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Resources for Secondary School GroupsFor some time there has been concern about the lack of resourceswritten for school-based groups for teenagers. There areplenty of resources for church-based groups but the needs of aschool group are different. This autumn a team of SU staff and volunteersare going to be working on producing a number of series ofresources for use in schools. Please pray for creative ideas so thatwe produce resources that enable group leaders to handle the Biblecreatively, confidently, relevantly and accurately and encouragegroup members to get into the Bible for themselves. Pray that thewriting and editing processes set up will work efficiently so that theseresources can soon be available for use. I am working on a seriesabout Daniel - a man who stayed firm to his faith in a multi-faith environment- please pray that this helps young people to stay firm intheir own faith, despite the pressures they face.Some dates frommy diary1 Sept - Assembly,Kirkhope4 Sept - Schools Focusprayer group;JAFFA club5-7 Sept - Spree9 Sept - Assembly,Stirches; Actiongroup meeting11 Sept - Assembly,Trinity; JAFFA club12 Sept - Assembly,Howdenburn15-16 Sept - Resourcewriting16-17 Sept - Regionalstaff days23 Sept - Prayer andCelebration evening25 Sept - Assembly,Ednam; JAFFA club26 Sept - Assembly,Burgh; Soulspan2 Oct - Schools Focusprayer group;JAFFA club3 Oct - Assembly,Wilton4-18 Oct - Holiday21 Oct - Hawick BaptistFriendship Hour23 Oct—JAFFA club25 Oct - Schools Alphatraining30 Oct - JAFFA Club31 Oct - ‘engage’6 Nov - Schools Focusprayer group;JAFFA club7 Nov - Griefcarecourse13 Nov - JAFFA club20 Nov - JAFFA club21 Nov - Assembly,Wilton25 Nov - Action groupmeeting27 Nov - Schools Focusprayer group;JAFFA club28 Nov - Assembly,,Burgh2-4 Dec - Staff conference5-7 Dec - BordersSecondary weekend11 Dec - JAFFA clubLendrick Muir CampIt was amazing to see God givingvery specific answers to our prayersat Lendrick Muir this summer:• We had prayed about theweather, but it had rained all daySunday. That evening one of thegirls said that she had achievedsomething special that day - shedidn’t normally go out in the rainbecause she was afraid of water!• One team member was feeling afailure, because her group werevery unresponsive, and everyoneelse’s group was brilliant. Weprayed that God would show hersomething of the impact she washaving. The next day anotherteam member , chatting to 2 girlsfrom the group, asked what theyhad been enjoying about thePlease pray for allthose starting new schools- 5 year olds in P1, 12year olds in S1, pupilswho have moved to newschools mid-course, probationaryteachers in theirfirst postings, teacherswho are in new positions.Pray that at a time of uncertainty,they would findsecurity in God the rock.week. They mentioned grouptimes,so the leader asked whatthey had been discoveringthrough group times. They repliedthat Jesus wants to be their friend,that he loves them and that he’salways ready to give them a freshstart.• One child wanted to become afriend of Jesus, but not without herfamily. She talked to a groupleader about how to become aChristian, but then went awayagain. The group leader was prayingfor her when suddenly shecame back in - she had phonedher mum to discuss it. Her mumhad advised her to go for it andhad said that she would go tochurch with her when she gothome.Please pray that SUgroups in schools throughoutthe Borders wouldquickly get underway thisterm. Pray for groupswhere the leadership haschanged. Pray for newchildren and young peopleto join the groups. Prayfor good publicity and interestingprogrammes forthe groups.