Supporting working mums better
Lois McCrea
All mums work. Raising children is both rewarding and incredibly hard work.
The list of tasks is endless and includes cooking, cleaning, bathing, giving lifts, helping with homework, and numerous other precious moments involving listening, reading, teaching and talking to our children about God.
letter from Dublin
Traditional marriage teaching removed from curriculum
Lois McCrea
Of concern to evangelicals is the recently updated Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is taught in all secondary schools across the Republic of Ireland.
The new SPHE curriculum for junior cycle students (aged 12–15) was updated in September 2023. Students engage in 100 hours of SPHE teaching over three years and the first cohort of students is now in the second year of the programme. The senior cycle curriculum for students aged 16–19 was updated in September 2024 and covers 60 hours of teaching.
letter from Dublin
400 women gather for Irish convention
Lois McCrea
Over 400 women gathered for the sold-out annual Dublin Women’s Convention in late October.
Now in its 14th year, the convention is organised by a committee of women from churches within the Dublin Gospel Partnership. Women from all across the Republic of Ireland attended the convention to hear Jen Wilkin, US author and Bible-teacher, deliver three sessions on the attributes of God under the theme of ‘Behold our God, Worshipping Rightly Through Reverence and Imitation’.
