April 2016 Prayer & Praise
1. Fri. Praise the Lord for the three returning summer missionaries: Mary Gottfried, Mercedes Miller and Elizabeth Smallwood. Praise for three other prospective summer missionaries.
2. Sat. Pray for the new summer missionaries as Shelley will be leading them in a pre-training session at the office today.
3. Sun. Ask God to prompt children’s memories about working on their Mailbox ClubTM lessons.
4. Mon. Praise for Kay Artz and the Mailbox Club Lady in Tamaqua: they grade the Mailbox ClubTM lessons. Praise for the many children who made salvation decisions to grow in their relationship with Jesus. Pray for more children to sign up to receive the lessons and to do them without reminders.
5. Tue. Pray for Shelley, Heather, Linda and Connie as they prepare for summer ministries.
6. Wed. Pray for Pastors to follow up with the children who do not already have a home church.
7. Thu. Tonight is the party club held at the First United Methodist Church, Pottsville. Pray for the children to attend. Pray for the staff to be bold in sharing the Gospel.
8. Fri. Praise for Linda Cerullo who records a new story each day on the Tel-A-Story number. Pray for more children to call and hear the story.
9. Sat. Praise for a team of youth, supervised by Jonathan Hikes. coming to the CEF office today from Kimmel’s Church to help prepare craft supplies for summer camp.
10. Sun. Pray for this, the final week of Good News Club. Pray that the children will take the truths they have learned and apply them to their lives this summer.
11. Mon. Praise for the ministry of Randy Blankenhorn as he drives the bus to take the children from J.S. ® Clarke Elementary School, Pottsville, to Life Centre Four Square Gospel Church where the Good News Club is held. Give thanks for Pastor Mark Brooks, who is serving as his back-up driver.
12. Tue. Pray, PA State Director, Mark Wyland, will have “the mind of Christ” as he leads the CEF workers in the state. (1 Corinthians 2:16)
13. Wed. Praise God for the children who have come to know Jesus as their Savior during Good News Clubs. Pray that they will be able to share the gospel with their families.
14. Thu. Tonight is the party club held at the First Presbyterian Church in Mahanoy City. Pray for the children to attend and the staff to love them well as they share the gospel.
15. Fri. Pray for Shelley as she leads the ministry that she would continue to “cast all of her anxieties” on the Lord. (I Peter 5:7)
16. Sat. Tonight is Volunteer Appreciation Night being held at the First United Methodist Church, Pottsville. We are celebrating the faithfulness of our volunteers, who make this ministry possible.
17. Sun. Pray for children in foster care to have opportunities to hear the Gospel message.
18. Mon. Pray that our ministry will always be focused on the Word of God and not man’s methods. 19. Tue. Pray for Linda as she sorts and files the returned teaching material from the spring semester.
20. Wed. Today a meeting is being held to plan the Youth Retreat being offered in June for those who have volunteered with Good News Day Camp at least two summers. Thank God for those who are working with Shelley to plan this event: Pastors Jesse Benack, Jonathan Hikes, Dennis Snyder, Justin Whitenight and Todd Wolfe; as well as Jessica Whittemore, hostess.
21. Thu. Praise for the office “elves”: Kay Artz, Julie Higginbotham, Carol Hoy, Linda Schwartz, Becky & Jean Bolton, Charles Walton, Doris Faust, Tara Stoudt, Barb Wetzel and Nancy Guitas, they do a lot of stapling, checking of library materials, envelope stuffing, counting, gluing, typing, etc.
22. Fri. Pray for Connie as she continues to prepare crafts for the Good News Day Camps this summer.
23. Sat. Pray for Shelley and the new summer missionaries as they have another pre-training meeting at the CEF office.
24. Sun. Praise God for those unseen, but faithful prayer warriors who intercede for this ministry.
25. Mon. Pray that Shelley, Heather. Linda and Connie remember that “the joy of the Lord is [their] strength.” Nehemiah 8:10.
26. Tue. Give thanks for the following men and women who serve on the committee: Chairman Pastor Bo Frey, Secretary Mrs. Linda Fetherolf, Treasurer Mrs. Cathy Nagle and members Pastor Jesse Benack, Mr. Ray Burian, Erik Gottfried, Pastor Mike Smith and Mr. Wendell Heisler. May they seek for God to be glorified in all their discussions and the decisions they make for CEF of Schuylkill County.
27. Wed. Pray for Shelley, Linda, Heather and Connie as they meet together today to make plans for the 2016 – 2017 Good News Club calendar.
28. Thu. Pray for Heather as she continues to work on Child Protection Paperwork in preparation for the summer camp ministry.
29. Fri. Praise for those who support CEF through prayer, finances and service. Pray for God to bless them abundantly.
30. Sat. Pray for many adult and youth helpers for the Good News Day Camp. HOW ABOUT YOU?