A hundred years ago the London Missionary Society said goodbye to its missionaries with the almost certain knowledge it would not see their faces again for decades.

But today’s technology means Sydney’s CMS supporters can now look forward to seeing the work of their evangelists any day of the week.

CMS has begun uploading its growing collection of mission videos to the new Google Video site to enable anyone, anywhere to view the videos freely and easily.

"We have a huge library of great mission videos that we wish to share with anyone interested in world mission", says David Maegraith, communications officer for CMS-NSW.

"Google Video provides the means to stream our videos, to share them with the world."

According to Mr Maegraith, a broadband connection is all you need to peep into the world of the society’s frontline workers.

"If visitors to the site like what they see, they can order the videos on DVD from us to show at church or in home groups."

CMS also has an eye on the way Sydney churches are now making media-rich content part of their every day services.

"Streaming video also offers a fantastic way to liven up the typical church mission spot", explains Mr Maegraith.

"If churches have a laptop, projector and wireless broadband connection (which is available to most areas of metro Sydney) they can connect to our website during the service and stream the videos to the congregation."

"We have many more link churches than we have missionaries to go around, so we would love churches to get proactive and just go ahead and download the videos; sort of a do-it-yourself mission presentation!"

Links to the CMS videos can be found on the Summer School website.

The society believes the service has the potential to draw supporters closer to missionaries as they see with their own eyes the struggles they undertake for the gospel.

"We invite all Sydney Anglicans to try out the videos and tell us what they think", says Mr Maegraith.

"If the feedback is positive we'll upload more from our library, and the latest ones as they are produced."

Supporters who feel daunted by the technology but want to participate are encouraged to email David Maegraith for technical support.

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