RESOURCES:

BEST NETWORK - RELEASED TIME BIBLE EDUCATION
Learn about the exciting opportunities for Bible Education during school time through Released Time classes. Over 250,000 young people, K-12, regularly leave public school classes for religious study off campus.

BEST Network sets standards for Released Time Providers around the country. A list of national Released Time Providers is available on the web site.

BIBLE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROJECT
BThe Bible Literacy Project, Inc. is a non-partisan, non-profit endeavor to encourage and facilitate the academic study of the Bible in public schools. Founded in 2001 by Chuck Stetson, we believe that failure to teach about the Bible leaves students in ignorance and cultural illiteracy.

Our story begins with an amazingly successful new effort at peacemaking. Working with the Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center, we produced The Bible & Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide, in which a broad range of organizations managed to agree on what the issues were—with regard to legality and basic fairness—for a school that chooses to include the Bible in its curriculum. Major educational organizations, including the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National School Boards Association endorsed the Guide; along with diverse religious and civil liberties groups.

More recently, we have traveled to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Oregon to train teachers in how to teach about the Bible appropriately in the public schools. In our training efforts we have collaborated with the leading minds in modern Biblical literary scholarship, including Prof. Robert Alter of the University of California at Berkeley, Prof. Tremper Longman of Westmont College, and Prof. Leland Ryken of Wheaton College. Many other eminent scholars are engaged in reviewing our teaching materials or serving on our Board of Advisors.

Today, the Bible Literacy Project is developing a groundbreaking new textbook on the Bible for public high schools that will be available in September 2005. For more information on our activities, please visit www.bibleliteracy.org.

Contact: Amanda Stetson
EMail: BibleLiteracy@aol.com
Web site: www.bibleliteracy.org
Telephone: (212) 813-2230

CAMP JOY
1-707-369-4539
3741 Joy-El Drive
Greencastle, PA 17225

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN RELEASED TIME MINISTRIES
5722 Lime Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90805

CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS ASSN. INT'L -
Ph. 1-888-798-1124
Email: info@ceai.org

Christian Educators Association International has been serving Christians in public and private schools since 1953. (Ask for free literature and informational packet)

• Adopt-a-School, Adopt-a-Teacher
• Action Plans for Churches/Denominations, Students, Educators
• Booklets on Student's and Teacher's Legal Rights
• Educators Sunday - Challenge 2000 Sunday
• (honoring teachers/students at church)
• Invitation to Pray Brochure, How to Develop Teacher Prayer Groups on Campus.
• Chapters for Teachers/Parents of public school students
• "How to" book on Prayer - Public Schools: Power Prayers
• Teachers Prayer Network,
• Teachers of Vision Magazine

Visit Website: http://www.ceai.org

FACE for Educators
PO Box 584 Grover, MO. 63040
Ph. (636) 405-7327
Email: info@prayingeducator.org

FACE for Educators is a Christian ministry committed to encouraging and equipping educators to grow in their personal relationship with Jesus Christ while sharing with other educators in their school, forming a strong support group.

Members meet once a week for 15-20 minutes to pray and share together using our free devotional book written specifically for educators. There are no membership fees or chapter dues.

GATEWAYS TO BETTER EDUCATION
Holiday cards for school personnel 1-800-929-1163
P.O. Box 514,
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Email: gateways2@msn.com

Gateways to Better Education empowers Christians at every level in public schools to appropriately, legally, creatively, and confidently express Christian values and ideas in their areas of responsibility (from the boardroom to the classroom). Ministry programs include: Holiday Restoration Campaign, TrendWatch magazine for school leaders, Newsletter, Parent Advice Telephone Line, and live presentations such as "Integrating Faith and Profession Without Mixing Church and State."

LABORERS IN FIELDS OF EDUCATION - LIFE
P.O. Box 1453
Los Fresnos, TX 78566
Ph. ( 956) 541-2686
Email: LaborsIFE@aol.com

LIFE (Laborers In Fields of Education) informs and equips educators from a Christian perspective how to become more effective and influential in their schools and to reach all school personnel for Jesus Christ. "When You Reach Teachers, You Reach Many!"

Some materials include:

• "Hi 5": A Simple, Practical Way to Share God's Love With Others (brochure)
• Prayer Card: Praying for Unbelievers
• Evangelizing Educators: What Can A Church Do?
• EncourageMint card/envelope (a note card to write encouraging notes to others)
• Think Others (a matted placard to help think about others)

Live presentations include:

• When You Reach Teachers, You Reach Many
• Educator Harvesting Tools
• Catching Colleagues for Christ
• All the Things Educators Can Do for Christ

MOMS IN TOUCH INTERNATIONAL
1-800-949-moms
EMAIL: info@momsintouch.org
Website: www.momsintouch.org

"The purpose of Moms in Touch International is to encourage other mothers to meet and to pray regularly for their children and schools. Our vision is that every school in the U.S. would be covered with prayer. We desire to be a positive support and encouragement for public and private schools, praying that our schools may be guided by biblical values and high moral standards." To find out more about Moms In Touch, please visit their website.

NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK
Started in 1941, National Bible Week is celebrated each year from the Sunday before Thanksgiving to the Sunday after Thanksgiving and especially encourages everyone to read the Bible. Approximately 30 Governors and over 500 mayors proclaim Bible Week. As a result of National Bible Week, surveys show that 8 million Americans pickup the Bible that otherwise would not do so. For activities to do in your community and school visit National Bible Week.

Contact: Thom May
Program Manager
Ph: 1-800-334-2186
Email: rtsgh@aol.com

NATIONAL RELEASED TIME BIBLE EDUCATION PROJECT - SCHOOL MINISTRIES
starts new Released Time Bible Education projects and encourages existing programs where students can be released off-campus during the public school day with parental permission for Bible instruction. School Ministries is working with programs in Oakland, California and Columbia, South Carolina and starting a program in Chattanooga. School MInistries is considering other locations around the country. School MInistries is targeting creating 18,000 slots for students around the country. Currently, there are 250,000 students in Released Time. The goal is to usse an invitation to all 59 million students in K-12 in the United States. Discover the history, the legalities, and the resources available for you to establish a Released Time program in your community.

Contact: Ken Breivik
Executive Diretor
Ph: 1-803-772-5224
Email: ken@schoolministries.org
Website: www.BringingHopetoYouth.org

SCHOOLIFE - NETWORK OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
Schoolife Newsletter
P.O. Box 1496
West Palm Beach, FL 33402-1496
561 832-3576 Email
SchooLife's mission is to promote faith-based principles to strengthen school staff, educators and administrators to impact student, creating a more positive community environment.

SEE YOU AT THE POLE
Read exciting reports from last year and make plans for the next See You At The Pole which takes place the 3rd Wednesday in September.

NATIONAL NETWORK OF YOUTH MINISTRIES
Join more than 13,000 youth workers nationwide who have joined the Network (it's FREE!) to link together to reach teenagers for Jesus Christ. Visit the website or call 1-858-451-1111 to join the Network or to find ways to get connected in your community.

THE CAMPUS ALLIANCE - EverySchool.com
12335 World Trade Dr., Suite 16, San Diego, CA 92128
Ph. (858) 451-1111 | Fax (858) 451-6900
Email: DTegner@nnym.org
Take the challenge in your community by adopting your school for Christ by visiting www.everyschool.com! Find Help. Get connected. Work together with others to reach Every Student, in Every School and in Every Community for Christ.

THE COACHING CENTER
Get help from an experienced coach by calling the Coaching Center toll free at 1-877-GO CAMPUS or visit the Coaching Center website.