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Teachers, Pastors, & Parent compiled by Neil MacQueen Regularly Updated |
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These links are provided as a service. Sunday Software does not endorse everything you will find on these sites (of course), including some of the theology. Having said that, I've never been afraid to fish in another pond when it comes to looking for good ideas. Not all the material on these sites represents our ministry's point of view. These links are here because
I like them, NOT because someone has paid to put them here or
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Neil's Christian Education Links and Resources
Workshop Rotation Model:
Bible Movie Poster Place: The only place on the web devoted to just Bible movie posters. Great for classroom decor. A family project. Biblelandposters.com --limited edition posters featuring spectacular photographs of Biblical landscapes. Click Here for the BEST ANIMATED BIBLE VIDEOS I've ever seen or used. Descriptive listing and order form. When I need an animated Bible videos, these are the ones I use. Nest Animated Bible Videos, Visual Bible Matthew video, etc.
Over
1000 Names for Youth Groups can be found at
YouthPastor.com's website.
http://www.youthpastor.com/names/ Some of
them are pretty crazy.
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Free Bible Activity Worksheets with puzzles, story elements and
graphics. A teacher's
free collection of online printable handouts. Really a treasure
trove of usable stuff. Over 200 Free Bible Activity Worksheets with puzzles, color pages. From Calvary Chapel Organization's Children's
Ministry Website. Mostly activity sheets. Check out their training
materials also at the site. While the sound files don't work,
the PDF documents are interesting.
(Note: I've looked at many of the worksheets presented
at these sites and found most to be quite ecumenical. Some material
may not be. All in all, however, a real treasure trove.
<><Neil ) Free Bible stories with "key concepts" retold in kid-friendly language. This page has numerous links to free Bible stories resources, including lessons from The Virtual Church. An amazing collection of quality free lesson materials, especially helpful to teachers who need to retell the story and need help coming up with the key ideas and questions. Free Bible Study Sunday School Lessons for Youth (lots of them) --theologically speaking you may not always agree with these lessons, but they have some good content and activities. Free Scripts for Worship/Drama/Skits/Puppets ..a whole bunch of them at http://www.dramamission.com/ DickBlick Online Art Supply --one of the richest, best designed Art Supply web pages on the Internet.
ONLINE Clip Art and Bible Artwork, Maps, Church Humor: Cool Clips Christian Artwork --lots of free samples. Nice stuff. Reverend Fun... clever, color cartoons, extensive collection, free to use in local church. Christian ClipArt from ChristArt... free color clipart, Bibles, Biblical, icons, suitable for color work and webpages. Bible Verse Digital Artwork --a very interesting gallery of tasteful original digital artwork with verses. You can also send them as postcards to friends from the site, or save to use in your screensaver. Cool looking stuff. Christian Clip ART at Barry's Clip Art Server: Links to an excellent free and commercial Christian clip art sites. Christian Click Art CDs. Powerpoint Bible Class Presentation Resources --E Bible Teacher's free graphics, articles and equipment reviews, 4sale lesson modules for those using Powerpoint or other similar presentation software in their classrooms. Free email newsletter. A particularly good site for adult ed, teachers and pastors. Maintained by a teacher/techie. Church of the Covered Dish --funny panel cartoons for church publications/newsletters. Some of them free and you can put them in your website for free (and they update automatically). Links to other religious cartoon sites. CHURCH Website & Technology Magazines, Articles, Tools, Software
Church Web Advisor Newsletter
-- this magazine/newsletter and website is an awesome tool. A must-read
for any church maintaining a website. Good advice, how-to, free stuff.
Hack Your Church Website ~ articles on improving your church website by Neil. Part of his www.sundayresources.net/neil blog. Christian Computing Magazine... a free monthly e-zine with good articles about technology in the church, Christian software, Bible software, accounting and membership software, etc.
ChurchMarketingSucks.com
--get past the title and you'll find a treasure-trove of excellent
advice, and humorous bad examples of websites and how the church does
promotion poorly (and well).
Link to My Article about how to build a good church website. Building your church's website a site full of tools, graphics and ideas. Examples of Good and Bad church websites. E-ZEKIEL.com -Church Website Design, Service/Host the best site and set of tools/templates for building a church website I've ever seen for those without much time or skill. Ministry Software -to help keep track of
member needs, contacts, attendance. Youth Ministry software, Small Group
Software. (not full-membership tracking software)
AVG FREE Antivirus --almost as good as Norton, and has a free version for personal use. Do you have programs running "in the background" that you don't need and are sucking RAM? (or worse, are spyware) The following website maintains a list of programs that can Start-up when you boot up Windows. They appear on Windows Tasklist and tells you what they do (or that you should remove them) http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm. Very handy to bookmark. Some programs on your tasklist are absolutely necessary. Others are superfluous and are just eating ram. I check my TaskList about once a week. Start|Run, then type "Msconfig" and click the Startup Tab. Spy-Bot Search and Destroy ...a totally free program that nukes "spyware," "spy-ads," and "tracking cookies" that get planted in your Internet browser. A widely acclaimed and easy to use utility. I use it every week.
Smart Computing --This is my absolute favorite magazine about computers,
hardware & software. Windows centered.
Every issue is very helpful. Great for novice and expert computer
users and Web surfers. "In Plain English" is their
motto.
Children's Software Revue: An excellent secular site and magazine for those who want objective reviews and great secular software recommendations. Other Ministry Links & Resources SundayResources.net --my blog site, with articles on Church Staff issues, Recommended Books, "Green Jesus" (church eco & energy issues), church change, and other musings. Christianbook.com ...good prices on lots of books, videos and other church related resources. "Sign Sermons" ....browse nearly 1000 "sayings" for church signs. There are some really funny ones ~and some quite good ones too. My personal favorite: "Trouble sleeping? Try our sermons" Presbyterian Church USA: Link to my denomination's page. Online Ministry Assessment Tool -A test you can take on line for measuring various ministries (youth, worship, pastoral care) in your congregation. Developed by the ELCA. Very interesting. Sermon Illustrations & Children's Sermons --Stories, object lessons and more. A big site with lots of material. Sermon Central --another packed site, created by a pastor. Worship Resource Links --the most comprehensive and wide ranging website on Worship Resources I've seen. The Cyber Hymnal --2600 hymns from many traditions you can search, read and LISTEN to in midi file format. A great hymn picking resource for the pastor who can't read music. Green Jesus ~ eco-friendly tips for your church. (Part of Neil's www.sundayresources.net blog) Faith Forums --online message board based community of various kinds of Christians and non-Christians sharing their stories, debating issues. Surprisingly ecumenical, usually polite, sometimes provocative, and frequently of a personal sharing nature. Very interesting -particularly those sharing their life stories of how they came to be a Christian. NET Results New Ideas for Vital Church....a very interesting magazine from Tom Bandy and Bill Easum. Forward thinking! Barna Research --interesting and sometimes eye-opening survey into American religious practices and beliefs. Get the latest info from the Pew Internet & American Life Project www.pewinternet.org Church Accounting and Membership Software --A list compiled by Neil Bible Software in Spanish: Software Links to Spanish Titles: Interactive Parables CD in Spanish http://interactiveparables.com/. Living Gospel in Spanish (interactive story) www.tercium.com. |
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Search Engines and Christian Links: Crosswalk
ONLINE Bible Study Tool
--great for looking up a verse and printing whole sections of
scripture -or cutting and pasting into a wordprocessing document.
A free service available in various translations. Nicely done
and quick. I use this all the time. Google --The best search engine. Metacrawler: Search several search engines at one time. Yahooligans: A secular kid's site and search engine, filtered for appropriate content. |
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Other Misc. Interesting Links from Neil
Hollywood Jesus.com --terrific reviews of feature flicks with discussion & commentary about the theology/spiritual images/ideas found in many of today's most popular movies. Quick Online Dictionary for Definitions, Rhymes, Synonyms, etc. Great for writers and song writing. http://www.rhymezone.com/ Informative, Weird, Wacky Fullscreen Panoramas of Locations Around the World ...Quite wonderful. Make sure you have a fast computer, fast web connection, and plenty of videoram. Landover Baptist Church --A lampoon of a mega-church and the political/commercial nature of American Christianity. Often funny, sometimes of questionable taste, but always provocative. This site features intense poking fun at The Church and ultra-conservatives. For mature audiences. Do not go here without a sturdy sense of humor or desire to understand how Christian churches can seem absurd to non-Christians. The Moon Landing was not a hoax --the website that refutes those who think the landing was a hoax. Cheeky, and a good example of how some people will believe what they want to believe, and yet their strange beliefs can be easily refuted. James Randi Foundation --the rather famous ex-magician who goes around debunking paranormal (esp) claims. SundayResources.net ~ Neil's blog about CE Resources, ideas, church rants, church websites, and church transformation |
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www.SundayResources.NET ~Neil's Ministry Blog ~ Articles about improving the church, church staff issues, new ideas, "Green Jesus" (church and energy issues), books I recommend, and other good stuff. |
just because they are especially worth a look.
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