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God said: Tell the children the story. Is this what we are doing?

Posted on 05/12/2024 by Graham McDonald

Graham McDonald on passing on our faith to our children How can Christians stay true to their faith over generations and across cultural boundaries? In the Old Testament, we read about the wise way that God instructed His people, and… Continue Reading →

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The puppets did not have a peaceful Christmas party, but Scruff the dog learns that Jesus brings peace

Posted on 01/12/2024 by John Sandeman
Quiz Worx Peace of Christmas video

“Our Christmas Party was not very peaceful,” Scruff the dog tells his friend Michael at the start of a new Christmas video from Quiz Worx, a children’s puppet ministry that tours schools and communities. “We had just finished eating dinner,… Continue Reading →

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Queensland and NSW kids get the message

Posted on 12/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Christmas is Merry Quiz Worx

Quiz Worx children’s ministry team ran 767 live puppet shows to over 87,000 kids last year – 362 of them were performed in five weeks in our Christmas period, Quiz Worz supporters’ nights gatherings were told this week. That’s not… Continue Reading →

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Where Anglicans qualify as the worst abusers of children

Posted on 19/04/2024 by John Sandeman
Newcastle cathedral

Digging into the terrible history of the Newcastle Anglican Diocese, author Anne Manne has done a service in balancing the record of denominational involvement in the sexual abuse of children. In her new book Crimes of the Cross: The Anglican Paedophile… Continue Reading →

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Get ‘Merry’ before Christmas

Posted on 21/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Christmas is Merry Quiz Worx

Tens of thousands of children will see a Jesus-centred message in state schools in Queensland and NSW from the Quiz Worx team, who have already started their 360 live puppet shows. But tens of thousands more children will get the… Continue Reading →

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‘I had not read devotions like this before’

Posted on 27/03/2023 by Penny Reeve

Children’s book author Penny Reeve reviews A carer’s devotional journal: for carers of kids from tough places’ which like the name implies applies scripture to the lives of people whose lives are far from trouble free. If you’ve ever read… Continue Reading →

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It’s not fair! A new kids video for Easter

Posted on 14/03/2023 by John Sandeman
"It's not fair" Quiz Worx Easter 23

It’s not fair! “When my brother gets into trouble, but I don’t,” says one girl. “My brother has a big chocolate easter egg, and I can’t have any of it”, says a younger girl “When my siblings blame me for… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Children, Christian news, Easter

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