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April 2020
[WELLINGTON] Raising Children in a Digital Age: A Seminar and Conversation with Dr Bex Lewis
Dr Bex Lewis is a leading and sought-after expert in understanding digital and church cultures. Author of Raising Children in a Digital Age, Dr Lewis is in New Zealand on a writing scholarship at Vaughan Park. We are privileged to present this rare opportunity to attend and dialogue with her in one of her few presentations here in NZ. Twitter, Facebook, Tik Tok, blogging, email, the internet and beyond. Whether you are a church leader, children’s ministry practitioner, or someone trying…
Find out more »[WELLINGTON] Digital Literacy to Enable Positive Effects of Social Media for Higher Education
Centre for Academic Development This session will focus upon the positive opportunities available to academics within Higher Education roles through social media, drawing upon over twenty years as a practitioner using digital tools in both research and learning and teaching. How do you build your research profile online, and engage genuinely and usefully with others to move forward the research agenda without getting overwhelmed? How do you use digital and social media as part of your learning and teaching practice…
Find out more »[CHRISTCHURCH] Engaging Faithfully with Social Media
Awaiting more details/confirmation of panel make-up, and whether 4th or 6th April Panel and Q&A with Stephen Garner and Eunice Price My Session: Social media has become a part of everyday life, including the faith lives of many. It is a space that assumes an observing gaze, and we question what it is about social and digital culture that shapes expectations of what users can or want to do in online spaces. A disciple is one who seeks to learn and live the teachings…
Find out more »May 2020
[MELBOURNE] Raising Children in a Digital Age
Twitter, Facebook, Tik Tok, blogging, email, the internet and beyond. Whether you are a church leader, children’s ministry practitioner, or someone trying to resource your church in this area, you may feel the responsibility for helping keep children safe online but also want to know how they and you can use it to its full advantage. Technology changes, but it is now a part of our everyday lives. This evening will help enable parents, teachers and youth workers to give…
Find out more »[MELBOURNE] Discipleship in a Digital Age
A disciple is one who seeks to learn and live the teachings of Jesus Christ in all aspects of life. Drawing upon Romans 12:1-2, which in The Message translation calls for us to ‘take your everyday, ordinary life’, we reflect upon how we ‘do’ discipleship in ‘a digital age’. We consider how the medium impacts the message, and vice versa, including how it has offered space to journey together, to share our stories, and to encourage one another.
Find out more »August 2020
[CHAT] with @AndrewGraystone: Faith, Hope and Mischief – An evening with(out) Andrew Graystone
Andrew is the person whose image went viral when, after the mass shooting in the Christchurch mosque, he stood outside the mosque in his Manchester neighbourhood with a cardboard sign saying "I will keep watch while you pray.” Andrew has a gift for telling funny, prophetic and powerful stories about living in faith and hope. His stories encourage readers to take risks, make holy mischief, poke fun at the over-mighty, and believe that despite evidence to the contrary, the…
Find out more »October 2020
[WEBINAR] Digital Church Webinar: Online Church as Real Community
Online church is sometimes criticised for its lack of social presence – as being second-best to physical church as a way of gathering together. In this webinar, we hear from three theologians with different views on social presence and church community. Prof Deanna Thompson Dr Bex Lewis (me!) Kay Morgan-Gurr and Pastor V Teejay from Pretoria.
Find out more »November 2020
Premier Digital Conference 2020
This is a critical time for the church. To be accessible and relevant in the ‘new normal’ churches must learn to seamlessly bridge both physical meetings and online participation. It is vital that we make a success of this new ‘hybrid’ approach to church life. For 14 years, the Premier Digital Awards and Conference has been leading the way in equipping the Christian community for online ministry. This year, make sure you don’t miss out, and gain: New ideas that you can use in…
Find out more »[ONLINE] Digital Church Seminar
I have been invited, by the Diocese of Leicester, to join a panel alongside Rev Pam Smith, and Rev Dr Pete Phillips, to discuss Hybrid Church. It's not open to others outside the diocese.
Find out more »January 2021
ONLINE: Digital Ministry
Contributing to a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) course for Dallas Theological Seminary, looking at the UK experience of digital church.
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