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Many, many years ago I had a friend, Amy, whom I went to primary school with. As a young child she was passionate about her faith and it certainly rubbed off. We lived in a rural area and there were three Churches in the whole town - the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church and the Uniting Church.

Both Amy's immediate and extended family had some doctrinal issues, so instead, they met as a family on Sunday, broke bread and drank wine and shared their faith and studied God's Word. As part of that time, every few weeks Amy, her siblings and her cousins all did courses provided by the Queensland Mailbox Bible Club. Each completed worksheet is posted back for marking and is returned with the next booklet and so forth as you moved through a set of units to complete a course and then move to the next and so forth.

It is inter-denominational which means that it focuses on the 97-98% of biblical truth that those professing the Christian faith agree on. It also takes steps through a basic understanding of salvation, with several options for self-commitment, as well as then leading into Godly choices and evangelism. In more senior years it then looks at establishing a strong knowledge of God's Word and developing their ability to apply it to life.

A few years ago I caught up with Amy's mother to re-discover the program and find that it is running and that you can now sign up online and they will send the first lesson with a parent permission form.

My children are now into their second course and are excited every time an envelope just for them arrives in the mail. This is more novel than ever with the changing face of phone and internet-based communications. For me, getting those letters is more enjoyable than household bills too!