Every day, youth are bombarded with unbiblical messages about gender identity and role. To provide biblical clarity in the midst of cultural confusion, Children Desiring God has released a new curriculum on biblical manhood and womanhood.

Rejoicing in God’s Good Design is a 28-week study for junior and senior high students about the Bible’s teaching on what it means to be a man or woman. The curriculum includes animated PowerPoint presentations for each lesson and Student Journals for students to personally interact with God’s Word. Other classroom resources, such as parent memos, letters and weekly articles, aid teachers in strengthening their partnership with parents.

Watch this video for more explanation of the curriculum and check out samples of the Leader's Edition and Student Journal. Order the curriculum online or call 888.346.4700.

In 2008 God opened the door for Trinity Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas to take Vacation Bible School (VBS) outside the four walls of their church and into the local community. This provided a unique opportunity to show love to children in their own neighborhoods—many of whom would never come to a church for VBS. Their desire to teach Bible truth melded perfectly with the vision of Children Desiring God (CDG) and they found the Backyard Bible Club curriculum a helpful resource. The goal of these four evangelistic curriculum is to awaken spiritual interest and feed spiritual hunger by exposing children to the Truth.

As the team from Trinity Baptist shares God-centered teaching on seven elementary school campuses this summer, they will be sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with hundreds of children. We pray this seed would fall on good soil and produce a crop…

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Children Desiring God Executive Director, Brian Eaton, talks about the theme of this year's conference and the desired impact. Please pray with us that God's truth would endure forever in the hearts of children and youth around the world.

Learn more about the conference at Children Desiring God.

Theme: Holding Fast to the Word of Truth
Date: March 10-12, 2011

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Since 1997, Bethlehem Baptist Church has encouraged church-wide Bible memory using the Fighter Verse Bible memorization program. Preschoolers, children, youth, and adults have joined together to store up God’s word in their hearts.

After 13 years, Fighter Verses has undergone a makeover—both in content and appearance—but the vision remains the same: To encourage the body of Christ to fight the fight of faith.

To this end, Children Desiring God provides tools for church and home to equip believers in their memorization:

• Fighter Verses is a five-year program which includes 52 passages per year (260 total). You can purchase verse cards or view the list of verses.
• For those who prefer to memorize longer passages of Scripture or whole books of the Bible, the Extended Memory Set is now available. Still structured as a five-year program, this set includes Philippian…

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Twelve days remain to receive early bird pricing for the 2011 Children Desiring God Conference. That means $40 off the regular price! Register now.

Theme:	Holding Fast to the Word of Truth
Date:	March 10-12, 2011
Venue:	Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
Location:	Bloomington, Minnesota

Keep in mind that you will need to indicate which seminars you'd like to attend when registering for the conference. A complete list of all 30 seminars is available.

The Children Desiring God Conference is a great time of encouragement for you and your children’s ministry team. Listen to what past conference attendees have to share about their experiences:

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Early bird registration ends January 16, 2011. Register now.

In 2002, Mike and Deb Watters began teaching the curriculum, My Purpose Will Stand, in the sixth grade Sunday School at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Although they didn't know it at the time, God was teaching them the truths of His sovereignty to prepare them for what was to come.

In 2006 their six-year-old daughter, Corinne, was diagnosed with cancer. Knowing and trusting a sovereign God equipped them to persevere in the face of surgery, chemotherapy, and ongoing treatment.

But God was doing something even greater. At the hospital they met a young boy named Victor, who was undergoing treatment for the same type of cancer as Corinne. Watch the video to learn more about God's providence in caring for the Watters family, and his loving plan to provide a family for Victor.

The Watters' Story from Children Desiring God.

Please pray for the Watters family. Victor's …

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Children Desiring God is pleased to announce a new 40-week study for junior high students, Your Word is Truth.

The goal of this study is that, through the work of the Holy Spirit, the authoritative Truth of the Bible might be understood and embraced in order to be a lens through which students may interpret all of life. Our hope is that students would not be conformed to the thinking of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of their minds, that by testing they might discern what is good and acceptable (Romans 12:2). Finally, as the students grow in their own love and delight of the Truth, we want to encourage and equip them to stand firm in an increasingly hostile culture, boldly and humbly proclaiming the triumphant Truth of the Gospel.

Your Word is Truth includes a number of new features, including PowerPoint® presentations for each lesson, video resourc…

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Registration is now open for the 2011 Children Desiring God Conference. Register now.

Theme:	Holding Fast to the Word of Truth
Date:	March 10-12, 2011
Venue:	Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
Location:	Bloomington, Minnesota

We invite you to join other children's ministry pastors, leaders, volunteers, youth workers, and teachers to be inspired, encouraged, and equipped for the enduring joy of the next generation. We pray this event will encourage and enable you to return to your labors with revived affection for the truth and a renewed passion to make it known to the children under your care.

Speakers include John Piper, Russell Moore, Kempton Turner, and David Michael. The conference also offers over 30 seminars on biblical parenting, disability ministry, effective teaching strategies, youth ministry, lesson preparation, and many other topics.

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The Bridge is an urban outreach ministry of Southwest Church in Topeka, Kansas. One aspect of their ministry includes a Bible study outreach program that uses Children Desiring God (CDG) curriculum.

This video shares how Chris Stewart and his team use CDG material in their ministry, and how families have benefitted from exposure to God-centered teaching. Children are learning about the God of the Bible, and memorizing Scripture. As one mother shares about her daughter, "She wants to read the Bible more." Praise God for using this ministry to create a hunger for his Word in the hearts of children!

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Chris will be a part of a panel discussion at the Children Desiring God 2011 Conference. The panelists include Chris and other partners who use the curriculum in non-church settings, such as Christian schools and neighborhood ministries.

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