Bec Baines is Youthworks’ Accessibility Ministry Advisor. Her heart is for all young people to learn about Jesus, including in public Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs), supporting students with complex learning and support needs.

In parts of Queensland, faithful Bible teaching in youth and children’s ministries can be hard to find. This year, your support has enabled young Christian leaders across Central and South Queensland to be equipped with biblical ministry training from experienced Youthworks Ministry Support Team and Youthworks College staff.

In 2026, Kaitlyn is learning to teach SRE alongside Hugh, the teacher who taught her SRE in Year 3. Your support helps make this kind of generational handover possible.

Hugh began teaching SRE in 2016. Ten years later, Kaitlyn is shadowing him in a kindy class in Sydney’s Parramatta region. She’s gaining confidence in the classroom and has already started teaching some SRE classes on her own.

New Creation Kids Volume 1 is a new Bible-centred digital curriculum for Aussie churches. Your support is making this resource possible.

Developed with local churches by experienced children’s ministry practitioners from Youthworks’ Ministry Support Team (MST), and published by Youthworks Media, it is the first in a three-year curriculum of weekly Bible lessons. One church subscription provides age-appropriate resources for children from preschool to Year 6.

Students Maddie and Harry expected the Year 13 Fiji mission to stretch them. It did. In an unfamiliar culture, God gave each of them courage to share the gospel. Your support helped create these opportunities.

A Year 3 student named Yumi once raised her hand and asked her SRE teacher a question nobody expected: “Why did Jesus choose a swear word for his name?”

She was serious. She'd only ever heard his name used as a swear word.

That moment – in a real classroom, with a real young person – is exactly why your generous support matters so much. Across NSW, young people are growing up without ever hearing the name of Jesus spoken in love. Your gifts fund the training, the curriculum, and the support that puts SRE teachers in front of those young people, week after week.

Jess is studying for a Bachelor of Ministry, working part-time as a youth intern, and has just completed her SRE teacher training. In term 2 she began teaching a Year 7 SRE class — and her enthusiasm is contagious:

“From the first day I started helping with SRE, I thought ‘I would happily do this every day. I love it!’”

Most people assume teaching SRE requires spare time they don't have. Ross Walker is a full-time industrial chemist – and he's been teaching weekly SRE classes since 2008.

Ross works from home on Tuesdays and ducks out for just over an hour to teach two classes back-to-back. Arranging this regular time off with his boss presents an opportunity to explain what SRE is and why teaching it is so important for Ross.

Your support is putting SRE teachers in front of young people who have no other connection to Jesus at home. Young people like Jack, a sporty kid with no church background, who has remarkable Bible knowledge thanks to the faithfulness of his primary school SRE teacher.

Because of your faithful partnership, the SRE Conference in February was the biggest yet —1,350 teachers gathered across 10 locations in a single week, ready to bring Scripture into public school classrooms.

Among them were more than 100 brand-new teachers completing their Module 1 training, a significant step towards the vision you’re helping make real: 1,000 more SRE teachers across New South Wales.

Your support for Youthworks is having an impact you might never have expected — in a Tanzanian diocese with more than 300 churches spread across a vast and remote region.

Mission worker Katie is currently translating the Youthworks Kids Read and Kids Pray resources into Swahili so they can be more widely shared in Tanzania and neighbouring countries.

Your support for Leaders in Training is bearing fruit across the country. In January 2027, LIT will launch in Adelaide for the first time — with South Australian church leaders already preparing the ground.

Because of you, young leaders are equipped and confident to share God’s word.

Back in 2012, your support helped launch a brand-new camp called Square One with just 100 kids from a handful of Sydney churches. Fourteen years on, that same camp has grown beyond anything anyone expected.

In 2025, Square One ran across both winter and spring, with a total of 832 kids and 244 leaders attending. That’s extraordinary growth since those early days.

When you invest in Youthworks, you do more than train SRE teachers – you multiply eternal impact for children and young people across NSW.

Every new, well-equipped SRE teacher means more students encountering the truth of Jesus, having their questions answered, and beginning journeys of lifelong faith.

The new resource, What Now?, written by Youth Minister Matt Shannon, was inspired by his years of witnessing young lives begin their journeys with Jesus.

Too often, there’s plenty of excitement at the point of decision, but not always a clear path for what comes next. Matt’s desire is to see new believers equipped, encouraged, and grounded in the gospel for a lifetime of following Jesus.

With your support, Youthworks equips ministry advisors like Adam Jolliffe to provide vital encouragement, practical ideas, and prayerful support. This allows leaders like Linda Stephens, Children’s Minister at St Paul’s Anglican Castle Hill, to creatively reach and disciple young people, ensuring your church is a welcoming, nurturing place for every child.

Because of your partnership, twice as many children and teenagers across Western Sydney have a chance to encounter the hope and truth of Jesus in their schools and churches – even for the very first time.

On 30 November, over 20 donors and friends gathered to celebrate the opening of the First Light Boatshed — a newly restored space for Bible study, prayer and quiet reflection at Port Hacking.

The vision to repurpose the old Rathane boatshed was championed by John Cross, Don Robertson and Andrew Hudson, with support from long-time camping friends.

Exciting news! 2026 marks Year 13’s biggest year ever, with over 106 students applying for the program, stepping up to be equipped as confident, servant-hearted leaders in their churches and communities.

Year 13 is growing the next generation of disciple-making disciples who will strengthen and multiply ministry for years to come.

Beginning with 13 campers in 2021, LIT Tasmania has now grown to 51 in 2025, with LIT camps now taking place in the north and south of the state.

Many churches in Tasmania are small or based in rural areas, where resources are limited and opportunities for training are rare. For these teens, your support is truly life-changing.