Volunteer training
CEIS maintains sessions in schools because local Christians volunteer. CEIS supports all volunteers by providing resources, team leaders and a training session every term. Anyone interested in volunteering in a school is welcome to join one of our term training sessions (choose a session below most suitable for you). The first 30 minutes are dedicated to those who are NEW (while others pray) and then we combine to walk through the term session.
Thursday afternoon of Week 5 at Good Shepherd Anglican, Carruthers St CURTIN
Term 1: March 8 | Term 2: May 31 | Term 3: August 23 | Term 4: November 15
12.30 – 1.00pm NEW volunteers orientation
12.30 – 1.00pm TIME OF PRAYER – all welcome
1.00 – 2.30pm ALL volunteers training
Thursday evening of Week 5 at Ainslie Church of Christ, Limestone Ave AINSLIE
Term 1: March 8 | Term 2: May 31 | Term 3: August 23 | Term 4: November 15
5.00 – 5.30pm NEW volunteers orientation
5.00 – 5.30pm TIME OF PRAYER – all welcome
5.30 – 7.00pm ALL volunteers training
Friday morning of Week 5 at Hughes Baptist Church, Groom St HUGHES
Term 1: March 9 | Term 2: June 1 | Term 3: August 24 | Term 4: November 16
10:00 – 10.30am NEW volunteers orientation
10.00 – 10.30pm TIME OF PRAYER – all welcome
10.30-12:00pm ALL volunteers training
RESOURCE DAY
CEIS has a resource-making day once per term to prepare the various items for the upcoming session. This is a fun way to support CEIS with no special skills required. Come along to the CEIS office (82 Limestone Ave AINSLIE) any time between 9.30am – 2.30pm and join in with cutting, laminating, gluing or similar (all will be explained). Great conversation and morning tea also provided J
T1: Wednesday March 14 T2: Wednesday June 6
T3: Wednesday August 29 T4: Wednesday November 21
Volunteer table
Our current Volunteer Table is now available but remains subject to change, so please keep checking. A hard-copy of the table is available for viewing at each of the volunteer training sessions.
Session overview
This session overview provides an outline of the session being presented in schools this term. Please check back soon if it has not been updated.
Family Connections
The Family Connections page provides an overview of the term session along with extra activities for families to seek, question and explore with their children.
Prayer
Individual prayer
The CEIS website has general prayer points available for individual use each school term.
For specific prayer points through the weeks of CEIS occurring in schools please subscribe to shared prayers.
Training week prayer
During week 5 of each school term CEIS provides 3 volunteer training sessions. The first 30 minutes of these are dedicated to praying for CEIS. Anyone interested in praying with others for CEIS is very welcome to join this prayer time, whether attending the training session immediately following or not. Details here.
School Prayer Network (SPN) – Yarralumla House of Prayer, Guilfoyle St Yarralumla
7.00-8.30pm MEET | PRAY | LEARN
From 2018 the School Prayer Network will be a combined meeting of all previous networks. It will include time for prayer, network sharing and an optional learning section (about 30 minutes each). Come along to discover and discuss how Canberra Christians and churches are supporting families and young people, particularly in schools. All welcome – ministers, members, chaplains, volunteers and friends.
Term 1: Thursday February 15 Term 2: Thursday May 10
Term 3: Thursday August 2 Term 4: Thursday October 25
The School Prayer Network is hosted by an ecumenical group of Christian leaders from the ACT (coming under the Children’s Ministry Network). They are involved in a range of churches and Christian ministries and are passionate about connecting people of all ages and cultures in their exploration of Christianity and following Jesus. They value the place of church in community and wrestle with various challenges to address and maintain that place, for each stage of modern society.