Special Religious Education (SRE)

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One great way to ensure that the next generation hears about the GLORIOUS deeds of the LORD, is through SRE (Special Religious Education or “teaching Scripture”).

Every Thursday afternoon during term time, a team of loving and dedicated servants from our church invest in the kids next door at Jamberoo Public School by teaching them about God through SRE. It’s a fantastic opportunity to walk alongside these young ones, pointing them to WHO God is, WHAT he’s done, and WHY that matters for us.

Given that the school is quite small, we teach the students in stage groups

  • Kindy is taught by Elise & Paula
  • Year 1-2 has been taught by Jodie, and is being taken over by Lesley
  • Year 3-4 is taught by Rach
  • Year 5-6 is taught by Deb

My role is to coordinate the team, liaise with the school, oversee the admin and to fill in when one of the other teachers can’t make it (which turns out to be pretty often!)

We’d really love for you to pray for us each week as we teach these energetic young ones about God from the Bible. The team has asked if you can please pray:

  • That we would have love and compassion for the students
  • We would have creativity to convey the love of Christ in language and actions that will touch their hearts and minds. 
  • God would help us pitch the lesson at a level the children can understand.
  • That the Holy Spirit would go ahead of us each week.
  • For the recruitment and training of more SRE teachers from our church to take over some of the classes in 2025

If you’d like to know more about SRE or would like to talk about how you can support us, please get in contact!

Matt Bartlett