TENteach Update You may have previously read about the TENteach project (TEN teaching English and Christianity). After several months of planning, a three-lesson trial of online lessons took place in the autumn, involving four churches from Moldova and North Macedonia. The lessons taught aspects of English grammar, whilst also giving the students the opportunity to read passages of Scripture in English, and then practice their speaking and listening skills by discussing the passage, answering questions, and doing other exercises. Following the trial, very encouraging feedback was received from the pastors of each church, as well as from the participating students. The pastors thought the project would help them in their outreach. Pastor Slavic from Moldova commented, “These lessons are a great opportunity to reach more people and to tell them about Jesus”. The majority of students confirmed that if classes took place next year, they would want to join them. Thankfully, the four volunteer teachers from TEN (David Pryke, Graham Owen, Mary Cottrell and Sue Watterson) all felt they would be prepared to commit to the project. Consequently, we have agreed to provide a course of lessons starting in the new year. The next stage will be to consider if there are other churches with links to TEN, that may like to join
Dragan and Biljana Manev (Veles Evangelical Church, North Macedonia) took part in the pilot
the project. Also, if interest grows, we will need more volunteer teachers to provide additional classes. So, if you have a few hours a week to spare, and would like to consider joining the team, teaching English and the Christian message online from your own homes, then please contact us to chat more about what’s involved. Thanks, Nick Clarke, TENteach team Email: nick.clarke@ten-uk.org
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