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This recording and copying ministry was conducted by Mr Hugh Fletcher, and his wife Marie, for many years. They recorded many conference and house-party speakers - mainly at NSW locations. The speakers came from NSW Assemblies, other Australian States, and from overseas. The work of Mr & Mrs Fletcher created a valuable and extensive library of tapes on many Bible passages and topics – copies of which could be puchased for a nominal fee to cover the cost of the cassette tape and postage. Any profit from the sales helped provide funds for the NSW Home Workers.
Recording of new material ceased in December 2004, and then much of the recording equipment was donated to other Brethren missionary activities.
Enquiries about the availability of copies of any of the recordings in the Cassette library should be made to Mr Graham Hayden at Mission Centre, or directly to Mr Hugh Fletcher.
In early 2009, the Ministry took on the task of making each tape available in digital form so that it could be better preserved, and so that the teaching material could be made available in 'modern' formats such as CD, MP3 and via a web site. The bulk of the work is being handled by Hugh Fletcher as he carries out the time-consuming work of digitising each tape and storing it on computer and audio CD. The intention is to make copies of the digitised messages available – free of charge – on audio-CD and in MP3 format, to anyone who requests a copy.
Over 1,000 tapes are involved and the task will take months to complete. To date, all tapes of Tom Carson's (over 100) have been digitised, and all of Betty Hayden's (about 20). Recordings of more speakers will available each month. Anyone needing more information, or a copy of a specific message, can contact Colin Winrow via
In parallel with this project, Gary Akehurst (who recently returned to Sydney from directing QMBC in Brisbane) is tackling over 1,500 cassette recordings done by Des Baird’s 'Sound Words Ministry' in Queensland. These have already been digitised and Gary is doing the final editing, plus building a searchable data base of keywords about each message so that the material can be readily accessed via a web site. He issued a detailed email about the project to many of his contacts on 8 April. If you would like a copy of his email please contact Gary on
Hugh, Gary, and several other people, are working in cooperation on the technical details of these projects to help avoid duplication of effort and expenditure.
This page updated in May 2009