Today, Christian Endeavour has faded from memory and few young people have heard of it. But are there lessons that we can learn from this remarkable youth organisation?

Hear Josh Peterson share his experience at House Conference with Ruth Lukabyo.

Schools and churches often find themselves searching for a missing piece, a comprehensive educational resource that bridges the gap between faith and learning. That missing piece is 'Certificate in a Box'.

Mark Schroder has worked as a teacher, chaplain, and youth minister. At Youthworks College, Mark found a place where he could grow in his academic ability and spiritual maturity.

Larissa is now a performer and trainer at Quiz Worx (www.quizworx.com), a ministry that use puppets to communicate the good news about Jesus to kids, especially in schools.

Youthworks recently invited Ed Drew, the popular UK speaker, writer, and director of “Faith in Kids” ministry to speak at our Masterclass and Theology Think Tank.

Amy is now teaching a Year 1 class at Shire Christian School. She is so thankful that she can bring together her two passions, to teach children and the gospel of Jesus.

Emma is the Executive Minister at Church Hill Anglican. In her past she has been a teacher, a children’s minister, and an advisor for Youthworks. She is currently teaching the unit ‘Formative Christian teaching’ in the Centre for Christian Education.

When Nathan was 21 and a new Christian, he became involved in the youth ministry at his church. Now, he is the assistant chaplain at Trinity Grammar School, a boy’s school in Sydney’s inner west. In his spare time, he still loves skating!

Pippie knew how great Jesus was and she wanted to tell other people, so when she left school, she wanted to go straight to Bible College to become a missionary. But her youth minister at St Ives, Hayden Smith, convinced her to slow down a little, to learn and grow in her faith. She followed this wise advice and signed up for Year 13.

Youthworks College Dean of Women interviews Principal Mike Dicker.

The Centre for Christian Education (CCE) is a way for Youthworks College to dedicate some of our resources to raising up more Christian teachers and helping Christian teachers to become better at applying the gospel into their school classrooms and their teaching contexts.

A key lesson that Matt has learnt over the years has been to invest in training student leaders. Matt ran the Cru group in the junior school of around 20 kids, “When we had student leaders run the group instead of us, they prepared so thoroughly, they did the Bible talk, even at the young age of 12! We realised we needed to invest more, pray with the leaders, and train them.” Because of the student leaders, this group grew to around 50-60 kids.

Jesus said, “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few”, and that is still the case because the gospel harvest is as plentiful as there are people - and there is a lot of people! The good news is that there are many churches looking for children's and youth ministers for the gospel harvest. Or more precisely, many churches are looking for a children's and youth minister who’s learnt how to do effective children's and youth ministry. The bad news is… there are more churches looking than there are children’s and youth ministers to fill positions.

No matter what your memories are, pastoral supervision should continue to be part of your own development and the development of those under your care. Here’s three reasons why supervision matters, and why it is still a core part of ministry formation at Youthworks College.

What is the goal of Sunday Schools and how has this goal been shaped by the history of Sunday Schools in Australia?

Junee Park was a teacher for 15 years before she came to Youthworks College in 2013. She and her husband Jo were involved in a church plant, and she found herself running the children’s ministry.

Toby Knights’ ministry position is a little different from most youth ministers. He and his wife Rachel job-share at St Barnabas Broadway (Barneys) pastoring kids, youth, and families. They saw an opportunity to serve the Lord and use their complementary gifts in a church that they love.

Connor Davaram shares how through terrible grief God called him and taught him that while we are in this world, there will be trouble and hardship and persecution - but that we can take heart for Christ has overcome the world.

Bec Witcombe reflects on her experience of being reluctant to go into ministry, but this year she has begun as a youth and children’s minister in the Blue Mountains.

At the start of 2022, if God appeared to you in a dream and said he would give you whatever you asked in your role as a minister of the gospel, what would you ask for?