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…
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…
“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…
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…
Not Ability, but Availability God uses surrendered people. He has assigned talents and spiritual gifts to each of His children. That means members of His body are uniquely qualified to do His will – whenever and wherever He calls. Some of you remember Maggie H. who came to Williamsburg from Read more…
Children Make Us Smile Volunteering in a Good News Club is a joy, and sometimes a surprise! Children haven’t learned to shade the truth, so you never know what a child will say. Here is a peek into what can happen at GNC. While introducing the Missions Story at Good 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…