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

• How to use this Toolkit
• 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.
  • Bible study groups
  • Discussion groups
  • Student groups
  • Youth groups
• 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:
  • There are three main clips available from this page. Clips suitable for projection are also available from the DVD.
  • There is also 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 Is teaching for me?
• 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
• Other supporting material
  • Drama sketches
  • An evening on education
  • Supporting Christian involvement in schools
  • Thinking about vocation: the background
  • Recommended resources
• Feedback (resources evaluation)