We Rejoice – A Good News Club Student is Baptized! An eight-year-old student from Matoaka Good News Club gave me an especially joyous reason to praise the Lord this Thanksgiving. Carter has attended Good News Club for the last two years. Last summer on the way to baseball practice, he Read more
This summer was the first time CEF of Peninsula was able to hire an intern to mentor and transport 5-Day Club teens. John Steiner was the perfect candidate, having attended Christian Youth in Action training for 4 years and serving on 5-Day Club teams for 5 years. He also has Read more
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
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
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
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word Was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light Read more
Enthusiastic Faith One week before Matoaka Good News Club was to begin this Fall, there were no children registered to attend. Thankfully, for our first meeting two children came – a first grader and his fifth-grade brother. We spent a few minutes during the club meeting praying together with them, Read more
At church on Sunday, we sang the Chris Tomlin song, “How Can I Keep From Singing (Your Praise)? The words keep coming back to me: … How can I keep from singing Your praise How can I ever say enough How amazing is Your love How can I keep from shouting Read more
For Such a Time as This For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that Read more
Child Evangelism Fellowship founder, Irvin Jesse Overholtzer, agonized with God over maps of the world, asking Him to send an Army of workers to children with the message of salvation through faith in Jesus alone. Do you wonder why CEF makes such a big deal out of training volunteers? Maybe Read more