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Craig Mitchell

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Educator, writer, facilitator, multimedia author, trainer, researcher. Cooking, music, science fiction, red wine, chocolate, art. Uniting Church ministry worker. Based in South Australia.

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Virtues | Formatio

Brad Wood from New Zealand has released yet another free resource for Christian formation. These are Virtues Cards and come with a booklet providing ways to use them. Download at no cost to print yourself or purchase printed copies. www.formatio.co.nz/virtues

14.11.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Missional Church Leadership - Weeks 9 and 10 - Craig Mitchell Leadership and Change Week 10 of our unit for Uniting College for Leadership and Theology continued the theme of Leadership and Change. We revisited Luke 10: 1-20 and spent time talking about Lectio D...

@bsky.app Missional Church Leadership Weeks 9 and 10 for Uniting College for Leadership & Theology where we look at change, and community development as mission. craigmitchell.com.au/missional-ch...

21.10.2025 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Missional Church Leadership - Week 8 - Craig Mitchell Week 8 of our unit for Uniting College for Leadership and Theology was the first of two sessions on Leadership and Change. Of course there is a plethora of material on both, and people can do whole un...

Missional Church Leadership - Week 8, where we name some common mission problems, get up on the balcony, watch a video and play Craig's Doctoral Thesis Board Game with Aardman characters. craigmitchell.com.au/missional-ch...

29.09.2025 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Missional Church Leadership Week 7 was about Forms of Missional Leadership. Blogging about my class here. craigmitchell.com.au

11.09.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Missional Church Leadership - Week 1 - Craig Mitchell Prepped for my first class tomorrow on Missional Church Leadership at Uniting College for Leadership & Theology.The unit can be studied as part of an undergraduate degree or at post-grad level, such a...

Posting about my Missional Church Leadership class - we're up to Week 6. craigmitchell.com.au/missional-ch...

02.09.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloom’s taxonomy is wrongβ€”just ask Bloom. Why we need to move on from this outdated and damaging paradigm.

Bloom was wrong. peterellerton.substack.com/p/blooms-tax...

15.07.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Visio Divina | Formatio

A 2nd set of Vision Divina cards for contemplation and conversation have been released by Brad Wood from NZ. Free to download or you can purchase printed ones. Both come with suggested formation exercises. www.formatio.co.nz/visio

07.07.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Belonging Kit is in my view the best Christian education material ever produced by the Uniting Church. Edited by Cheryl Lawrie, it is a resource smorgasbord for baptism and confirmation. The UCA national Assembly has made the materials freely available . craigmitchell.com.au/free-downloa...

14.05.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ABORIGINAL SPIRITUALITY & CULTURE
Video Series with Rev Dr Garry Deverell

A new video series featuring Aboriginal theologian Rev Dr Garry Deverell. Three short movies and discussion guide. Produced by Dr Craig Mitchell. Free to download. craigmitchell.com.au/aboriginal-c...

08.05.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Lost Son in words, images and music. craigmitchell.com.au/the-lost-son/

27.03.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canva report: AI moves from experiment to essential The State of Marketing & AI Report uncovers why marketing and creative leaders are making strategic investments in generative AI.

Speaking of media and communication in ministry... Speaking of media and communication in ministry... www.canva.com/newsroom/new...

05.03.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Religion in Conversation – interview series by the Religious Studies Collective, Western Sydney University titled "Thinking Religion" to discuss the most relevant questions, topics, and challenges shaping the role of religion in our contemporary context." Available on all main podcast platforms.

13.02.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jusr ran a workshop on how to start Brick (Lego) Church - craigmitchell.com.au/introducing-...

12.02.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Diving Deep" Workshop - Craig Mitchell Thursday 27 February or Wednesday 12 March Join me for an online workshop on preparing youth and adults for baptism and confirmation. Hear about how the church’s thinking and practice regarding confir...

I'll be offering an online workshop for church leaders on preparing people for baptism and confirmation on Thursday 27 February and repeating it on Wednesday 12 March. Details here - craigmitchell.com.au/diving-deep-...

04.02.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So the Uniting Church in NSW-ACT just made a bunch of changes to the ministry of Pastor so that it can function the way it was meant to when it was first set up.

20.12.2024 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Star lights on Christmas tree

Star lights on Christmas tree

Today I'm releasing a new song for Advent / Christmas co-written with Allan Hoare called. "Blessed Night, Blessed Light". Lyrics, score and audio available here. craigmitchell.com.au/blessed-nigh... Vocal version to come. We hope you like it.

20.11.2024 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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