My granddaughter often asks me to tell her stories from the summer~ especially if the story is about an animal. No animal stories this year (at least not that I recall), but good stories~ God stories: stories of His faithfulness, His lovingkindness, and His humor! Enjoy! From Tamaqua Extreme heat and humidity~ it was air […]
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Tue. The summer missionaries are holding a 4-Day Club this week at Bethesda EC Church in Schuylkill Haven. Please pray that many children would come out and invite their friends. Pray especially for the new summer missionaries who are teaching for the first time this week. Wed. Pray for more children to sign up to
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You Know, When – Stories from Good News Club You know children have been listening when… A 4th grade boy in one of my clubs was concerned because his friend did not believe in God. What should he tell him, he wanted to know. Most of the things I told him, he had already done.
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Have you ever noticed how change often comes with joy and sadness? At CEF® change happens often. Summer missionaries who served for years, graduate from high school or college and move on to marriage or careers, staff does the same, and the committee moves on to retirement and new life changes. Gale Hurst, who has
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Regarding the Christmas Party Clubs: Testimony from a Good News Club® volunteer whose church hosted a Christmas Party Club: “We received a lot of ‘thank yous’ for holding the party club~ it was great! So much gratitude was shown. Feedback from the kids on the following day of club was fun to listen to. They
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I would like to introduce to you Christina (Tina) Moyer. Tina came on as staff with CEF® in August. She and her family are new to Schuylkill County, having moved from Hanover, PA in July when her husband, Ed, took the position of Youth Director at Bethesda E.C. Church. They have two children: Hannah (7)
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Thankfulness should be the demeaner of God’s people, and right now we have many reasons to be thankful – even though we are more than a month away from Thanksgiving. When Shelley and I looked at the list of schools that had opened their doors for Good News Club and at our list of volunteers,
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Moving On My heart is heavy as I write this month’s newsletter. I’m concerned for the upcoming fall ministries. Linda and I have had several discussions about this fall’s Good News Clubs and who will be teaching them. Due to a club teacher moving out of state, Dillon moving on from the ministry, and others
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Seeking God In a recent interview about his book, Is God Real?, Lee Strobel said that it was found that “200 times a second around the clock, someone on Planet Earth is typing into a search engine, basically the question: Is God Real?” I find that statistic to be both sad and encouraging. Sad because
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When people talk about seasons, they like to keep it simple with four seasons. People have their favorites, some like spring and the blossoms and cooler weather, while the beach bums can’t wait for summer to sit by the ocean. The colors of autumn grace many a social media page, and honestly, I don’t hear
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