Books
for Schools
Things
are getting tougher for Christian schools who don't want to promote
certain lifestyles and other religions. At the moment there is no
restriction on using Christian books in schools – at least, they
are not (yet?) banned! Who knows what will happen in the future?
Jesus did warn his followers 'all men will hate you because of me'.
We're not there yet in the UK, but perhaps we are on the way. In many
countries the Bible and all Christian literature is completely
banned, not just in schools. If you've missed the recent news about
Christian schools, this is an informative article:
We
have the freedom to move
at the moment – perhaps our time is now. Maybe
Dernier is a kind of Esther – 'for such a time as this'. In any
case, our aim, as always, is to reach as many children as we can with
the good news through good stories. May the Lord grant the increase!
A
Pennyworth of Peppermints in Chickerell
Author
Mary Weeks Millard sent me this message: “After church yesterday,
the youngest daughter of one of the families came up to me to tell me
that her school are going to use A Pennyworth of Peppermints
as part of their history learning. She attends Chickerell
village school.” Isn't that great! Chickerell features in the
story, which is set in WW1, but it's great for any class of
interested pupils!
20
% off 20 Books
To
help churches, schools and charities reach out to the children on
their hearts
we have a new 20%
off 20 books
button on our website, so if you order 20 books or more you will have
20% discount
taken
off at the checkout. to take advantage of this offer, go to the Dernier website. Please do make the most of this – it's as much as we can offer and
still keep standing – and we really would like our books to reach
children near and far. Thank you! I know I've said this before, but
imagine if every child in the UK and in English-speaking schools
abroad had access to the good news of Jesus through exciting stories!
We
can do it if we work together! Your local Christian bookshop may also be able to give you this offer - always worth asking.
Book
Club
I
recently visited the book club run by a Christian teacher in one of
our local schools. What fun! The girls had just finished reading A
Pennyworth of Peppermints and
had really enjoyed it – they treated me like a celebrity and I
didn't even write it! After
talking about publishing for a while (the photo is of the girls
having a very excited look at all Dernier's books) Mrs
Angell asked the girls what they liked most about the story. They
all shot their hands straight up! One
girl said she thought Ben (the main character) was very brave when
his brothers then his
father went to war, then his mum became ill from working in the
munitions factory. Another liked the glossary! Another liked
the Zeppelin raid in London best – she told us she read that bit to
her nan, who had asked to read it herself. One of the girls'
favourite parts was when Ben prayed and knew that Jesus was always
with him, whatever happened. And
eating peppermints at the book club was universally popular. :-) Mrs
Angell is doing a fab job – these girls are learning about faith
through sharing good stories . . . and the seeds are reaching into
their families too. Thank you to all who have prayed for this little
club –they are reading Deepest Darkness
next. If you are thinking of setting up a book club, do let us all
know, we'd love to pray for you too!
Books
for African Christian Schools
Mary
Weeks Millard has donated some of her books to a group of Christian
schools in Uganda. She writes, “Pastor Emmy Nnyanzi heads up
Parental Care Ministries which now has six primary schools and one
senior school for orphans and disadvantaged children in Mbarara and
surrounding areas in the south west of Uganda. He himself has five
biological children and 73 other children who live with them in the
holidays as extended family as they have no homes! I was around at
the very start of the work and am so amazed at what the Lord has done
in just 13 years. I will put an attached photo of me giving some
books to Emmy for his family and the High school family.” (Photo above.) Thank you to all of you have prayed for Dernier from the
beginning – for those of you who have joined us more recently, we
started off with one book and a handful of sales – now our books
are reaching children all over the world. It's amazing what the Lord
has done!
If
your church or family support an English-speaking school and you
would like to give them a gift of books, please do use the 20 books
20% discount
offer, and if there's anything else we can do to help, please let me
know!
That's
it for this special schools edition! Thank you for taking the time to
read this newsletter, and thank you for all your support.
Kindest
regards,
Janet
P.S.
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Thank you very much for your interest.
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