SU Victoria

Do you know what the trends in thinking and spirituality are in the mission fields around you here in Australia? Well, find out!
For any Christian or church leader who wants to be realistically informed about the path Australia is heading along, Hugh Mackay takes a good hard look at who we are now and where we are heading at this stage. While prosperity seems on the rise, depression, anxiety and a yearning for something other than ’stuff’ is on the rise.

Australian Peter Crawford tells the story of Cockatoo – a small town destroyed in the Ash Wednesday Fires, and it’s rise again to become a thriving and colourful Christian community. An experience of the power of God’s love and healing, an experience our God-given power of love and healing.

Big Buds Resource File
This CDROM of resources contains everything you need to set up Big Buds

Big Buds is program to help churches connect children into safe, mentoring relationships with adults from outside a child’s family. Children need a much stronger connection with you so, to help you, the features of this program are designed to take the hard work out of implementation.

It is important to note that a licence to set up and run Big Buds is essential after you have evaluated the program for use in your context.

The CDROM contains a detailed manual in 4 sections; 18 templates for newsletters, brochures, documents, spreadsheets, checklists and databases in a variety of Apple Mac and PC formats. There are graphics galore. Use the templates and graphics to adapt and start this program in your church with a high level of style and pizazz!

Purchase the Big Buds resource File here.

For further details, digital downloads, to register your interest or to obtain a licence, please go: www.midst.suvic.org.au/bigbuds

From the brilliant St Luke’s range, 28 full colour card featuring a herd of delightful dinosaurs with an important message for kids of all ages: we all need and are capable of developing important skills such as safety skills, friendship skills, decision-making skills and good manners. For anyone working with children these are most effective and clear way of communicating really important stuff to kids who might otherwise struggle with the concepts.

Ken Moser offers a plethora of ideas that enable youth workers to run meetings that are thoroughly Christian, that build strong relationships and are fun from start to finish.

Ken Moser shows how, even in the face of difficulties, you can put strategies in place that will see a winning of youth to value loving Jesus ahead of simple youth group entertainment.

Children live in a world that is ‘big with Spirit’. They cannot avoid relating, spirit to spirit, to both good and evil. Those who seek to foster Christian spirituality in children, need to understand the nature of children’s spirituality and how it develops. This unique book is for parents, teachers, children’s leaders and all who are serious about their work with children. Glenn Cupit’s latest book is a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion on child faith development.
Normal RRP $15.95

Highly Recommended by CTM and SU Children’s Ministry personnel, Melbourne specialist Brendan Hyde identifies the four primary characteristics of children’s spirituality: and then provides effective and inspiring ideas on how parents and children’s workers can observe and nuture these inherent qualities – thus allowing children to fully realise their spiritual capacity and relationship with the Divine. A very helpful and enlightening book for all who live and work with children.

Great children’s ministry is about inviting children to follow Jesus and helping them on that journey. Cecily Cupitt will help you to understand your motivations and foundational principles, the do’s, don’t’s and essentials of great ministry.

In this easy-to-use introductory textbook, Dave Andrews combines the fruit of his practical experience over many years as a community worker, with the best practice currently being taught at tertiary level.