved
dowload the Church Action Guide below:
In Someone Else's Shoes - July 2006 Update
| Following on from the
March 2006 Update which focussed on the everyday
lives of students at Livingstonia Synod’s
Theological College in Malawi, Together
congregations will soon be receiving news from World
Mission and Christian Aid’s partners in India
who are responding to HIV and AIDS. Included in
the pack are case studies and ideas on how to add
an Indian theme to your Sunday service. |
The next exciting installation for our Together
project
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Download Indian recipes for
your Sunday service:
If your church would like to become a Together
church, please contact us.
More information about the Together
project is available
here as part of our Getting Involved pages.
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