"Takin it to the Street"

Yes, we are "takin it to the street." We are taking Good News Club flyers to the streets. Four school districts in our chapter do not allow flyers, for GNC or another outside group, to be distributed to students. This makes getting kids to come to our GNC after school more challenging.

Well recently, we went, on the advice of Liberty Council, went to the parking lot of a school at dismissal to pass out flyer to parents as they drive in to get their children. I must admit I went to do this with fear and trepidation. I was thinking, "Would we be allowed to do this? Will someone stop us? Will parents take these flyers?" We made plans to go, copies the flyers, and attached candy to each flyer. Then we were went to the school with two of our committee members. We prayed and then took it to the streets. I was amazed to see this working. Parents stopped and took the flyer. We ended up passing out over 50 flyers to parents in cars that day. I was watching in amazement at God working.

With the pressure of denial of distribution of flyers coming at us, we are meeting it head on and taking every possible opportunity to get the word out. So far we have done this at two schools. One school showed no results from this and the other showed a fantastic result of more kids attending a club. So, yes we are taking it to the street. We will be doing more of this in the future in an effort to get more children to hear God's Word and then give them the opportunity to receive Christ as Savior.

Update on Elijah

This week, Elijah came in and told us that he knew his memory verse Matthewy6:33. We were excited, of course. Elijah said, " I lost my paper with the verse on it." Each week we send the kids home with a verse token which has the week's memory verse on it. We asked Elijah how he memorized it if he lost his memory verse token. Elijah said, " I used my Bible that you gave me." How awesome it is to see kids opening and using their Bibles. Elijah was able to do this because he had a Bible and we are teaching the clubbers how to find a verse in the Bible. We found that the kids in our GNC don't know how to use a Bible. Elijah does now! This little guy and others like him make this ministry so rewarding.

Elijah: Portrait of a Life Changed

When Elijah first came to Good News Club, he was very quite and shy. For several weeks of GNC we barely heard one peep out of Elijah. Then two weeks ago, Elijah responded to an invitation to receive Christ as his Savior. After being counseled, Elijah prayed to become a child of God! My teaching parnter and I were so excited for Elijah. As I have said before, sometimes you can tell immediately that a child meant business and is now God's child and sometimes you just don't know. Well that day we left it in God's hands.

God has shown us what He is doing in Elijah' s life. The next week, Elijah came back and said the previous week's memory verse word perfectly at a fast pace. At the end of that week, we pulled Elijah over and gave him his first ever Bible. My teaching partner said now he had a Bible. Elijah, looked down at his feet and said, "Well actually my mom says we have a Bible somewhere in the house, but she's not sure where it is." Elijah knew lying was a sin and he could not lie to his teachers. God is working in Elijah's life! He is truly God's child. Each week we watch him grow more and more in his faith! Elijah is a changed little boy! To God be the Glory!

Multiplication in Action

Faithful readers of this blog know that part of my ministry is training others to teach and reach kids for Christ. During a 5-Day Club this summer, I took this short video clip of one of the Will County Chapter's missionaries teaching the most important part of the club, the invitation to receive Christ. Watch and see how your support of me is duplicated in other children's workers to go and do like wise. Enjoy

High Octane 5-Day Club adds excitment

This year, we added games to 5-Day Clubs and called it High-Octane 5-Day Clubs. It added much fun and drew kids into our clubs. One host tells how three kids were suddenly there at the club because of the parachute games. At the end of the week, these new kids to us and the host came to Christ. Take a look and see what fun these games can be.

A drawing a window to Taylor's heart

Every time have the privilege to teach a Bible lesson it is so amazing to watch God use the lesson in the lives of the kids. Often times I can see how God is doing this through the way kids are listening to the Bible Lesson. Taylor was no different. Taylor came to 5-Day Club in Coal City. The first day she came I was teaching the Red Page Bible Lesson from the series the Visualized Wordless Book, from CEF Press. This lesson tells of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Throughout the lesson, Taylor was on the edge of the couch listening and hanging on every word. At the end of every lesson there is an invitation to recieve Jesus as Savior. The flashcard for this is pictured on the left of the image above. Taylor went home that night and from memory drew this picture. God was using this flashcard to remind her of what she learned that afternoon. The next day came and Taylor gave me this picture. I was so encouraged and blown away by it. During this days lesson Taylor was even more into the lesson, if that is possible. She raised her hand in response to the invitation to receive Christ, but did not go back. At the end of club that day, Taylor told us she would not be there for the last day. So, one of my teaching partners pulled Taylor aside and lead her to the Lord!

T-Shirt Review Child's Faith

Crafts are always fun for the kids at Day Camp. This year we designed t shirts. We told them they could design their shirts however they wanted. These are the original ideas of two kids from Day Camp. After they were finished I was so encouraged. Not only were they learning more about God, they were applying these truths to there lives . Plus whenever they wear these t-shirts now they share their knowledge of God with others.