Often as parents, we are looking for other adults to come alongside and encourage our children in their faith. Christian Youth in Action® training camp is one of the places to find such a group of committed adults. The teacher/trainers’ main purpose is to train teens to teach the gospel Read more…
Valentine’s Day Tea for York Co. GNC/5DC Team Each February, the GNC/5-Day Club® (5DC) team from York County holds a Valentine’s Day Tea to share what they learned at Christian Youth in Action® (CYIA) and how God used them to lead 5DC children’s ministry this past summer. The gathering is a Read more…
A Christian Youth in Action® Testimony Last week, we shared the first of two testimonies from this year’s CYIA, from John S. This week, we here from Zory! “I loved CYIA camp! I felt very welcomed and supported by everyone. We played games together, I learned, and most importantly I grew Read more…
A Christian Youth in Action® Testimony For this week and next week, we are posting two special testimonies from this year’s CYIA! This week, we’re hearing from John S.: “This year’s CYIA felt like it had a certain theme to it: call to action. It wasn’t an official theme by Read more…
TESTIMONIES OF CYIA TEENS CYIA gave me a sense of purpose and showed me how desperately children need to hear the Gospel. If we don’t go out and share it with them, who’s going to share it? — Mary, former CYIA student CYIA camp is a good way to rewind Read more…
Two 5-Day Clubs in June Our summer ministry of week-long 5-Day Clubs (5DC) started the last week of June in two locations. Williamsburg The teens who trained for a week in CYIA camp at Eagle Eyrie put their training to the test with a home club in Jacquie’s backyard. Only Read more…
Why Go to CYIA to Teach 5-Day Clubs? This is the testimony that John Allon Steiner used for his CYIA application in 2021: Becoming a Christian is often simply boiled down to accepting the Lord as Savior. This is the core of Christianity: that Christ saved us from our sin Read more…
Christian Youth in Action® camp trains teens to lead and teach the summer 5-Day Clubs®. The VA CYIA camp will be held at Eagle Eyrie in Lynchburg, VA the week of June 20-26. This year we have five teens and four adults getting ready to conduct the week-long 5-Day Clubs Read more…
Haley Tapia, a 19-yr-old college student at Thomas Nelson, was to give her Christian Youth in Action training camp testimony at our PKids 1st Dinner on March 27, 2020. When COVID restrictions hit on March 15th, the dinner was cancelled. I was so looking forward to hearing how God has Read more…
CEF of VA Christian Youth in Action Training “Lydia was 14 years old when she picked up a brochure from a ministry she’d barely heard of called Child Evangelism Fellowship. This brochure, unlike many other ministry brochures, captured her young imagination and she knew, ‘God wants me to do this.’ Read more…