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Discipling youth (and ourselves) well: PY Encourage Express #2 2024

On Tuesday May 21, at Penrith Presbyterian Church, we held our second PY Encourage Express training in 2024. Karen Astles was our presenter and trainer

A passion to see all students question, explore, and discover Jesus, with Kelly

Kelly’s first experience in an SRE classroom left her feeling quite daunted by the thought of teaching a classroom of students herself. But her passion

A God-given opportunity to help students question, explore, and discover Jesus, with Bev

Bev Paterson knows full well the importance and significance of helping children to question, explore and discover who Jesus is for themselves. During her childhood,

Top tips for youth ministry in 2024, with Dave Phillips

PYNSW General Manager, Dave Phillips, has been working in, with, and around youth ministry for over 25 years. He is passionate about seeing many young

Pressie churches head to KYCK!

We sat down with PYNSW General Manager, Dave Phillips, after he and PYNSW Network Coordinator, Juli Secker, attended the first three weekends of KYCK 2024

Touring the Northern Inland Presbytery, March 2024

In mid-March PYNSW General Manager, David Phillips, had the opportunity to travel up to the Northern Inland region of NSW. He met with ministers from

“I became a fanatic!” – Jarrod McNaughton on PYNSW

Growing up, Jarrod only thought about Jesus in the context of Christmas and Easter, viewing Him as a holiday character rather than a real figure.

Unexpected paths: Gavin’s journey into ministry – Part 2

Read part one of Gavin’s story here. Gavin credits the many ‘considering ministry dinners’ at university, reading the Bible with others and youth group leading