Wonderful national newspaper coverage for Christian project

By Marie@Musicademy | January 14, 2013

  You may remember an article we wrote 18 months ago True worship – and its nothing to do with music. We are still involved with this wonderful project which houses destitute women (asylum seekers on appeal who have no government benefits). Back then we were helping fundraise for a home for women and babies.  […]

7 practical ways to prepare for spontaneity in worship

By Sam Hargreaves | January 9, 2013

  In this second half of our two-part article (Part 1 looked at ‘What and Why’), we’ll be looking at the practicalities of ‘preparing spontaneity’.  I know it sounds funny, but if we want to experience moments of spontaneity in our church worship, then we need to plan and prepare for it!  Think about it […]

The Alpha Course’s Nicky Gumbel on BBC’s The One Show

By admin | December 19, 2012

Nicky Gumbel is Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, the largest Anglican Church in Britain and the pioneer of the Alpha Course. Here he is interviewed on the BBC’s The One Show about his faith and the Alpha Course alongside comedian Johnny Vegas who describes how he has returned to faith himself.

Does Xmas really mean excluding Christ from Christmas?

By Marie@Musicademy | December 15, 2012

I got sent the image above on Facebook this week and my immediate thought was “Musicademy customers are going to love this image”. But rather than simply paste the image up for you to share, I wanted to also address that old hot potato about the origins of the “Xmas” word. Firstly, we need to […]

Free worship resource – Advent Meditation

By admin | November 22, 2012

Here is a beautiful Advent Meditation that you are welcome to use in your worship communities in the run up to Christmas. The meditation is on a Powerpoint presentation with a haunting Celtic soundtrack. Simply click on the image above to download. Then open the file, press the “slideshow” button in the bottom right hand […]

Preparing spontaneity in worship – part 1

By Sam Hargreaves | October 27, 2012

I think a lot of us would like more moments of spontaneity in our worship.  Moments when we go with the sense of what the Spirit is doing in the room, or respond to issues in the congregation, or allow the flow of the music and words to lead us into unexpected places.  But it […]