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Welcome is how you want them to feel

How many newcomers or visitors come to your church in a given year? If you have any above zero then what I am about to say is of vital importance to you. Because it is not the number of newcomers or visitors that is the important figure, it is the number who come back or with whom we keep in contact.

Archbishop’s new media man

Russell Powell is celebrating 30 years in the media this year with the decision to bring that experience full time to the mission of Sydney Anglicans.

By Hook or by Crook

Heres your experiment. You travel towards a new planet knowing that, of the two races, one is friendly towards humans and the other very angry. Which is the friendly one, the Lamonians or the Gataks?

Synod split on funding

The funding strategy for Sydneys Connect 09 campaign has divided Sydneys Synod, with an alternative means-based charging system narrowly defeated at Wednesday nights session.

Asbestos risk cleaned up

After hearing that a pilot study of six church sites found that four had loose asbestos, Synod yesterday voted unanimously to pass a new law which will help clean up the risk.

The cost of connecting

Sydney Anglican parishes are set to pay "the price of a movie and a Big Mac" every week for the next three years to fund the resources for Connect 09, Synod heard last night.

Welcoming five new parishes

The Sydney Diocese reclassified three churches to parish status at Synod yesterday and there are still two more to come.

Presenting the Mission

The Mission presentation at Synod last night has given Sydney Diocese the first glimpses of the new Diocesan strategy, Connect 09.

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