Recommended links
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Groups
Word/Thought
News/Media
Free software
Free
web design software
Free security software
Fonts
Stock imagery
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Worship
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| Resources | |
| www.joehasler.co.uk | Designed for estate churches but may be useful in other contexts too |
| www.sharetheguide.org | The Guide contains how-to-do-it advice on starting, developing and sustaining fresh expressions of church based on shared experiences. |
| www.rscm.com | Includes a number of free resources for clergy and church musicians in addition to information about the Royal School of Church Music. |
| www.run.org | Reaching Urban Neighbourhoods. RUN is a mission fellowship that focuses our lives on the mission of God and all that He has called us to. |
| getyourchurchnoticed.com | Get Your Church Noticed; helpful marketing/publicity advice for churches. |
| www.retreats.org.uk | An information resource for those involved in retreat work |
| www.saintnicks.com | Facilitating the exchange of homes among Anglican/Episcopal clergy for vacation purposes. |
| www.uspg.org.uk | Anglicans in World Mission works in direct partnership with Anglican Churches in over 50 countries, enabling them to reach out to poor and marginalised communities in practical and life-changing ways. |
| ecocongregation.org | Support and resources to get cracking with environmental issues in your church |
| www.resource-arm.net | Books, leaflets and other resources |
| anglicanshop.com | Specialist retailer aimed at providing all Anglican resources |
| www.chpublishing.co.uk | Church House Publishing - books, leaflets and other resources |
| www.rootsontheweb.com | Ecumenical teaching resource |
| www.cuf.org.uk | The Church Urban Fund is a not-for-profit organisation supporting social action in the poorest parts of England; it offers many grants and funding programmes. |
| www.worshipfilms.com | Films and media resources |
| www.nooma.com | Nooma - accessible films and resources |
| Groups | |
| www.bellsgandb.org.uk | Bell Ringing in Gloucester and Bristol Dioceses |
| www.mu-bristol.co.uk | Mothers Union in the Bristol area |
| www.bristolcursillo.co.uk | Cursillo gives you ways to grow in your Christian faith – for example through short courses and retreats, and by being part of one of a number of small groups that meet regularly. |
| www.workandspirit.com | The ‘Work and Spirit’ programme is designed to reflect upon current work-place and organisational life relating insights available from biblical wisdom and spirituality. |
| Word/thought |
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| GreaceCreates | Excellent thought-for-the-day style blog. |
| www.christianity.org.uk | Christian Enquiry Agency - information about Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. |
| anglicancommunion.org | Anglican Communion prayer diary |
| www.wordlive.org | Multimedia word-for-the-day and courses initiative by Scripture Union. |
| News
/ Media |
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| www.bbc.co.uk/faith | BBC's local faith news pages |
| www.rejesus.co.uk | All about Jesus |
| www.ship-of-fools.com | 'Magazine of Christian Unrest' |
| www.christiantoday.co.uk | International Christian News |
| Free software | |
| OpenOffice |
Don't buy Word, Excel or Powerpoint ever again! |
| Artweaver | Excellent free alternative to Adobe Photoshop |
| PDFCreator | Build PDFs for free |
| NVDA | Free screenreader for the blind |
| Web software / tools | |
| Nvu |
Excellent website editor similar to Dreamweaver |
| Filezilla |
All you need in an FTP client |
| Blogger |
Start blogging for free! |
| Wordpress |
A Fantastic Website/Blog/CMS |
| Joomla |
Website/CMS |
| OSWD |
Free website templates (XHTML & CSS) |
| Google Analytics | Excellent statistical analysis of websites |
| Firefox | A proper Web Browser |
| Security software | |
| Avast |
Comprehensive virus scanner |
| Avira |
Another comprehensive virus scanner! |
| Zonealarm |
Get a decent firewall and forget the rest |
| Spybot | Clear spyware off your system |
| Fonts | |
| Fontfreak | The ultimate listing of free fonts |
| SimplyTheBest | Huge archive of free and commercial fonts |
| Stock imagery | |
| YotoPhoto | Great search tool for free photography |
| Flickr | Excellent source of Creative Commons licensed photos |
| iStock | Professional stock photos from around 50p |
| TinyPic | Store & reference pictures online for free |