Top Tips
George's Top Ten Tips for healthy growing Churches (pdf)
A Church Near You
Audio-Visual Installers (pdf) (As encountered by the Growth Fund)
Away Day Venues (xls) (In Excel form so you can sort by your priorities)
Baptism
Christian Bookshops (pdf) (In the diocese and nearby)
Church Leaflets
Some examples of good practice from churches around the diocese...
- Baptism Leaflets - Clayton (and Thanksgiving), Knypersley, and Walsall Wood
- Giving Leaflets - Branston, Codsall, The Westlands and Walsall Wood
- Newsletters - Glascote Heath, Walsall St Paul, and a selection from Shelfield; 2011, Spring 2012 and Autumn 2012
- Weddings - Walsall Wood and Weeford
- Welcome Leaflets - Codsall, Pleck, and Walsall Wood
- Miscellaneous, Seighford - Public Bible Reading and Public Prayer
Communion before Confirmation
Community of St Chad (pdf)
Community Surveys (pdf)
Courses
- Nurture Courses (pdf) and cost indication table (pdf)
- Beyond Nurture (pdf)
- Evangelism Training (pdf)
Elderly Mission (pdf)
Festivals
- Making the most of Easter (pdf)
Healing and Deliverance
- Training Resources (pdf)
- Diocesan Adviser Revd Gareth Davies; his training leaflet (pdf)
- And Gareth's Values and Guidelines (pdf)
- A Biblical background to Healing Ministry (pdf)
- A Catholic perspective on Healing (pdf)
- Healing Ministry in Lichfield Diocese (pdf)
- Deliverance Guidelines for Clergy (pdf)
Men's Ministry (pdf)
Mission and Discipleship Courses (pdf)
Mission Resources (pdf)
Open Churches (pdf)
Pastoral Care
- Pastoral Circles (pdf)
- Funeral Booklet (pdf)
- Robert Warren - Growing pastoral care of the whole church (pdf)
- Robert Warren - Renewing the work of Pastoral Care (pdf)
Post Offices (pdf)
Prayer Resources (all courtesy of Mrs Cathy Short)
Prayer Stations (pdf)
Psalm Reading (pdf)
Re-Imaginining Mission in a Spiritual Age (courtesy of Mr Steve Hollinghurst of the Church Army)
- Listening to the Spirit of the Age (Presentation and Audio)
- Exploring the history of mission amongst other spiritualities (Presentantion and Audio)
- Listening and sharing faith with people in new spiritualities (Presentantion and Audio)
- Fresh Expressions of church for a spiritual age (Presentantion and Audio)
- Evening Summary Session (Presentantion, Audio Part 1, Audio Part 2)
Rural Resources (pdf)
Schools - Top ten tips for connecting with and supporting your local school (pdf)
Shroud of Turin (pdf)
Small Groups
- How to develop and sustain small groups in your church (pdf)
- Small Groups Resources (pdf)
- Robert Warren - Re-working homegroups (pdf)
- Example 1 - Growth Groups (pdf)
- Example 2 - Just for Starters (pdf)
- Example 3 - Lifebuilder Series (pdf)
- Example 4 - POD Groups (pdf)
- Example 5 - Square Mile (pdf)
Social Events (pdf) - How to take a one-off social event and give it a mission twist
Special services (pdf)
Spiritual Gifts
Starting a new service (pdf)
The Jesus Deck (pdf)
Tracts (pdf)
Video Clips
Vision Statements (pdf)
Website Advice (pdf)
Weddings - Sample resources from smaller churches who do lots of weddings.
- Barton-under-Needwood (St Valentine's Service)
- Bobbington (Address List (xls), Attendance Record Card, Banns Application, Booklet, Deposit Letter, Leaflet)
- Trysull (Letter)
- Weeford (Leaflet)
- Whitmore, Maer, and Chapel Chorlton (Booklet, Form, Guide, Rehearsal Form(xls))
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