Recently I was asked to share a 2-3 minute testimony about CEF at an event I was attending. The first thought that came to mind was, “How am I going to take 20 years of ministry and put it into 2-3 minutes?”
A look back over the years reminded me of a few facts:
- ✓ Seeds were planted in the soil of my heart when I was a little girl attending Good News Club® at the home of Pastor Randy and Lynn Ott.
- ✓ The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart while hearing the testimonies of the Teen Challenge Choir~ at that time giving my life fully to the Lord at the age of 26.
- ✓ In 1995 I volunteered with CEF at Good News Day Camp and then began to host and eventually teach a Good News Club in my home.
- ✓ In 1998 I began to work with CEF part time. My son Jonathan was 8 years old and Jacob was 6. I had only been a born-again believer for 6 years when I started with CEF. My sons and I grew in the Lord together. As I learned the Bible (Good News Club teachers study the Word) I shared with the boys what the Lord was showing me. Our sons, Jonathan and Jacob are a living testimony of God’s faithfulness to His Word. They grew up attending Good News Club, Good News Day Camp and 5-Day Club~ not because they had to, but because they wanted to. They met many missionaries who are still considered their friends and many of whom pray for them. Jonathan and Jacob have a burden for missionaries and for those still living in the darkness of their sin. Their dearest friends are those they have made through a CEF ministry.Personally, I don’t know where I would be as a wife or mother without God bringing CEF into our lives. My testimony is God used the ministry of CEF to break me free from the bonds of sin setting me on “the ancient paths, where the good way is; (to) walk in it, and find rest for (my) soul.” Jeremiah 16:6
Recent Gifts
In Memory of:
Robert Bannan by: Bettye Bannan
John (Jack)W. Brode by: Rick and Sandy Clemson
Kim Haverstick by: John Haverstick, Ron and Shelley Hikes
Paul F. Heiser and Sadie M. Heiser by: Betty and Benny Sadusky
Bill Houtz Jr. by: Joan Mengel
Mary Beth Lantz by: Linda Bollinger
My husband, Les Mengel by: Joan Mengel
Les Mengel by: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walton
Edna Staller by: Thomas and Carolyn Parnell Glen and Diane Ebert
Dot Sterner by: Sandra Berk
In Honor of:
My parent’s Anniversary– June 18 by: Margaret Bernhard
Pastors of Bethesda E. C., Reedsville by: Joan Mengel
Christmas Across America
Reach your community this Christmas season! Participate in an extraordinary program this season called Christmas Across America – a fun, evangelistic and innovative effort that provides the means to celebrate one of the most amazing events in all of history – the birth of Jesus! Hopefully you will get excited about the influence you can have in the lives of children as you seek to fulfill Jesus’ command to “Go into all the world…” Pray and ask God what He would have you do to reach the children in your neighborhood with the Gospel.
To view the full version of the September 2017 Newsletter, click here.