One of CEF’s main culture points was emphasized at a Southside gathering this past week. Chicago CEF Metro director Jonathan King shared the Importance of Prayer as Our Foundation, “It is not the work we do, the meetings we hold or the decisions we make that bring the greatest advances in the work; it is
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How often as believers can we lose our excitement for sharing the Gospel? Especially in today’s day in age when we seem to utilize and fill every waking hour of our day. Sometimes when picking up our devotionals, the calling of the Great Commission can feel like an unattainable assignment. “How can I fit one more
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Chicago CEF has recently been able to utilize our evangelistic face painting and balloon animal ministry in Maywood. Last weekend was the Pumpkin Patch Parade. 5th Ave was blocked off to make room for a giant blowup pumpkin, a dozen orange tents, and a stage. The parade was put on by the Maywood Fine Arts Association. About
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We just completed our Christian Youth In Action Training (CYIA) training. These teenagers will be spending the rest of their summer teaching over 50 Clubs and reaching over 1000 children with the life-changing Gospel. Thank you for your prayers and gifts which made this 10-day training possible. Below are a few of their testimonies. 14...
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We had the opportunity to face paint and share the Gospel at Millennium Park recently. The interesting thing was that we had more adults come by than kids. We told the adults that we normally do this for children and that when we do, we share the Gospel with them. One Lady asked me, “What
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The five children played on the floor around me, smiling angelically, asking charming questions, and running in circles—doing everything except listen to me explain the Gospel. Jenny (name changed) seemed to be the ringleader. Thirty minutes later, she had succeeded in distracting every child, and all those who had originally wanted to...
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Pauses seem to be heavily frowned upon in our fast-moving society. We feel the need to fill awkward pauses with content instead of allowing them to run their course. Its almost like we are afraid of moments of quiet and reflectiveness during a conversation. As adults, we fight against pauses and try hard to keep conversations flowing. In...
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One of the most amazing parts of being a Christian is having the privilege of sitting in the front row and seeing God work in hearts and lives! At a club I was teaching there was one of those front row moments. I taught a Bible lesson and then gave the children a chance to
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A few months back as I taught the children the song “Silent Night,” I helped them imagine the scene of Jesus’ birth. “do you think it really was silent?” I asked the kids. Later, we reenacted the Christmas story, complete with a choir of angels, children dressed as woolly sheep, and wise men draped in
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It is quite distracting teaching a Bible lesson to pause every sentence while the translator rewords everything into Chinese for these two children who have never heard of Noah, much less his ark. It is also unnerving to wonder exactly what is being translated about sin, God’s love, and the way of salvation. Two of
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