Children's Bible Ministries Autumn Newsletter 2016

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C B MH a p p e n i n g s

Autumn 2016 Volume 49 Issue 1

Mike Buckley International Director

rom the Director’s Desk

“There fore go and make dis ciples of all nation s, baptizing them in the name o f theather an d of the Son and o f the Holy Spirit, and te aching them to obey every thing I have commande d you.

And su rely I am with you always, to the very e nd o f the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NIV)

ter seeing many first time commitments at our children’s camps in the April school holidays, and

aving had the privilege of leading some men to Christ in recent times, I am passionate to keepbeying this command!

y friends, this is a HUGE task and God’s mission is global, but it will be fulfilled! It is not missionpossible; it is mission inevitable. It is a certainty. The Bible gives us a picture of its fulfillment in

evelation 7:9,

“There before me was a grea t multitude th at no one could count, from every nation,tribe, people and langua ge, standin g before the throne and be fore the Lamb.”

magine. One day there will be people from every language group in the world standing before therone of Jesus.

Will our generation be the ones to fulfill this? ORWill we pass this responsibility on to someone else?Will another generation be the ones who get the privilege of fulfilling God’s greatmission?

Let it not be under our watch!! However, we can’t do this alone!

Mother Teresa aptly s aid, “ I Can Do Things You Cannot, You Can Do Things I Cannot;Together We Can Do Great Things”

od tells us in Ecclesiastes 4:9 “two people are better than one, bec ause th ey ge t more done byorking together” (NCV). When we work as a team, and with other teams, we get so much more done.o one will carry a heavy burden if each one of us does our small part. That is the reason we areartnering with YWAM, Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Calvary Bible College and many otherrganisations which work alongside desperate families.

hrough the years, CBM has been so blessed to have such faithful supporters of the mission to whichod has called us. Thank you so much for standing with us for this next generation.ithout your prayers and financial partnership, we could not do what we do in fulfilling this Great

ommission.

nce again, thank you so much for your ongoing support. I trust as you readCBM Happenings”, you will be inspired and blessed by all the Lord is doing, as welfil His purposes and Commission.

Many Blessings,


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“Special to God: Meeting the Needs of Special Kids”:

Do you struggle coping with children who can’t sit still, kids whose behaviour pu zzle s you, orkids who you just don’t understand? Many teachers/parents feel out of their depth dealingwith children with behavioural or learning challen ges . The “Special to God” training day,

fo cuse s on how to mini ste r to chi ldre n with le ar ning and behav ioura l chal le nge s. It wa s he ld forthe first time last year and many teachers an d parents found this seminar extremely helpful.

The ne xt da te for Spec ial to God is Sa turday 13 Augu st, 9:00am-2:30pm

Topics incl ude: What is ADHD, ASD, ODD? How do we practically minister to our special kid s? Tips and strategies,

nd a Q and A ses sion. Morning tea will be provided . The cost is $55 Register Ear ly as space is limited. [email protected]

STG

“First Things First” training day. One participant said ofthis training, “Such an enjoyable and inspiring day. Looking forwardto the next one. Excellent speakers.”

Preschool Training There was an enthusiastic groupattending and great feedback from

veryone. After a day of focusing on teaching the young children, participantst so encouraged in this often overlooked area of ministry. It is common to hear

rticipants say that they had no idea that CBM had so many great children’ssources in the bookshop!

The team also conducted training weekends forchurches out of Auckland. The Orchard churchhosted us in Te Puke and in Palmerston North, Salt Church hosted us andmade the course available to other churches in the area.They flew our team down, complete with as many resources as the weightrestrictions would allow. It’s fantastic to see churches who value ministry to

children.

2016

Camp was full this yearwith over 50 people onsite during the weekend.There were 17 childrenand young people with

varying disabilities. To make camp work as well asit does, everyone else is there to make it a veryspecial weekend for these children. This includes

other children who come as buddies, carers, group leaders, nurse,NZSL interpreter, cooks and CBM staff. The high ratio of adults to children

creates a very caring and safe environment. Parentsare very appreciative of this.

Our theme was Superheroes which gave lots ofscope for our costumes! We taught them that Jesusis the greatest superhero of all because He actually did come to save thewhole world through His death.

We’ve also just returned from three days of teaching at Faith Bible College. The students gained new

erspective on ministry to children.

TRAINING DATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2016:

TOOL TIME June 18

MASTER STORYTELLING Sept 3

C a l l t h e o f f i c e

f o r m o r e I n f o

LET T ER FROM A PARENT :A BI G T han k You toal l th e sta f f involve d in Kids Connect. It's a hug eprivi le ge f or parents to be ab le to drop ki d s o f f

for a wh ole weeken d andknow they ar e having

personal atte nt ion with peop le w ho re ally ca re .Th ank you everyone f or all you r hard work and planning !!


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international

HappeningsWe had two very successful training courses in Sambalpur (Orissa)

organised by John Paul (grad.2015) and in Delhi organised by our NorthIndia coordinator, Evangeline Odyuo Koireng. The good feedback was

an encouragement, as were the many questions from the Delhi partici-

pants who came from seven states andBurma. Denis Delaney, the

chairman of the CBM Board, accompanied us to five cities to meet

ndia staff and graduates and to video them in their own settings. A short documentary on

CBM’s work in India will be available later in the year. Please let us if you would like a copy.

India

2015

2016 Students We were blessed with four keen and able

students this year. Three were Indian and one Singaporean. Thefour months they spent with us in Auckland and Raglan gavethem great momentum to move to a higher level of ministry to

children and teachers as they return to their countries. They allcommented on how God had worked deeply in their own lives to

ready them for deeper ministry to those they seek to workalongside. On graduation night, we had a packed headquarters

celebrating the commissioning of our students. What a delight

to send them out, trained, equipped and full of vision!

Happenings of our Overseas Staff and Graduates

Rodney (Mumbai) and Veronica (Hyderabad) have been busythis summer running VBS programmes. “Many children came from families where the father is a drunkard and there is a lot of disharmony,unforgivenes s and hatre d. Children just poured out their hearts and prayed with ourteam.”

India

Da vid (Siliguri, NE India) is ver y thankful for the

donations that ha ve enabled him to bu y a bike to

tra vel into neighbouring villages where the

children know nothing of Christianity

and where it is unwise to take photos.


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Matthias and Esther (grad.2010) continue to run successfulchildren’s camps in Tanzania, modelled on their experiences atCamp Raglan.

Vasanthi and the Singapore team (made up ofseveral CBM graduates) are kept busy not only inSingapore but also throughout South East Asia. Theyrecently trained 130 very keen people in Kachin State,northern Myanmar.Although a majority in the state are Christians, verylittle has been done with children and they have noresources, so they were pleased to receive the ‘LifeChangers’ curriculum in Burmese. By October the‘Knowing God’ curriculum will also be available.

Paul Wachira(grad.2015) reportsthat as a result ofgiving three days ofteacher training in

one Kenyan town,there has been muchfruit as the children’schurches are grow-ing numerically andspiritually throughthe discipleship programme. He has also spoken at achildren’s camp and a large children’s conference, wheremany children received Christ. Paul will be hosting us for fivedays of training in August

TRANSLATION

Would you believe, the first year of the ‘Life Changers’curriculum is now translated into 25 languages!Of course, this means an ongoing demand fortranslation of the second and later years. To add tothe later translations already done, work is currentlyunderway for Year 2 in Nepali , Swahili and Thai, alongwith Year 4 in Hindi. There is also a demand for Year

1 in Oromo, the second language of Ethiopia.Since we cannot build translation costs into the saleprice, we are dependent on PARTNERSHIP donations toundertake this work.

Most languages cost us from$500 upwards. You can bea missionary to the world’schildren in giving towardsthis need!

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Our camps continue to influence and equip youngpeople. Our January camp was overflowing with 240kids! We have just finished 2 weeks of April camps, withover 200 kids. In the April holidays, 52 children madedecisions for Jesus. Jesus healed hearts andtransformed lives!

We could not have achieved this without the incredible leaders, parents andhelpers supporting us. Thank you so much to YWAM Family Ministries and YWAM

Zion and Bethlehem Tertiary Institute for joining with us, and all the other lead-ers that made up our awesome team.

We hear so many postitve and heartfelt comments from the kidswho attend camp. Here is a recent Facebook post from a camper:This young lady then proceeds to passionately pray this prayerafter her Facebook post:

Camp Rag lan Staff

“ Je sus die d so we cou ld ha ve a re la tion s hip wi t h our hea ven ly Fa t her !

He doe sn’ t remem ber ye s terday’s sins i f you as k f or f orgi vene s s he on ly

remem bers today ! Lord lay your hea ling hand on t hose w ho are hur ting

inside or p hysica l ly in jure d Lord may you come and f i l l me wi t h your Ho ly Spir-

i t ! “ Don’ t ge t drun k on wine bu t be f i l le d wi t h t he spiri t !” Ep he sians 5: 18

Gi ve

us s treng t h to lo ve you and gi ve us t he po wer to li ve up to your name

and

gi ve us t he capa bi li ty to sing and praise you In Je sus name I pray amen

!”

“I gave my li f e to J e sus a f ew y ears back...at C amp Ragla n. I’ve l ove d e very s in gle ca mp I havebeen to. I’ve s ee n so many things throughout my time there!! ! G od has done amazing thin gs

in my li f e”

I n t he Sept ember / Oct ober camps, w e w i ll be hav i ng a t eam f r om C alv ar y Bi ble C ollege, R ot or ua j oi n us. T hi s i s a t r emendous oppor t uni t y f or t he st udent s f r om all ov er t he w or ld t o lear n f i r st -hand how t o mi ni st er ef f ect i v ely t o chi ldr en.

S u r v i va l

Ca m p

Ca n y o u

ha n d l e i t !

Jo i n us

Ju l y 9- 16ag es 1 1- 14

School

Holidays

wk 1

24 Sept- 1 Oct

& wk 2

1-8 Oct

Sept-Oct

Are the kids going BONKERS?

C AMP S !

Welcome to Andrew Roughton who will be joining our staffat camp, specifically for maintenance. Andrew is a family manmarried to Leanne and they have 3 children, Shaun (17)Matthew (10) and Emma (8) Andrew has enjoyed Christ iancamps enormously as a young person and is excited tocontribute to this life-changing environment and experience.“I am looking forward to helping Camp Raglan enhance itsreputation for being one of the most special spots in NZ!”

MMM (Mobile Mission Maintenance) will be joining us once again from August 8th 2016 for 3-4 weeks. Our project will be upgrading thedining rooms, the main meeting hall and the David’s Cave toi let block . We are looking for volunteers who could help o ut so plea se call

us! We’d love to hear from you! 09.630.5271


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The keen international students who ha ve just completed our four month

course in Auckland, and for the sponsors who helped some of them.

Praise God for:

Andre w Rough ton,

our ne w s ta f f member a t Camp

Raglan

T he gr eat f eedback f r om people at t endi ng our v ar i ous t r ai ni ng cour ses i n New Z ealand and ov er seas.

Our Africa trip, especially for provision of airfares.

Please Pray for:

God’s wisdom and anointing for those translatingour curriculums, and for the money to pay for them.

A continued, deeper outpouring of the Hol y Spir

it upon all

the children and people we are ministering to an

d training.

If you have not received your 2015

tax receipt, please contact ouroffice @ 09.630.5271

PO Box 8774 Symonds St Auckland 1150 9 Walters Rd Mt Eden Auckland Ph (09) 630-5271

Email: [email protected] www.cbm.org.nz

F r o m o u r C B M F a m i l y t o Y o u r s...T ha n k

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Yes! I would like to support Children’s Bible Ministries

I am enclosing $_____ for general funds in NZ

Reference GF A/C 03 0175 0013647 00

I am enclosing $____ t owards translation costs of LIFEchangers curriculum Reference TC A/C 12 3016 0551118-01

CBMhildren’s bible ministries

Name: __________________________Address:______________________________

Email:___________________________ Phone: _______________________________

C h i l d r e n ’ s B i b l e M i n i s t r i e sPO Box 8774, Symonds St, Auckland 1150Phone: (09) 630 5271 Fax: (09) 630 4373

Email: [email protected] Website: www.cbm.org.nz

I am enclosing $_______ to help the teamget to Africa to train teachers to impacttheir nationReference Air A/C 12 3016 0551118-01

Special Appeal

Name: __________________________Address:______________________________

Email:___________________________ Phone: _______________________________

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