As I tried to maintain control over the group of 50+ children who were milling around during our Bible club, I realized that part of the problem was Tyson (name changed), a 13-year-old who we had asked to come “help out” at Bible club. Tyson was too old to be officially part of our Bible
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Prayer is the foundation of everything we do. Without the power of prayer, all of the work in the world will amount to nothing of value. Five years ago, the Chicago CEF team intensified its focus on prayer by praying together every Monday morning via a conference call. During one of those calls five months
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As kids filed out of the Good News Club classroom after the Bible lesson, Kaitlin timidly came up to her teacher, “I hear voices in my head telling me not to talk to you, but I know I’m lost like that sheep in the story the good shepherd told,” she whispered, plucking nervously at the
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Recently Chicago CEF’s teachers asked for a Black History lesson for some of our Bible clubs on Chicago’s South Side. “These kids need to hear stories of how God used Godly African American Christians to change the world,” was the request. Who better than Ricky Byrdsong, a Chicagoan African American Christian who was the first...
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A CEF volunteer had the opportunity to help with an event with Angel Tree Ministries in Chicago. Angel Tree is a Prison Fellowship ministry that seeks to reach out and help children who have parents in prison. This event provided food, games, balloon animals, and face painting for these children with the purpose of sharing
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Timothy comes to one of our After School Good News Clubs. Every week when children are given the opportunity to come back to ask about salvation, Timothy is there with the other kids. However, he always is very careful to explain to us, “I’ve asked Jesus to take away my sins. I’m here to watch
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Thursday at a Good News Club in a Chicago Public school, a boy named Daniel came with some exciting news: he had lost a tooth. He left club with some even more exciting news. An- another boy, Jude, is a very intelligent child, and learned something this Thursday that blew his mind. I (Rose Kirby)
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This summer we were able to send 6 of our own missionaries to be a part of Good News Across America (GNAA) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Here is how one of our Summer Missionaries described her experience: “We joined about 160 other people there and it was really encouraging to meet so many people from across
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“I don’t believe in God.” What do you say to a child who says this any time you mention God? I met this fourth-grade boy while helping teach a Good News Club® at one of the schools here in Chicago. As the weeks went by, his statement of “I don’t believe in God” turned into
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Every Friday, 79 children packed into the lunchroom to listen to the Bible story. As they sang songs about the Gospel, memorized verses, and played games, each child learned things he or she had never heard before. “What’s heaven?” one child interrupted the Bible lesson to ask. “I’ve never sinned, have...
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