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2001 census information. This is now easily available in a very user friendly site which breaks the information down by Wards. You can isolate information for your parish very easily from this website.

Acorn Christian Healing Foundation is committed to sharing the care and healing presence of Christ with all. We offer a spectrum of services to church and society, groups and individuals, and exist to demonstrate that Christian healing is a sound companion to modern medicine.

A Church Near You Find churches near you by postcode or place.

Actualreality is a "music driven interactive search for Biblical truth". The site contains information on the ActualReality CD which contains music and multimedia information about Christianity. The site also contains multimedia guides to various aspects of Christianity including The Bible, Prayer, Sin and Forgiveness and Evangelism.

Alban Institute is an independent, non profit organization which engages in research on congregational faith and life at the local level across denominational lines. We share what we learn through our books and periodicals, education workshops, and consulting and training services.

Anglican Church Planting Initiatives  ACPI exists to “Serve tomorrow’s churches today” by encouraging and assisting the planting of healthy, missionary-minded churches. This includes all sorts of emerging church, alternative worship communities and fresh expressions of church.

Anglican Cycle of Prayer Online Praying together for individuals and places around the world.

Anglican Institute for School Leadership makes theological education accessible to teachers and school leaders so they can offer spiritual leadership in their schools.

Association of Christian Counsellors The National organisation for Christian Counselling and Pastoral Care.

Bellringers at St Nicolas This website is dedicated to the tower and its bellringers, who are always ready to welcome visitors and newcomers. We are currently looking to recruit new members, so please take a look around and if you'd like to know more feel free to contact us.

Bible Lands BibleLands supports partner organisations who provide healthcare for some of the Middle East’s poorest people. They support schools and vocational training centres that allow children and young people from disadvantaged families to gain a good education and they support partners who work with whole communities in the Middle East, improving living conditions.

Bibliocards offer sets of Christian-themed collectors cards which can be used to play games as well as for collecting and swapping. A good idea for Sunday School prizes?

Bishop of Guildford's Foundation The Foundation aims to support projects and people involved in responding to local need and building stronger communities.

Chichester Diocese

Christian Aid Latest news from Christian Aid.

Christianbits An online shop for the latest Christian books, CDs, videos, DVDs, Bibles and software, delivered to anywhere in the world, with secure payment by credit card.

Christian Broadcasting Council  is a Christian organisation which encourages the proclamation of the gospel through the electronic media.

Christian Child Protection Advisory Service is an interdenominational organisation providing information on child protection issues.

Christians on the Internet runs several popular discussion lists amongst other things.

Christian Family Network offers lots of useful resources, news items and articles for Christians.

ChristianSat How to get free Christian TV & Radio across the UK.

Church Army We are about communicating the unchanging message of an unchanging God to a fast-changing culture.

Churchcare The Archbishops’ Council and Ecclesiastical Insurance have an excellent website for churchwardens.

Church Housing Trust is a charity dedicated to the rehabilitation and resettlement of homeless people of all ages and backgrounds.

Churches Media Council The Churches’ Advisory Council for Local Broadcasting.

Church Mission Society CMS is a mission agency working in partnership with churches in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Church of England official website.

Church of England Youth Council is a national body of young people that meets together to discuss and take action on a range of issues that affect young members of the Church of England.

Churches Together in Surrey

Church Tourism Association An organisation for those engaged in enhancing the experience of visitors (as tourists) to church buildings in the United Kingdom.

Contemporary Creed  (Revised Edition): Reasonable pathways through the problems of Christian beliefs and ethics. "We need books to bridge the gap between belief and unbelief, between the Church and the enquirer who cannot find the entrance and between the pulpit and the pew. This book does it." The Archbishop of York Sentamu Ebor.

Cornerstone Vision A Christian run marketing company based in the Plymouth area and also in the Stoke on Trent Staffs area working with church and Christian organisations.

CPO supplier of church resources and outreach materials.

CWR Waverley Abbey House provide training events and seminars (Pastoral Care/Counselling, Marriage Preparation, Myers-Briggs, Bible Teaching, Church Leaders, Womens' Events etc) and publications for all ages.

Deo Gloria Trust The Trust is an evangelical foundation, affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance, and adhering to its basis of faith. They aim to provide resources for any organisation or church in the UK, whatever its denomination, which shares their desire to glorify Christ.

Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers

Emmaus: The Way of Faith is a resource designed to help churches welcome people into the Christian faith and the life of the Church. It is rooted in an understanding of evangelism, nurture and discipleship that is modelled on the example of Jesus, as portrayed in the story of the Emmaus Road.

Encounters on the Edge  is a series of quarterly investigations, looking at emerging forms of Anglican churches, crossing the widening gap to the non-churched.

Exodus Books & Gifts Exodus Books & Gifts is a long established Christian bookshop with retail outlets in Bury, Lancashire, and the Champness Hall Family Centre in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.

Evry diocesan website.

Forward in Faith (Guildford)

Foundations21 A web based nurture course that offers a unique blend of multi-media internet-based learning with 4 different pathways through the material, the opportunity for small group meetings and one on one discipleship mentoring with daily deliveries of updates, refreshers, inspiration and challenges.

Grove Books  At Grove Books, we aim to stimulate and equip Christian community by providing clear and concise explorations of Christian living and ministry. We are evangelical and Anglican, and seek to engage with, learn from and speak to others.

Guildford Area Committee of the Royal School of Church Music

Guildford Cathedral is the only cathedral to be built on a new site in southern England since the Reformation. It struggled into being through the depression of the 1930s, the Second World War and the austerity of the 1950s before finally being consecrated in 1961.

Guildford Street Angels aim to care for people in our town centre through outreach work with volunteers who give of their time to care for, help and listen to anyone who is in need regardless of their circumstances.

Guildford YMCA Our main Y Centre in Bridge Street was built in 1989 and serves as a hostel, a restaurant, and a nerve centre for our work. Here we can also offer conference facilities with access to modern technology.

Holy Trinity Amenity Group is your local neighbourhood association, formed in 1971 to look after the interests of residents of the ward of Holy Trinity in central Guildford, Surrey.

i-church Christian and a web user looking for a virtual Christian community?  Why not try i-church?.

John Truscott gives access to his articles and training notes and they are freely available. Also provided are his new Church Health Review, and excerpts from his Christian Effectiveness Model designed for Christian mission agencies.

Just Walk Across the Room This dynamic 4 week campaign will inspire your congregation to walk out of their circles of comfort.

Keynote Trust Keynote Trust aims "to offer practical help and support to musicians, congregations and clergy in the area of Christian worship and music". Their site has a number of sections including resources and details of the help Keynote Trust offer.

Labarum Collection is a collection of ready to print Common Worship Cards and Booklets from the Royal Army Chaplains Department. The site also includes articles and links.

Labarum Collection To download "Ready to print" Common Worship Services

Lasting Post has four parts. Planning Ahead helps you make personal arrangements for use after your death. The When Death Occurs section assists you and your family after the death of a loved one. Announcements enables you to post a notice of death and Everlasting Post is where tributes and enduring memorials can be created.

Liturgical Calendar

London Institute for Contemporary Christianity If you want to make a difference in the world, then LICC is here to help you. We work to equip Christians to engage biblically and relevantly with the issues they face, including Work, Capitalism, Youth Culture, Media and Communication - helping you to make a difference, where you are.

Mother's Union in Guildford  is committed to furthering the work of the Mothers' Union both locally and by helping fund the national and worldwide MU projects.

Mothers' Union is an international Christian charity that seeks to support families worldwide.

National Readers' Website is dedicated to serving the fast growing lay ministry of Readers in the Church of England.

Online Bible College is an "online Bible study program, using a dynamic, street-practical approach to ministry training, all from the convenience of your own home.

Oremus, originally - and still - a place where you can get a daily office used by Christians round the world, but also now a resource site for liturgy etc.

Paul Hobbs Punctuated with both humour and pathos, Paul Hobbs' work engages a wide range of materials to wrestle with questions of human value, dignity and faith.

Portsmouth Diocese

Prayer Book Society The Prayer Book Society seeks to defend and uphold that doctrine and to promote the worship enshrined in the Book of Common Prayer.

rejesus.co.uk This site offers a place to explore the story of Jesus, pray, discuss, be entertained and discover how Jesus is understood, followed, interpreted and worshipped.  rejesus.co.uk encourages visitors to take a fresh look at Jesus and to make a step or two of faith.

ReSource is a ministry with an Anglican  distinctive seeking to serve the church by teaching, training, and encouraging people to renew their lives and their church through the power of the Holy Spirit, so that God's message of life-changing love reaches out to others.

Roots comprises of two bi-monthly magazines and a website to resource Sunday worship based on the Common Lectionary and supported by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and written by members of different denominations.

SAAVS - Surrey Appropriate Adult Volunteer Scheme - information about the Scheme, how to become a volunteer, who the scheme is for and useful contact addresses.

Sarum St Michael Educational Charity - This Charity gives educational grants to individuals living or studying within the Diocese of Salisbury and adjacent dioceses. Grants are given to a wide range of applicants, including clergy, postgraduate students and, next year, woul- be RE teachers.

School assemblies, complete and ready to use.

Scripture Union Share the Light: A Journey through the Bible. Last year 1,000 churches responded to Scripture Union’s Share the Light campaign, where Christians were asked to pray once a month that God would move powerfully to call his church in this country to get serious about the Bible, rediscover the life-transforming value of the Bible and what God is saying to this generation through his word. Christians throughout the country are being challenged to get serious about getting into the Bible.

Sean UK This site gives you access to all sorts of interesting study courses from ‘Life to the Full’ a post Alpha or Emmaus nurture course, to foundation and special courses that can be undertaken by extension and educational credits can be obtained.

Society of Mary & Martha an independent ecumenical charity providing a programme of retreats, workshops etc for personal growth and spiritual development open to everyone.  They also provide accomodation for groups.

Surrey Council for Voluntary Youth Services Guildford Diocese is a member of this service.

Tearfund Relieving suffering and offering hope is at the heart of Tearfund’s vision.

The Good Bookstall is a site to help local churches encourage reading in their congregations. It includes book reviews and help in how to go about setting up a bookstall and promote Christian reading.

The Good News site is based on a print publication called The Good News launched in 1994.

Via Media is an American resource out of the liberal tradition in ECUSA, represents a renewed commitment to evangelism in the Episcopal Church. An evangelism tool that presents the basic tenets of Christianity from an inclusive, Anglican approach to scripture, traditions and reasons leads the participants to a broader view of the journey of faith about the role the Church can play in society.

Vine Day Centre the Vine Day Centre for homeless and vulnerable people over 25 years old is a project that worked in partnership with the Foundation in 2008. It provides a place to go, a hot meal at very low cost, and support and advice for people who are homeless in and around Aldershot. Many have been in and out of prison from their younger years or have a history of addiction.

Visual Impact Resources offer a wide range of resources to help with youth work.

WaterAid - free resource to help churches at harvest time to focus on life's most basic needs - water and sanitation.

Winchester Diocese

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