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18/11/2017

Our Christmas BBQs are on again in a few weeks. We would love volunteers to help (must have WWCC clearance):

Are you free on December 7 – 11:30am to 2:30pm to help at Strathfield South High School? Or December 8 – 9:30am to 12:30pm to help at at Bass High School?

If so, let us know! Great way to show love and the true meaning of Christmas to the whole school community at these local schools.

31/01/2017

Please be aware of what some people are saying about Christian SRE. Just so you know, it is very biased against Christian SRE. http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4431811/dead-animal-dissection-and-the-scripture-class/

There's a lot of secrecy about scripture in NSW primary schools.

06/06/2016

Good to see kids at Sefton High School asking What Life's All About? and using the Bible to help find the answer to that big question.

03/06/2016

It was so encouraging to have some great questions asked about the book of Daniel yesterday at Bankstown Senior College. It got us talking about how to engage with people of different beliefs, how to live faithfully in difficult circumstances and reflections on reconciliation when people hurt us.

31/05/2016

I had two students steal one of my props in Christian Scripture class today. I asked the other students in the class if they knew who took it. It soon became obvious that it was the usual suspects. The other students didn't narc on the guilty pair, but within minutes they made sure the prop found its way back to me via one of the honest students. Now I am trying to think of what I can teach on next week to illustrate complete and utter forgiveness for these guys. Any suggestions?

30/05/2016

Thank you to all those who came and showed support for our Christian Scripture in Schools program the Saturday before last. It was great to have over 90 people in attendance to hear the sharing of good news stories of how locally born students and those from overseas places like Myanmar and Iraq are being blessed by the Christian Scripture program in Bankstown area high schools.

04/03/2016

Great to have the year 8s finally return to Bass High. Now we just need the year 7s who are on the roll to finally attend.

01/03/2016

It was a great blessing to have Angelo from Gideons Australia hand out free Testaments to the students at Strathfield South High School today. https://www.gideons.org.au/

The Gideons International in Australia’s official website. Learn about bible distribution, personal stories, engaging speakers for church or school, and more.

25/02/2016

We restart Christian SRE for Year 9s and 10s at Bass High tomorrow. We hope they all return to learn more about the Christian faith in 2016.

19/05/2015

Hi all,

You might recall I posted a few weeks back about SRE in NSW. Well, good news, because an Anglican Youthworks letter has just confirmed that: 'The ban on two authorised resources in our high school SRE curriculum has been lifted.'

Minister for Education Andrew Piccoli MP wrote: "I acknowledge and regret that there was no consultation by the DEC with the Anglican Church prior to the memorandum being issued to Directors Public Schools on 6 May 2015. I'm pleased the Department has now agreed that if similar concerns are raised in the future it will immediately discuss the matter with SRE providers as a first step."

Good news!

More info:

http://www.youthworks.net/press_centre/education-minister-overturns-ban-on-sre-resources

http://sydneyanglicans.net/news/book-ban-reversed

Thank you for meeting with me on Friday the 15th May 2015 to discuss the memorandum issued by the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) regarding the appropriateness of certain texts for use in Special Religious Education (SRE).

12/05/2015

For those who want a deeper insight into the banning of particular scripture materials, this article is deeply insightful: https://lawandreligionaustralia.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/schools-scripture-and-book-banning-in-nsw/

There has been quite some concern in Christian circles in my home State of NSW over the last few days, over bureaucratic action to "ban" some books from being used in Special Religious Education cl...

05/05/2015

This article appeared in the SMH this morning. Please be aware and please pray.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/scripture-classes-calls-for-crackdown-on-public-schools-20150505-ggu7a1.html

The course material for scripture classes in NSW public schools that has a parent-run lobby group worried.