Cameron Bryant exchanged dairy farming for full-time gospel ministry—and he’s loving it. The 22-year-old grew up on his parents’ dairy farm in the Northern Rivers of NSW, and he spent three years working on the farm before beginning a ministry apprenticeship through his church this year. “I grew up going to church,” Cameron explains, “I don’t have a moment in
A familiar issue that many of us in children’s and youth ministry wrestle with is the question of how to effectively transition our young people from Sunday school into the Sunday service. During these church transition periods, our young people are often going through many pivotal changes in their schooling, as well as their physical and emotional self too. How
Accepting God’s Grace Cherine Graham did not grow up in a Christian family. She first heard the Gospel at age 9, attending Girls’ Brigade and Sunday School at Katong Presbyterian Church in Singapore, where she grew up. After a few years of going along, enjoying hearing about the goodness of God, Cherine noticed that she had begun challenging the lordship
We understand that sending youth to camps, including PY Summer Camp, can be a significant financial commitment. We have interviewed one keen supporter of PYNSW Summer Camp, Diane Beringer about the different fundraising efforts she has helped organise to financially support the youth in her church to go to PY Summer Camp. As Youth Leaders in the early 2000’s, Diane
For over 40 years there has not been a youth group at Temora Presbyterian Church. The small country town of Temora often struggles to attract young families in the area, due to the nature of many transitioning to high school, university, and work in city areas. This makes retaining a group of teenagers for a youth group quite difficult! However,
Coming to Christ – Clement Hui Clement Hui’s first experience of Christianity was being invited to youth group by his high school friends to an Anglican church in Western Sydney. He loved going along to have fun and make friends. Clement reflected that he identified as a Christian during this time, but had not truly acknowledged how sinful and in
