Your support is making Youthworks Getaways possible — unique experiences that take Youthworks’ expertise in outdoor education and adventure and use it to help families grow closer to each other and closer to God.

Your generosity is shaping the future of ministry by training the next generation of gospel leaders through Youthworks College. Every student you help equip is another worker sent out to disciple young people for Jesus — here in Australia and around the world.

Your generosity is not only making it possible for children to learn about their own faith through Special Religious Education (SRE) — but is also opening doors for teachers and families to engage with life’s big questions from the Bible.  

By God’s grace and with your prayerful support, Youthworks College recently celebrated 25 years of training gospel workers who are now serving across Australia and around the world — faithfully guiding and leading young people to follow Jesus.

When God blessed her with resources later in life, Megan knew she wanted to invest them in helping more young people know Jesus through camps. 

“The family home had been my legacy and those campsites had such a huge legacy … so it was important for me to help them to continue that ministry." 

Leaders in Training (LIT) equips young believers with the skills and confidence to lead — and this year LIT Melbourne was off to a flying start. Your generosity empowers these young leaders to stand for Christ in challenging environments, share God’s Word, and grow as confident servants of the gospel.

At Port Hacking, three longtime friends of Youthworks noticed that the Rathane boatshed had fallen into disrepair. Built in the 1920s, and cherished by Camp Howard campers for decades, they saw its potential for future generations.

Thanks to your generosity, Year 13 students are not only learning to share the good news — they’re doing it in Fiji, where the gospel is transforming communities.

“Sometimes teaching SRE feels like mining in a dark mine … but then you get some awesome diamonds.” - Jaedon Scott, Special Religious Education (SRE) teacher at Oak Flats High School.

With your help, Jaedon’s SRE class has become a safe place where students can ask their questions about faith and grow deeper in their understanding of God.

Who knew a gap year could last 20 years? Thankfully, the Year 13 Christian gap year has – and that’s worth celebrating! Because of generous friends like you, more than 1,000 school leavers have experienced a year of deep Bible teaching, service and mission with Year 13.

As you read through this newsletter, I hope you see the wonderful ways your generosity is shaping young lives for eternity.

Because you invest in SRE, young people like those at Oak Flats High School are discovering Jesus – often for the very first time.

Thanks to your support, more than 2,000 young people recently gathered in Wollongong for the Hope for the Illawarra youth event – a night full of worship, connection, and gospel hope from the speaker, Dave Jensen.

Your support of SRE is quietly changing lives – even when you least expect it.

At one school, with the school's permission, the SRE teacher Heather distributed flyers for a church kids club to her Year 4 class. As Heather recalls, “One particular girl accepted the flyer, and the following week she turned up to Friday kids club. A few weeks later, she came to church with her mum. Apparently, she’d been asking her mum about coming along, and so there they were!”

Imagine being a kid and receiving your first-ever party invitation.

That joy became real for children with disability at Robertson Anglican (‘Robbo’) in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Thanks to your support, Bec Baines, Youthworks’ Accessibility Ministry Advisor, guides churches like Robbo to open their doors wider – to every child, every family.

The Child in God’s Church is a new resource from Tim Beilharz, former Youthworks Children's Ministry & SRE Advisor for the Wollongong region. Tim’s book sets out the biblical reasons for including and nurturing children as precious members of the body of Christ, then provides a framework for practising children’s ministry in the local church.

From Craig to you