With the Australian Government closing places of worship on Monday 23 March 2020, our church in-person attendance may have to pause for the time being but church leaders are working hard to keep worshiping together strong — starting with live streaming Sunday services.
We will continue to update information on this page as soon as it becomes available and until churches can meet again on their regular premises.
Let Our Hope + Prayer team know how we can pray for you, your church and community
Support and resources for church leaders during COVID-19
An initiative of CMAA, covid19church.com.au/hope1032 is hub of support for Australian churches.
Churches who have informed us they are live streaming their Sunday Services
(in alphabetical order, AEDT — If your church isn’t listed below, make sure to check their website or Facebook as they may be making their regular services available, too.)
CLICK ON THE LINK TO GO TO THEIR LIVE STREAM PLATFORM
Jump down to:
- 📰 Church-related articles
- 🧒 For the Kids
- 🎤 Well-known Christian musicians — free online concerts/performances
- ❓ How can we put our church online?
- 🙋 I need help with setting up Facebook
- 🙋 We need help live streaming our church service
- ❓ Do you need to sign up to join a church Zoom meeting?
- ❓ Do you need to setup a Zoom meeting for your church?
A – D
Abbotsford Presbyterian Church — 9.30am and 5pm
All Saints Anglican Church Parramatta North — 10am
Anchor Church Sydney — 10am
Assembly Church (Indonesian) — 10am
Australian Catholic Diocese Mass On Demand YouTube
Bankstown Community Church — 10.30am
Barneys Broadway — 10am (with kids’ content), 4.30pm (Mandarin) and 6.30pm
Bayside Anglican — 10.15am
Blacktown Anglican — 9am
C3 Ballina — 10am
E – L
M – Z
If you have a NSW church service being live streamed, please email digitalteam@hopemedia.com.au with the link and service time/s.
Articles for Churches
- The Man Behind So Many Sunday Worship Songs: Paul Baloche Releases New Album
- We Got What We Prayed For: Important Lessons the Western Church is Learning in Lockdown
- In a Time of Turmoil, Seed is Helping Christian Enterprises ‘Reimagine’ the Year Ahead
- Prayer in the Pandemic: Inside the Emergency Field Hospitals in New York and Italy, with Samaritan’s Purse
- How Can My Church Help a Community in Crisis? Practical and Financial Ideas by Rosie Kendall, CEO of CAP Australia
- Heads of All Australian Churches Have Called the Nation to Prayer at 7pm, Every Night with Pastor Wayne Alcorn, head of the Australian Christian Churches
- Church Online and Gatherings at Home: How Christians are Adapting to the Pandemic with Pastor Wayne Alcorn, head of the Australian Christian Churches
- In This Uncertain Time, Take Jesus At His Word [Devotion] by Dean of St Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney Kanishka Raffel
- Resources to Help You With Church At Home – By The Ones Who’ve Been Doing It For Decades — House Church digital resource by Open Doors
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Back to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information, Resources and Encouragement
For the Kids
If your church doesn’t have online activities for children, don’t worry, there are plenty of great resources that others have been creating and would love for you to use. We’re all in this together!
Kids’ Talks with Colin
For more episodes and colouring-in sheets, visit compassion.com.au/colin-buchanan.
More resources
- Hillsong Kids
- Articles to help you be more effective in your youth and children’s ministry by YouthWorks
- The Skit Guys in the US are reading Bedtime Bible Stories on their Facebook page
LifeKids YouTube Channel
This latest video should appear here each week
Celebrity Christian musicians free online concerts/performances
- Matthew West
- Casting Crowns
- Switchfoot (posting a song a day)
- Colin Buchanan (kids’ concert)
Guide to Putting Your Church Online
4B Media has put together instructions on how to capture good video and audio; uploading online and how to encourage your church to engage with your service. Click the image for more.
Help with Facebook
Never used Facebook before? Watch this 10-minute tutorial and you’ll be set up in no time.
Do you want to live stream your church service using Facebook Live?
Help with Zoom
Do you need to sign up to join a church Zoom meeting?
Do you need to setup a Zoom meeting for your church?
Faith & Inspiration by Hope 103.2
If you are looking for devotions, podcasts, music and more, visit our Faith & Inspiration page.
