|
Teachers, Pastors, & Parent compiled by Neil MacQueen |
|
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
offered reciprocal linking. I've marked a few |
|
Neil's
Christian Education Links and Resources
Workshop Rotation Model:
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.
66 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. 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. DickBlick Online Art Supply --one of the richest, best designed Art Supply web pages on the Internet. I found these neat Online Bible References/Picture collections Biblical Costumes Nazareth Village Project Roman costumes Bible clothing & Housing Bible Coins Bible Clothing Bible Houses and Tents Bible Housing Bible Trees Bible Plants Birds of the Bible 1 Birds of the Bible 2 Bible Animals Animal photos Bible Transportation Biblical meals Bible Cooking Bible Boats Women in the Bible Bible History Bible Architecture Vessels of the Bible
ONLINE Clip Art and Bible Artwork, Maps, Church Humor: 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 Tech Tips for Churches and Church Staff ...part of Neil's Sundayresources.net blog. Building a Church Website in Wordpress. How to add a free email newsletter to your website. 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. How to add an email newsletter to your site. How to build your church site using Wordpress. 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. Listing of Software for Homeschool Ministry Software -to help keep track of member needs, contacts, attendance. Youth Ministry software, Small Group Software. (not full-membership tracking software). http://www.youthtrack.com/content/products | http://www.youthassistant.com/ | http://www.childrensassistant.com Links to church accounting 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.
Smart Computing --A good magazine about computers,
hardware & software for everyone, but especially for non-techies. 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 Tools and Test -Tests 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.
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. |
||
|
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 biting lampoon of a mega-church and the political/commercial nature of American Christianity. Often funny and of questionable taste, but always provocative. 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. SundayResources.net ~ Neil's blog about CE Resources, ideas, church rants, church websites, and church transformation. Tech Tips for Church Staff. Ideas for changing your church. Bible Story Software ... our sister site Bible Games Software ...another sister site |
www.christian-software.blogspot.com
Bible Story Software for children and youth www.biblestorysoftware.com
www.biblegamessoftware.com Bible Games Software for children and youth
just because they are especially worth a look.
Please 
