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[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 4 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Have you ever volunteered to help someone and then just as promptly wished you’d kept your mouth shut? One of the staff members has been off sick for more than two weeks now, and during this assessment […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 3 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] This week I’ve had to battle the temptation to mindlessly fall into the rhythm of school life and just survive. The work is overwhelming and the ground we lost due to last week’s strike has set us […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 2 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] This week has been different from last week due to the union strike going on during the week. It was confusing who was meant to be on strike because while the majority of the staff turned up […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on Week 1 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children (Matthew19:14, NLT) I recently embarked on a 10 week teaching experience in a school […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry.[/notice] I have yet another conference story to share…Last weekend the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) invited our ministry (Reaching a Generation) to one of their provincial conferences. I cannot describe how inspiring it was to see teachers share so passionately about what Christ is doing […]
‘Pray where you are at 7.14am’ Christian teachers and intercessors yesterday launched a 40 days of prayer initiative in response to chaos and breakdown in infrastructure in the Education Department. Prayer support ministry Teachers in Christ (TIC) has called on Christian teachers throughout South Africa to pray at 7.14am daily […]
Book Review by John Shortt First Class: The calling and impact of a Christian teacher (There is also an Afrikaans version called: Eerste Klas: Die roeping en impak van ‘n Christen-Onderwyster) This book is a real gem. It is packed with practical advice for the teacher but, at the same […]
The role of Christian school principals is to reconnect teachers with their calling from God, said teacher and author Werner Cloete at the launch of his book, First Class — the Calling and Impact of a Christian Teacher. Teachers who rediscovered their Godly calling would follow the example of missionary […]
Port Elizabeth pastors have been asked to mark World Teachers Day (October 12) by doing something special to encourage teachers during church services on Sunday. The call is made in an email from Johann McFarlane, Co-ordinator of the Transformation Christian Network (TCN) Church Education Task Team. “It could be something […]
Equipped for better relationships Vernuwing in verhoudings onder onderwysers, kinders en ouers is sekerlik die eerste stap in ‘n nuwe rigting in Suid-Afrikaanse skole. Die vierde Nasionale Christen Onderwysers Konvensie (NCOK) is die naweek by Oranje Meisies Skool in Bloemfontein gehou en het juis hierdie aspek van die land se […]