Welcome to the CSSU Web site

The CSSU produces resources for Sunday School teachers and Youth Leaders.
It also publishes magazines for children and young people and arranges an Annual Gathering for teachers and youth leaders.

Free to download

We have a wide range of materials for many different uses. Our intention is, wherever possible, to put everything online so that anyone who wants to use it in a Sunday School or Youth Group can do so.
Please feel free to download lessons for your own use (but observe the copyright statement).

Printed books and magazines (sorry, for Christadelphians only)

We also produce printed copies of everything, but we're not a commercial organisation and we aren't able to cope with the workload of providing books to the whole world.
So ...
If you are a Christadelphian you can order printed books from this site. Click here for details.

We are sorry that we can't supply everyone who would like to order printed books from us, but reluctantly we have had to admit that we couldn't cope with all the requests we were getting. If you're interested in the Bible and would like to know more about God's Word, click here.

Welcome back! So what's new?

Over 400 lessons online!

You can read lesson notes and worksheets on your PC, tablet or Smartphone. Click on 'Download Lessons', or here.
So now you can think ahead about next week's lesson on the train or during your lunch break.
Or if you suddenly find you're going to have some extra children in your class, it's easy to print out extra copies of the worksheets.
We've got some way to go, but so far we've got about three quarters of our lessons online. Latest additions: Junior lessons, Year 4.

Next Teachers' Gathering

6th October 2012, God willing

Crewe, UK

More information here.

facebook

We've got a new facebook group. We hope it will be a really good way for us all to share ideas and information about things relating to Sunday Schools and Youth Groups. If you haven't joined already please do - and if you have, invite your friends!

Review of the Vetting and Barring Scheme

In England and Wales the previous government created a new body called the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which was to administer a programme called the Vetting and Barring Scheme. When the coalition government took over in May 2010 they put the scheme on hold pending the outcome of a review. Some results of this review have been announced, and there is more information here.

In the mean time the current situation regarding CRB checks is as it was. There is no legal requirement for Sunday School teachers and youth leaders to have CRB checks, though many ecclesias have decided that it the wisest course, and others have found that in practice it becomes necessary to carry out checks. There is more information here.

Reduced price software

The Christadelphian Sunday School Union is registered as a school with Software4students.co.uk.
The effect of this is that if you are:

  • A Sunday School teacher at a school that uses CSSU lesson materials, or
  • A scholar aged under 18 at one of these schools, or
  • The parent or grandparent of a scholar under 18 years old
  • Living in the UK (sorry, they're not licensed in other countries)
You can purchase Microsoft software - Windows or Office - at a much reduced price. Click here for more details.


For information about how to order what you need, click on 'How to Order things' in the menu on the left.