A young boy who attends the Good News Club at Laurel Lane raised his to talk to a counselor about trusting Jesus. Joshua* is a very bright and bubbly 6-year-old. To be sure he understood the Gospel, the GNC counselor asked questions about: who God is man’s problem with sin Read more…
5-Day Club, Our Faithful God This summer, July 11th was the first day of our 5-Day Club. I was waiting to receive the 1st group of children. At the time they were to come in, no one came. I told Diane Tate, the Coordinator that no children were present and Read more…
God is Working, Even in Bouncy Hearts! In Good News Club this year we had a delightful but very energetic 1st grader. Each week she would come bounding into club full of enthusiasm, jumping from one table group to another, then wiggling and chattering through story time and the other Read more…
“Just to be Sure!” One of our Peninsula Good News Club leaders had a wonderful message from a parent. The morning following the after-school club meeting, Cole’s* father sent this text: “So we had thought Cole prayed before, but Cole called a family meeting last night and again this morning, Read more…
CEF of Peninsula staff has been praying specifically to start a Good News Club at James River Elementary for nine years. In 2015, a team from another club held a Christmas Party Club there and 37 children attended! One little girl even faked her grandmother’s signature on her registration, she Read more…
Josh always came into Good News Club with a hurt. He bent back his finger, or was bleeding somewhere. We used a lot of Band-Aids with Josh. We knew he needed that little bit of extra attention. Josh’s dad registered him in the Good News Club, picked him up each Read more…
The Gold Page was a hot topic of discussion at Northumberland Elementary School after the first Good News Club was held there. A guidance counselor was talking to a second grade class that week and asked the children to name their favorite color. Several of the GNC kids quickly shouted Read more…
As we experienced in our personal lives, the 2.5 years of disruption during the COVID 19 pandemic required perseverance and flexibility. When things go wrong in our lives, we need to always trust God and ask Him, “What do You want me to learn?” We have been doing exactly that Read more…
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, Read more…
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,” John 1:12 One of the greatest blessings of my life was to be raised in a Christian home. My father abandoned us when I Read more…