Carol Smith gave teenager Erin Mannix a ride home from a CYIA pre-training the summer of 2017. Carol was so impressed by Erin’s testimony that she asked her to write it out. At CYIA in June of this year, I (Martha) met Erin’s younger sister, who was training to be Read more
Freedom is on our mind after celebrating July 4th – the day that brave men declared independence from tyranny. That actual independence was won through the sacrifice of many men and women, often unseen and unacknowledged. As a result, today I enjoy the many freedoms granted to a citizen of Read more
Reprinted from CEF Intl. article of Feb 16, 2022 The Wordless Book, first designed with only three pages–black, red, and white–was introduced by Charles Spurgeon in 1866. Preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, his sermon was entitled “The Wordless Book.” Mr. Spurgeon told of an old unnamed minister who had put three Read more
Why Do I Want to Attend CYIA? This is a portion of the personal interview I conducted with a 14-year-old young lady who wants to attend CYIA for her 2nd summer. She has used what she learned last summer at CYIA to teach in a Good News Club over the Read more
On Saturday, April 26th, CEF of Peninsula held our first Go and Tell! Walkathon in Williamsburg at Jamestown HS track and the adjacent Greensprings Interpretive Trail. We prayed for the forecasted rain to hold off until after 12:30 pm and were blessed that the drops began just as we finished Read more
Carol served our Peninsula chapter from 2017-2024, both as Prayer Coordinator and GNC Coordinator for NN/York Co. She is a prayer warrior and has such a heart for children that she served as a teacher to missionary kids for 25 years in both the Philippines and Germany. You can hear Read more
Lydia was 14 years old when she picked up a brochure about 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.’ That summer, she attended her very first Christian Read more
Editor’s note: For over 10 years, Dianne Tate has taken a group of teens to the Christian Youth in Action© (CYIA) camp in June for training in how to share the Message of Salvation with children. Those 3-7 teens then served in the summer 5-Day Club ministry in York County, Read more
One option with each Good News Club series is the Quiet Time devotional emphasizing the lesson for that week. Children are encouraged to read, pray, and do an activity for 5 days before the next meeting. Below is an excerpt of a 2nd grade girl’s QT sheet. A parent must Read more
New Valentine’s Day Party Lesson We know that children are the ones hurt most by any disruption to family life – moving, a natural disaster, death of a loved one. The new Valentine’s Day story, “Shawn’s Search for True Love”, addresses the feelings a child has following his parents’ divorce. Read more