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Warwick Uniting Church has received attention from their local newspaper with another innovative way of the church connecting with the community.
With 26 school teachers and retired school teachers within the congregation, they have started an after school tutoring service. Not only is the service available to all students, it is free.
Warwick Uniting Church member and retired maths teacher Jean Reid spoke to the Warwick Daily News about the program. “We thought maybe we could offer as a gift to the community our skills as teachers,” Ms Reid told reporter Erica Tarlington.
The after school tutoring program began in March.
Each one hour session has two teachers on duty, one registered, and tutors will liaise with local schools to keep up to date with what the students are learning.
Warwick Killarney minister Rev May Morris said the service was meeting the needs of their community. “This adventure with homework help seems to be meeting a vital need, especially in the primary schools in Warwick,” she told Journey. The students are delighted that they have their homework finished early in the week, and the parents are relieved that they don’t have to ‘nag’ to get home work done.”
Ms Morris said the congregation responded to the need by using their gifts. “We saw a Church that has more than 30 teachers, retired and current, as a prompt from God to see how we could gift the community in a practical way.”
For more information contact Warwick Uniting Church on 4661 1080
Photo : Jean Reid, Angela Lester and Mary McKay help students with their homework. Photo courtesy of Warwick Uniting Church
