Perth Children's Ministry Convention

Perth Children's Ministry Convention

28 March 2009 Music with Meaning
Venue: St Mark's Anglican Community School St Marks Drive Hillarys

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Workshop Electives PCMC 2009

Singing for non-musicians: Deborah Chappell & Jeremy Chappell
Singing is a great gift from God, to connect fact and feeling. But what if you can't sing? Or sing on one note? Or are embarrassed to sing? This workshop will use fun exercises to help you overcome some of these inhibitions and to equip you, a non-musician, with ideas on how to lead singing with children.

Writing songs for children : David Hummerston

This workshop will now consist of two sessions: Part A from 1.30-2.30 and Part B from 4.00-5.00. In the first session David Hummerston will share his experience of writing songs for children and then focus on the importance of beginning with the child, using his/her life and language to communicate truth. In the second session participants will work in groups and begin to construct lyrics and music to fit a range of child profiles. It is desirable, but not essential to do the first session if you want to do the second.

Integrating children's music and church music: Sharon Jackson & Ann Bettison

This workshop is designed for church music teams and their leaders. It will give practical examples of how to break down the separation that can exist between congregational music and children's music.

Drama and music to enhance music: John & Ellie Macpherson

Looking for new ways to involve children in songs? There are simple ways to build fantastic drama and movement ideas around the right songs. In this workshop John and Ellie will demonstrate the creative process involved in dramatising a song. Then you will be able to work in groups to begin developing your own ideas around a song. We will be using original songs written for this purpose on the theme of Christmas and Easter. You will go away with a working process and a sample of songs.

Using mainly music in outreach to families with young children: Adrienne Robinson

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to discover the worldwide outreach of mainly music, connecting church and community, reaching caregiver and child at the same time through a fun filled 30 minute session of music, action and rhyme, followed by morning tea and playtime. mainly music enables a team of volunteers of all ages to journey alongside those who attend. It caters for families with children ages 0-5, with 280 groups in Australia and more than 25 in W.A. In this workshop you will have the opportunity to experience an interactive mainly music session. You will also discover: why mainly music? how to set up your own group
how God has used mainly music See http://www.mainlymusic.org.au/ for further information


Technology and music: Jillian Flynn & Oliver Lindsell

Don't know your MP3 from your DVD? Caught between a ROM and a hard drive? In a dilemma over what technology is available to aid music time in your Children's Ministry? Advances in music technology have surged forward in recent years, leaving many of us behind or confused about what is available and how it can be used effectively to enhance music time. This workshop will unravel the mystery that is Music Technology: some of the tools avaiable, the limitations and benefits it offers and its place in helping with music time. By the time you leave, you will be able to decide what technology best suits your ministry with resources available.

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To the ends of the earth: Acts 9-7 study guide

The Acts 9-17 study guide is available

to coincide with our talk series. This is for individuals in personal reading of the Bible, or for small groups to use together

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Gavin

The Fifteen minute challenge after church

As God's people we are called to love our neighbour and love the stranger.

St. Matthew's Rosalie has had a good number of visitors and inquirers among us each Sunday.

Sometimes in our busyness to see the regulars or get the admin jobs done, we can inadvertantly overlook the vistors and the strangers.

I want to encourage you to take the first fifteen minutes after church has finished to deliberately welcome the people you don't know. This way we tighten our net of hospitality to visitors and seekers. Say no admin, say no to chairs, say no to
other jobs...welcome the stranger especially.

People are more important than jobs!

"they will know we are christians by our love"

Gavin

PS Do deal with the chairs though, after you have welcomed the people!

What a catch

Minute for Mission: Paris

Our mission focus this post is on our CMS Link missionary, Libby Leach. Libby continues to work in Paris among students at the Sorbonne University. The Christian students are presently surveying other students to find out the 5 most FAQ relating to religious issues. In mid-March these questions will be answered on three consecutive nights.

Do pray for Christian students as they survey, and for the work of the Holy Spirit in other students' hearts that they will want to spend time thinking oabout deeper issues of life. It is a major evangelistic thrust and they are calling it Veritas Dialogues. They are encouraged that the university has given permission for two of the nights to be held on the university campus!! With sharp church/state separation in France this is indeed rare. .

Libby herself is enjoying life. Her two ministry trainees, Claire and Jungmin are doing very well studying the Bible with Christian students and encouraging them to share their faith. Libby's own group at the New Sorbonne is keen to grow.

BT

Responding to the Fires

Jean Williams writes in Sola Panel:

Every morning I wake up and it's okay—until, with a dull thud, it comes back to me: image after image of people who died in the fires; rows of army tents with homeless people staying in them; entire communities that have been wiped out; my friend whose parents lost their house; a family known to me who died in their car in their driveway; a 12-year-old girl, badly burned, whose parents and sister died.

How do we respond to a tragedy like this? I've been thinking about this ever since I heard the news. How have you responded? Here's some of the ways I'm trying to respond:

Click here for the full editorial

GP

The Gospel and the Poor

Tim Keller writes:

"The original question I was asked to address was "How does our commitment to the primacy of the gospel tie into our obligation to do good to all, especially those of the household of faith, to serve as salt and light in the world, to do good to the city?" I will divide this question into two parts: (1) If we are committed to the primacy of the gospel, does the gospel itself serve as the basis and motivation for ministry to the poor? (2) If so, how then does that ministry relate to the proclamation of the gospel?..."

Click here for the full Themelios essay from Tim Keller

GP