HappeningsAutumn 2015 Volume 48 Issue 1

childrens bible ministries

Ephesians 2:10 NLT“We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.”

So often we talk with children and young people struggling to accept their value in this world. They don’t like how they look, and are trying to be someone they are not! They may not be good at school or sport; they are comparing themselves witheveryone else around them because they don’t accept themselves. Real esteem comes from these three facts: God created you Jesus died for you God’s Holy Spirit can live in you

Today our young people, our children, in fact all of us, need to understand and know that:

Self-esteem is all about self, about how to build yourself up, and it doesn’t last! God esteem is all about knowing what God thinks of you, believing and walking in that truth, and the lasting effects are eternal!

What a joy it to share the truth of God’s Word with those with to whom we minister.

You’re not just wanted; you’re needed! 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 says, “There are different spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, and yet the same Lord is served. There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person”(GW)

We are constantly reminding our children and young people -“You’re needed. You’re needed in your church. You’re needed in your community. You’re needed in this world. If you weren’t needed, God would not have made you. He brought you here to make a contribution with your life.”

Every one of us is important to God in His family, we are valued by God because He paid such a large ransom for our lives when He sent His Son Jesus to die

on the cross for us.

As we head shortly into Easter, let’s remember how incredibly valued we are by our Creator. Let’s not only remember this, but share it with those we care for and love.

Enjoy the Happenings of CBM. And from all of us at CBM, thanks for all you do.

Blessings,

Mike

YOU ARE GOD’S MAST ERPIECE

CBM

Training and

Equipping

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN AUCKLANDWe have fewer than our minimum number of students, but decided to proceed anyway with just two men from India and Kenya. Both John and Paul lead large children’s ministries in their countries. It was not possible for several applicants to raise the finance for the course; God knew the situation we would face here in 2015. Dell Dickey suffered a stroke and so Hugh has only been able to work short hours while she recovers. Please uphold the students, Hugh and Dell in your prayers during this time.

Training

U p c o m i n g Tr a i n i n g D a t e s : 9th May “How-To” Day 20th June “Tool Time” 1st Aug “Special to God” 12th Sept “Master Storytelling”

Our first training seminar for the year was held on Saturday 28th February. There were 42 participants and five of

these gained their certificates for completing all four basic seminars. We were impressed with the dedication of

everyone as they had to arrive early and some had to park offsite due to the cricket match at Eden Park. But almost

everyone was seated and ready to start by 9 a.m!

Saturday, 28th March is the next training day at CBM. It is especially for all those teaching young, preschool aged children. Many aspects of “Knowing God”, our curriculum for young children aged 3-6 years, are explainedand demonstrated on this day. However, no matter what curriculum is being used, teachers and parents of young children will be encouraged, motivated, inspired and equipped. Get in quickly if you haven’t already registered. You can register online at www.cbm.org.nz . The cost is only $75 for a full day.

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Includes:

Story visuals-both Flashcards and PowerPoint for every sessionRelated activities/craftsPuppet scripts to reinforce the teachingSuggested songs, memory verses, and MORE!

“Special to God: Meeting the Needs of Special Kids”: Do you struggle coping with children who can’t sit still; kids whose behaviour puzzles you; or kids who you just don’t understand? Many teachers/parents feel out of their depth dealing with children with behavioural or learning challenges. And these needs are becoming more commonplace! In response to this, CBM has begun a new specialist short course. This is a training which focuses on how to minister to children with learning and behavioural challenges. It was held for the first time last year. Many teachers and parents found this seminar extremely

helpful in gaining skills to minister to these children, and asked for the training time to be extended. The next date for Special to God will be held Saturday 1 August, 9:30am-12:30pm

Topics include: What is ADHD, ASD, ODD? How do we practically minister to our special kids? Tips and strategies; and a Q and A session.

Contact us if you would like us to come to your church and conduct Friday night and Saturday training for a very reasonable cost. Email info@cbm.org.nz or phone the office to register your interest.

International Happenings We conducted two very successful five day training courses in Gangtok (Sikkim) and Mumbai in October 2014. In both places the venues were full to bursting; in fact in Gangtok it was not possible to see the whole audience from any one place! The whole North East India team (Binu, David and Daniel) worked well together in Sikkim, with Binu’s husband Bhauk also providing excellent Nepali translation.

People came from six states to the Mumbai course. Those attending in both places were very keen, participated well, and purchased many sets of curriculum. It was a joy to see God also touching their personal lives. There has been very positive feedback from various course participants.

BRANCH NEWSNorth India We are pleased to announce that CBM

has opened a fourth branch in India. Evangeline Odyuo (CBM graduate 2009) and former Christian Education Director for the Nagaland Baptist Church Council has relocated to Delhi with her husband and is now working for CBM as our Coordinator in North India. It is the biggest and least reached area with the gospel in India.

West India We rejoice with Rodney Devdas that at last he has found suitable,larger premises that can accommodate the CBM office on the ground floor and living space on the next floor. It is only a few doors away from their previous home and from Rodney’s family.

South India Veronica Ravuri has also found a new home and although theloss of her husband Sam has been extremely difficult to adjust to, she is determined to carry on the work. She spoke to 7,000 children in Christmas programmes, recently conducted training for 130 teachers in Vijayawada and is in constant demand to speak in weekend camps.

North East India Binu, David and Daniel began the year with 250 in a camp in Arunachal where many children addressed their inner hurts as a result of hearing the story of Nicky Cruz. Four more camps and a children’s conference have resulted in another (800 being ministered to in recent weeks.) Binu is very thankful for those who

sponsored her to attend Sexual Abuse training when she visited N.Z. last year as she feels better equipped to meet the great needs that surface in the camps. We are trusting the Lord to provide more regular monthly support for David Tamang and Daniel so they can continue to minister alongside Binu in a very fruitful work in the N.E.

CAMBODIAThe Life Changers Curriculum was translated into Khmer by a church in Singapore that has a large outreach in Cambodia. In September Vasanthi from our Singapore Branch went there to train people from 35 churches in its use. She says the trip was really excellent with young participants who were enthusiastic and hungry to learn. After these people have trialled the curriculum and the translation has been re-checked, the church will print bulk copies for general distribution. Later this year the Singapore team will return for wider training.

David & Daniel selling curriculum in Gangtok

Participants in Gangtok courseMumbai course Making visuals at Mumbai

NEW office space

The Good Steward Challenge Postage has gone up so we’d like to get as many of you as possible to receive our

newsletter electronically. If you would like to receive the electronic issue, please let us know. However, We know some of you still prefer to receive the printed newsletter and

we will be happy to post this to you. Can you please email info@cbm.org.nz to give us your current email address ASAP! By doing this we know that you will be happy to receive future newsletters by email. Thanks so much!

TARGET: Philippines Trip…Mission: Upgrade all pcs Software and add 10 more pcs to the

Computer Room in our School Hebron Christian College

As time was drawing close to the cut off to order every-thing for our trip, we prayed at the staff meeting “Lord we just need a bit more to

cover the expenses of the Licences and some other unexpected costs.” Mike walked back into his office at the end of the prayer time, the phone rang and a faithful long-time friend asked how we were going with raising the finance for the project. As a result of the phone call, this person offered to cover the balance of funds needed. Thank You Lord and thank you to all those who have supported this mission! When you pray, God answers! What a delight it was to invest time and resources to help the young people at our base in Hebron Philippines. We now have current software and hardware for all the computers in the computer room and Library. A huge thank you to Dave Clark from ICONA NZ, Grant Yardley and Matt anderson for their tireless energy and commitment.

In June we will run our first residential course in Thailand. Then In August we will take another leap of faith by conducting courses in four African countries. Although the cost is $10,000, we believe it is right to continue investing our time and resources into this very needy continent. The team will be in Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria

and Congo (Brazzaville). We are told that in this “forgotten” Congo there has been no children’s ministry training and so no large churches have any work with children. To raise the profile before the training begins, we plan to host our first dinner for pastors of Brazzaville to show them the responsibility of the church in this area. The cost of this would be approximately $900. Fortunately, we will only need help this year to send curriculum to Zambia, as we have stock for the other countries. Please pray how you can partner with us in this faith-leap!

In September Lyn Anderson will be in India to conduct six, one day courses on ministering to young children (ages 3-6). She will be travelling extensively as she visits all our India branches; please keep her and her family in your prayers.

The kids had a

BLAST using the

new Climbing

Wall. They were so excited at the

prospect of conquering the wall

and its many strategic levels. All

the campers, from the 7 year olds to

the “oldies” gave the wall a go and the

feedback from the kids was fantastic!

Thanks to everyone who gave their

time and energy to making the Wall

happen for our kids!

TEAM RAGLANWe are so blessed to have such a com-mitted hard-working and dedicated team permanently based at Camp looking after the day-to-day

running. During the term we have thousands of children and young people coming through our gates as part of their school outdoor education programmes. Please uphold the team in your prayers as they work tirelessly serving the Lord.

In the January holiday camp we were bursting at the

seams with 180 in attendance each week. We had to open

up one section of the gym to fit all the kids who were on the waiting list

for camp!! God moved powerfully in both weeks with 60 children indicating they had given

their lives to Jesus.

After 80 years of faithful service, our close friend “Mr Coal Boiler” has finally retired!! In January 2015 we commissioned our two brand new

commercial heat pumps. These energy efficient clean operators performed amazingly over the holiday camps. Thank you to those who helped make this happen!

In January, there was a group of 20 young people from Korea visiting New Zealand as a way of improving their English and experiencing another culture. The teen girls came to the camp expecting only to have fun! (or so they thought!)

Todd Funk and several of the team did a drama on Blind Bartimaeus showing the need to be very specific in telling Jesus what we need. We then invited a couple to the front so the children could pray for them. The husband had been diag-nosed with a fast growing brain tumour and was return-ing to Auckland that night to face radio therapy and 8 months of chemotherapy treatment.

The Korean girls were stunned as he had shown them so much kindness and patience. He taught them how to use air rifles and had never mentioned his own need at all. One-by-one, they began to deeply weep and prayed earnestly. Later in the week many of the girls surrended their lives to Jesus, much to the amazement of their group leader.

Please consider joining us for a week as a nurse/doctor, leader or kitchen helper.

Autumn Camp (Ages 7-14) Week 1 Sat 4 – Sat 11 April Week 2 Sat 11 – Sat 18 April

Survival Camp (Ages 11-14) Sat 4 – Sat 11 July (one week only)

Spring Camp (Ages 7-14) Week 1 Sat, 26 Sep – Sat, 3 Oct

Week 2 Sat 3 – Sat 10 Oct (we are often in need of extra leaders!)

Easter is just around the corner !!

The CBM Bookshop has a great range of Easter books that make simple, but meaningful gifts at Easter time. Follow this link to see our online selection of CBM Easter

product http://cbm.org.nz/catalogue/index.php?cPath=92 . Another great Easter gift is our egg-shaped Hi Bounce Ball that kids

just love! To order online , follow the link above phone your order to 09 6305271 or e-mail shop@cbm.org.nz

PRAISE GODFor the way He continues to wonderfully work in many

children lives at our Raglan Camps

For the ongoing work in India, both in 5 day training courses

and in the local work of all four branches

For enthusiastic people attending our Auckland one-day

training events

For God’s provision of computers for the Philippines

PLEASE PRAYFor the provision of $10,000 so the team can travel to four

countries in Africa to train and equip the local teachers

For God’s clear guidance as the CBM NZ team meet in their

forthcoming staff retreat

For sponsorship of curriculum to be freighted to Africa, and for

the pastors’ dinner in Congo (Brazzaville)

Come and celebrate with us the International work of CBM.

We will also have the graduation of our students, John and Paul.

Friday, 1st May, at both 12pm and 7.30pm.

CBM HeadquartersPlease RSVP at

info@cbm.org.nz or 09.630.5271

CBM DetailsChildrens Bible MinistriesPO BOX 8774 Symonds Street

Auckland 11509 Walters Road

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ph 09.630.5271Email: info@cbm.org,nzwww.cbm.org.nz

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