The Pitjantjatjara Daily Prayer Book is being translated to encourage further engagement with Scripture. The Pitjantjatjara Translation Team have made good progress on the Pitjantjatjara Daily Prayer Book. Once the Prayer Book has had final checks completed, there are plans to print and distribute it during 2023.

Plans to develop Children’s Bible Storybooks in multiple key languages across Australia to help meet demand for literacy resources in Indigenous languages are underway, and there are further plans to develop these stories into video stories for online distribution. Some Children’s Bible Storybooks have already been translated, into the languages of Pitjantjatjara and Adnyamathanha. These will be printed and distributed in 2023. A children’s Christmas storybook called ‘Jesus is Born’ has been translated into Noongar and was launched in December 2022. Translation of the storybook ‘Jesus and the Storm’ into Noongar is currently underway.

In 2022, Bible Society followed up the ‘Jesus All About Life’ Easter Posters for Indigenous communities with Christmas Posters for communities to celebrate with. These posters featured beautiful artwork by several different Indigenous artists and were available in 38 different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

The Scripture posters, with small portions of Scripture, have a great impact on communities. They can be hung on church walls and in people’s homes, are an effective way to help those with low literacy ‘engage’ with Scripture in a meaningful and manageable way. They will also be able to share this verse with their family and wider community in a very visual and obvious way.