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Children and Families Minister, St Bart's, Toowoomba

Bettrys Lowe

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Bettrys Lowe is the Children and Families Minister at St Bart’s, Toowoomba. She has a BEd (Prim) from Griffith University, a GradCert RE from ACU and a MEd Lead from CSU, with special interests in the discipleship of families and curriculum and resource development.

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Articles by Bettrys

Resurrection Eggs are a great play-based alternative to giving chocolate at Easter
Resources & Research

Resurrection eggs: Biblical, reusable, educational, eco-friendly and healthy

“Children love opening up the eggs to discover what is inside. There is, of course, a twist when you get to the final egg (number 12) and the children realise that it is intentionally empty before finding out how this relates to the empty tomb,” says Bettrys Lowe from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba

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Tips for writing and recording your own children’s ministry songs

“In one of our FOCUS camp sessions, the children were given the option to try something new – songwriting. A small group of interested children came forward and worked collaboratively to write both the lyrics and the catchy melody of a song they titled ‘God with us’,” says Bettrys Lowe from St Bart’s, Toowoomba, while inviting other parishes to use the YouTube song video in their services and providing songwriting and recording tips

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Lenten devotional guide for families

“Luke is saturated with eyewitness accounts of life-changing encounters with Jesus. This Lent help your family journey through Luke, learning more about some of these characters and their responses to Jesus, while reflecting on your own encounter with Jesus,” says Bettrys Lowe from St Bart’s, Toowoomba