Resources

The Diocesan Resource Centre

The Resource Centre is located at Holywell Lodge, St Albans and provides resources for schools, youth work, voluntary children’s work in churches, general parish stationery and a wide range of Christian books.  There are also items for loan - books, posters, videos, slides and cassettes, and religious artefacts.  The education resources are available to Anglican church schools, Catholic schools, community schools and independent schools alike.  Items for purchase encompass books, videos, cards and parish stationery such as baptism registers, banns books, etc.

Resource Centre opening hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm, Monday to Friday....more

Contact details: Ron Upton 01727 818158

The second centre is at St Mark's Church Community Centre, Calder Rise, Bedford, MK41 7UY Tel: 01234 342613 website: http://www.beds-re-resources.org.uk/ The Resources Secretary is Eileen Shaw eshaw@stalbans.anglican.org Tel 01727 818178

Resources

The Diocese of St Albans is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

For parish magazine editors

A dedicated web page has been designed with news articles, information and resources...more

You can find other resources on world development here, the environment here, ecumenism here, Europe here and community care here Don't forget also that the Vision for Action pages have resources for each of the five aims.

Diocesan Guidelines and Forms

For PCC Secretaries:

Church Electoral Roll Certificate 2008 (pdf).

Church Electoral Roll Certificate 2008 (Word).

For Church Wardens:

No Smoking advice - leaflet (Word) and artwork (PDF)

2007 Statistics for Mission notes

2007 Statistics for Mission (PDF)

2007 Statistics for Mission (Word)

to be completed and returned by end of January 2008 to lgriffiths@stalbans.anglican.org

For Treasurers:

• Banker's Order Form (pdf)
• Direct Debit Form (pdf)
• ACAT Presentation - Nov 2006 - Receipts and Payments Accounting under SORP 2005
• Charities Act 2006. A number of provisions in the new Act affecting PCCs will be implemented in phases over the next 18 months or so. The National Stewardship Office has issued the following guidance as to the expected timetable...more (PDF)
• January 2007 Newsletter from the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers...more (Word)

Other forms and guidelines:

• Mission Support Fund application form
• Race equality policy
• Guidleines on the Licensing Act 2003
• Obtaining Clearance Under the Child Protection Measure - Revised December 2006 - how to go about getting a CRB form and what happens once a disclosure has been received.
• Child Protection - Guidelines for recruitment in relation to child protection (PDF)
• Child protection - Confidential Declaration to be completed at the same time as CRB form (PDF)
• Child protection - November 2006 letter about safe recruitment and CRB renewals (suspension of) (PDF)
• CRB references - pro forma letter to referees
• Confirmation guidelines  
• Diocesan Guidelines for Reader Ministry                                        
• Wedding planning resource
• General synod elections - briefing paper
• Verulam House Trust Fund - application form 

Courses

Details of courses can be found on the Vocations page here and the Ministry Development pages here . In addition the ecumenical Eastern Region Training Partnership website has details of courses in a wider geographocal area here

• Exploring Prayer Day, 12 May 2007 (PDF)
• God's Story in Action - a course for groups

Presentations

• ACAT Presentation - Nov 2006 - Receipts and Payments Accounting under SORP 2005
• Charities Act Update, July 2007 (Power Point)
• Budget for 2008 (PowerPoint)
• Presidential Address to Diocesan Synod, October 2005
• Mission Shaped Church - presentation by the Bishop of Bedford
• Stewardship presentation to Diocesan Synod (7.86MB. Right click to download)
• Technology in Worship presentation (7MB - right click to download)

Sermons and prayers

• The Queen at 80
• Bishop of St Albans' sermon from Maundy Thursday 2006
• Bishop of St Albans' sermon from Maundy Thursday 2005

Reports

• The Luton Review 2004

Dates

• Fixed dates for 2006                                           

Diocesan links

• Parishes in the diocese
• Italian Parishes Link
• Diocesan readers' web site
• Mothers' Union in St Albans diocese
• St Albans Diocesan Renewal Group 

Other church links

• Church of England
• The Eastern Region Training Partnership
• The Methodist Church - London North West District 
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton  
• The United Reformed Church
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster 
• The Baptist Union    
• Churches Together in England  
• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
• The Methodist Church 
• Ecumenical Church Links  
• The Salvation Army
• Link to websites of other dioceses

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Other links

• Alpha Course
• Arthur Rank Centre 
• Beds & Herts Churches Media Trust 
• Bible Reading Fellowship  
• Bible Society 
• Care
• Care for the Family 
• Christian Aid
• Christian Enquiry Agency 
• Church Army 
• Church House Publishing
• Church of England Gazette
• Church Mission Society
• Church Pastoral Aid Society
• Church Tourism Association  
• Church Urban Fund 
• Culham Institute 
• East of England Development Agency
• East of England Tourist Board
• Ecclesiastical Insurance
• English Heritage 
• Emmaus - The Way of Faith  
• Evangelical Alliance
• Greenbelt 
• Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary 
• Hertford County Association of Change-Ringers  
• High Leigh Christian Conference Centre 
• Inland Revenue - advice for charities 
• London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
• Mothers' Union national site 
• New Wine Ministries
• Prayer Book Society
• Scripture Union 
• Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 
• Soul Survivor
• Spring Harvest 
• Tearfund 
• The Revd M Carter. Hospital chaplaincy and personal pages  
• The Anglican Domain  
• The Children's Society 
• The St Albans Psalter  - now on the web
• United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel

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Colleges

• All Nations Christian College
• Eastern Region Ministry Course  
• London Bible College 
• Oak Hill College  
• St George's College, Jerusalem

Media

• Anglia TV 
• BBC Three Counties Radio 
• BBC TV - East 
• Church of England Newspaper 
• Christian Herald 
• Church Times
• Premier Christian Radio 
• The Tablet 

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