Transforming Lives Toolkit
The Toolkit is designed for use by churches and Christian organisations. It explores the vocation of teaching and offers many ideas and resources for use in services, with small groups, in youth meetings and with students.
It is available as a complete and self-contained DVD from the Stapleford Centre's online shop, but you can access most of the resources from the links below.
Toolkit resources online
Programmes for small groups
Outlines for three sessions that follow the themes of Transforming Lives - exploring vocation, faith transforming work and living as a Christian in a multicultural society.
Ideas for church services
A range of materials for you to adapt to use in your church:
- Sermon outlines - overview
- All-age talk on the theme of vocation, using the story of Nehemiah.
- Vocation - a two-sermon series using the story of Nehemiah. The first sermon explores the nature of vocation; the second, how you can discover your vocation.
- Letting faith transform our work - a sermon on living God’s story, letting our faith transform every part of our lives including our work, using the story of David and Bathsheba.
- Living for Christ in a non-Christian culture - notes for a sermon using the story of Daniel.
- Suggested Bible passages which could be used as a basis for a further sermon.
- Service outlines
- All-age activities
- Liturgy
- Prayers
- Drama sketches
- Ideas for using DVD clips
- Song suggestions
DVD clips
- Watch all the DVD clips on the Transforming Lives YouTube Channel. There are three main clips (suitable for projection if needed) as well as a collection of short supplementary clips where those interviewed have the chance to develop a theme in a little more detail.
- Description of all the DVD clips
Quiz
PowerPoint presentations
- Cartoons about teaching that can be inserted into presentations for sermons, church services, an education evening or small groups (Please note that permission is granted for the use of these images in creating your own presentations to support the material in this Toolkit only, but not for other purposes.)
- 10 ideas for getting involved in education to inspire people with what they can do