About Us

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“Murray River Mystique” by Ken Duncan © 2021 Divine Guidance Pty Ltd

About Project Reconnect

Project Reconnect assists congregations to develop and maintain a vibrant witness to Christ in their communities. In the planning stage of Project Reconnect, the themes heard from worship groups were of memories of the “good old days” when their congregations were full and their communities were vibrant. Then along came TV, the seven-day working week, dwindling congregations and the Royal Commission .

Rather than small numbers being a liability, there is greater opportunity in smaller numbers for meaningful dialogue on matters of life and faith. The unique strength of small congregations is that they are effective small groups. Small groups have time and again been part of the reformation of the people of God.

Click here for a short video by Rev Tom Stuart on how Project Reconnect came about in response to a need in rural NSW.

Note that this video was recorded before went online, so the content in the video will refer to DVDs . We intend to update this link as soon as possible to talk about downloads, but you’ll get the gist of it.

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Meet the Project Reconnect Volunteers

Project Reconnect began in 2004 at Parkes in the central west of NSW. In 2014, we moved from Parkes in NSW to the Uniting Church in Charlestown, a suburb of Newcastle. We have a management committee, volunteers planning and filming plus a growing library of choir-led songs – most from “Together in Song”. If you want to learn more about our presenters, go to any of their presentations and click on their name tag at the bottom of the post.

Rev Tom Stuart

Project Reconnect Founder, Minister at Charlestown/Garden Suburb Uniting Church, and frequent PR presenter.

Charles Pope

Committee Chairman and Webmaster

Paul Russell

Secretary, and cameraman and video production.

Lorraine Pepper

Treasurer and an insightful presenter.

David Chegwidden

David works with Paul in processing, production and as a presenter.

Maria Williams

Presenter and developer of brilliant Animations

Eldrene March

Eldrene produces the information packs accompanying DVDs and downloads and also does quality checks.

Lesley Clulow

Bookkeeper

Kathy Stuart

DVD Orders

Sharon Dennis

DVD Orders and Webmaster. Believe it or not, Sharon and her husband Lyndon have recently moved to Rockhampton from where she manages the website

Congregations and Presenters in our Network

Project Reconnect has provided worship resources for congregations Australia-wide. (Click on the logo in the top right hand corner to expand or contract the map)