Youth for Christ Australia – part of its “What’s Normal?” campaign

A one-day online webinar on the biblical view of porn, sex, dating and identity.

Saturday, 31 August 2024

“Going There” is a FREE online conference

For youth leaders, pastors, parents, grandparents and young Christians will equip you with biblical insights to foster vital conversations on these crucial topics.

Our young people, in particular, need guidance from people who can talk sensitively about these topics with confidence and compassion. If they cannot find answers in the Church, then they may search in other places.

This year’s speakers include Laura Wolsley (What’s Normal? founder), Paul Ninnes (Real Talk founder), Daniel and Elles Maddry (Moral Revolution directors), Allan Myer (author of Valiant Man), Cindy McGarvie (Youth for Christ national director), Patricia Weerakoon (sexologist and author) and Paul and Mikaela Bedwell (What’s Normal? director).

For more information and to register for free, click the green button below!

(“Going There” also has an after-conference online digital viewing option.)

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Rev Ian Barnett, the founder of NGM, 

welcomes you to be a part of this year’s conference.

  See the Video (Link)

The NGM is all about equipping “grandparents to grab hold of their potential influence and… helping them share their love and faith in Christ with their grandchildren so that they are able to leave a living faith legacy.”

Each year the National Grandparent Conference brings together national and international speakers to help equip grandparents to foster faith in their grandchildren. This year is no different and will be *      held in-person and online on Saturday 31 August 2024. (Link)

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A new effort by our AARE NSW & ACT team:

19^th August 2024, 8 pm EST

WEBINAR evening with

author Lilian Schmid,

about her new Book

‘Info Document’ – For His Glory – webinar

‘Book Here’ to hear about the new Book

An Evening with Author Lilian Schmid About her new Book

 For His Glory: A Journey into His Kingdom

Only 3 days after publishing the book it is number 1

on the Most Gifted Book in the Christian Faith on Amazon

WEBINAR

An Interview not to be Missed

REGISTER: HERE

Date: 19 August

Time: 8:00 pm (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney time)

Donations Welcome:

Name: Church & Faith Ministry

BSB: 063-097 

Acct No: 4311 3351

Summary:

What an encouraging contribution to the ministry of prayer.

The book ‘For His Glory’ by Lilian is a very personal and relevant discussion on not only the need for constant prayer but also the need for biblical forgiveness, suffering and healing.

This is not just any ordinary book but rather it is a daily reminder of the need for all of us to live out 1 Peter 3:15 and so to be ready to ‘give an answer’ for the hope that we have in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Lilian has managed to bring together the essential requirements for Christians, and indeed non-Christinas, who wish to live out a biblical worldview.

This book is by my bedside table constantly.

Greg Bondar

AARE NSW & ACT President

Greg Bondar Email: presidentnsw@aare.org.au

Beyond Kids Ministry Conference

The Children’s Ministry Network (WA) recommends the 9^th annual Beyond Conference for Children, Youth and Young Adults leaders. Friday 16^th & Saturday 17^th August 2024 at Warnbro Community Church, WA.

Theme
This year’s conference theme is ‘Journey With.’ Our goal is to encourage leaders to walk the journey of ministry in groups rather than in isolation and to invite the next generation of leaders to begin to live out their calling as ministers of the gospel. Who is another person you can tap on the shoulder to take their next steps in leadership? Perhaps you can invite them too!

Keynote Speakers
Dave Jensen will be sharing about journeying with our young people in faith formation and raising disciples who make disciples.
Tammy Preston will be sharing about journeying intergenerationally in our Churches.
Ruth Powell will be sharing insight from National Church Life Survey (NCLS Research) for effective Next Generations Ministry.

Elective Speakers
The conference features an opportunity to choose electives that suit your ministry focus and interests. There will be Children, Youth and Young Adults specific sessions along with other general topics to choose from. Elective Speakers are trusted and well respected leaders from churches around WA, Australia and New Zealand including:

• Craig Palmer: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (WA) – Journeying with Young Adults 
• Holly Beeck: Albany Baptist Church (WA) – Journeying with Parents 
• Mat Rooker: YouthCare (WA) – Journeying With Educational Communities 
• Ed Devine: Baptist Churches Western Australia – Building Emerging Leaders in Your Church
• David Goodwin: Kidsreach (NZ) Journeying through Grief and Hardship 
• PhD Candidate Tim Mullen: Sheridan College (WA) – Journeying with Youth Groups 
• Dave Jenson: (NSW) Journeying with those who aren’t Walking with God 
• Mim Hosking:  Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (WA) – Journeying Relationally with Children 

Workshop Speakers
We will spend time together workshopping in sessions presented by:

• Emily Dickenson: Leading Effective Teams 
• Sally Howe and Mim Hosking: Contemplative Session exploring practices for deepening our relationship with God.
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Details & Tickets are available here: https://www.beyond.org.au/

Location
Warnbro Community Church
85 Warnbro Sound Ave, Warnbro, WA, Australia, 6169.

When?
Friday 16^th and Saturday 17^th of August 2024 (1 or 2 day conference — your choice!)
See website for details.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to engage and learn with other Next Gen leaders.
Any further questions please contact ed.devine@baptistwa.asn.au 

Dear friends in education,

We pass on an invitation from Chris Mulherin (ISCAST Executive Director), to AARE members and colleagues to the following training day. Trevor is a UK expert, with a wealth of experience.

The blurb on the flyer reads as follows (with more details here on the TryBooking site):

Our students live in an age when the notion of truth seems to be out of fashion, particularly when it comes to religion. Diversity rules. This presents a huge challenge for Christian schools. Many Christian scholars have, over the years, used the notion of worldview to negotiate the relationship between truth and diversity. In this session Trevor will introduce the ideas of worldview and critical realism as a robust foundation for education in Christian schools.

Blessings & Joy

Chris Callus

WA & National President

Australian Association for Religious Education

 Celebrating 50 Years of Service – 1974 to 2024 . .  

 Phone        0431 941 961

Email    president@aare.org.au

Website    www.aare.org.au

Faith Values Webinar hosted by Dr. Dave Benson, Thursday 23^rd May 2024

Registration click link here

Detail:

join the: Faith Values Webinar hosted by Dr. Dave Benson from the UK to explore the following question:

“How can Christians serve an education system well for it to flourish in a more secular and multicultural age?”

Dave is a leading thinker and researcher on the role of faith in 21st-Century western culture. Formerly a high school teacher, then lecturer at Malyon Theological College in Brisbane, Australia, he now heads up the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity’s work for Culture & Discipleship.

His mission is to cultivate disciples with wisdom for the way of Christ in a post-Christendom culture. His 2016 Ph.D project entitled ‘Schools, Scripture and Secularisation’ considers the telos of competing curricular visions and the place of sacred texts in secular education.

Herbert Um, of (FaithValues.org) will also be sharing an update on their progress to develop GRE curriculum resources for their pilot in Victorian Public Schools.

Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity to learn more about how we as Christians can best serve our education system in today’s secular and multicultural setting.

Event details:

Date: Thursday 23^rd May 2024

Time: 7.00pm – 8.00pm

Online Webinar via Zoom (recorded)

Cost: FREE

Please register for the event by using the registration link here .

If you have any questions regarding the event, please do not hesitate to reach out to

Herbert Um 0421 886 007 Herbert.um@faithvalues.org.au

Bring  the  Christian  Faith  to Life for Students

Faith & Science Converse May 2024

The information is pitched at church communities, but chaplains may find the input helpful as they consider they ways in which they bring the Christian faith to life for their students. I have attached one of the promotional pieces provided at the bottom of their webpage.

Science and Faith Converse – A messy Science Adventure