Parents Blog

As a youngster, I was always a bit fascinated with Samson (maybe growing up with ‘Gladiators’ on TV fed into that). The supernatural strength and spectacular death alongside the ability to confound people with riddles and yet I couldn't read the story without...

Post Sorell was the small village where my family lived in Tasmania. The river  was at the back & the sandy ocean beach to the side. The church we went to  was a large wooden building with Sunday School at 2 pm-3pm. The teachers came from the town 12 miles away,...

I wasn't brought up in church, apart from a brief time going to Sunday school. My family didn't attend church, nor did they show any interest in Jesus. I became a follower of Jesus in my late 50's. One day I was listening to a well-known Bible teacher, talking about...

When I was around 10 years old I loved History (I still do!) and proudly showed my Grandad my Gold star for my project “Five Famous Battles”. He read it, commending me for my efforts, then proceeded to tell me about a “more amazing” battle, The Battle of Jericho. He...

I probably did not know of Barnabas when I was young. However, I do vividly recall the name of my very first Sunday School teacher. I would have been about four years old, but I have distinct memories of her dedication and her enthusiasm for sharing the Bible. Also,...

Here at NISCU we aim to give children in schools and education settings across the North West a Hope (in the gospel of Jesus) and a Home (in a loving and welcoming Church community). As we are commanded in Deuteronomy to pass God's story onto our children: "Hear, O...

As the nights get longer and the days darker, we can spread our light! I wonder if you, like my family and I definitely used to, spend the second half of October actively not looking forward to October 31st? As our streets, villages and shops get more and more full of...

I love being outside…  …and I presume many of us love being out and about in the Lake District. One thing that always comes to me at this time of year, is how we see part of God’s divine nature in the leaves. I don’t just mean that they look really nice, as they turn...

Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to Him than they. (Matthew 6:26) Most of us see birds every day, whether in our gardens, parks, walks to work or the...