The Servant in Battle I have a book of Puritan prayers titled, The Valley of Vision. It is a help to me when I am seeking to be still and pray. One particular prayer was an encouragement to me during the week of July 25th, “The Servant in Battle.” It reminded me that “Calvary broke the dragon’s head, and I contend with […]
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Dear Friend of CEF, During the months of July and August we do not send our normal newsletter. We do appreciate your prayers during our camp season. Thank you for praying for us! I have been thinking about the Good News Clubs in the fall. I am especially burdened because it seems like each year
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The Harvest is Plentiful I grew up going to Good News Day Camp. Every year I could hardly wait as camp got closer! I just loved every part of it. One thing I still love about day camp is how well it ministers to the unsaved child and also “church kids” like I was. A
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I folded and put away the chairs from my Good News Club®. As I thought of the children who sat in those chairs, I prayed a silent prayer for them. I put away the flannel pieces from the last lesson. How I loved that lesson about the relationship between Jesus and Peter, and how that
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It has been years since a TCE™ Level One Course has been held in the county~ and what a blessing it was! There were only three students: Linda McCarthy, Bill Engelhardt, and Mary Engelhardt. Instructors came from the following counties: Delaware, Philadelphia, and Greater Lehigh to help me instruct the course. Mary and Bill traveled
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“A Fly on the Wall” Hey there, I’m Jerusha! I’m relatively new here having begun working in the CEF office in the Spring of 2021. I’ve been learning so much through the last few months; everything from teaching a Good News Club® to coaxing our finicky folding machine. One of the impactful lessons God has
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Committee Changes December and January brought about major changes in the local committee. Luke and Havilah Walker joined the committee in January 2019. They were both very familiar with CEF®: Havilah was a summer missionary for several years in Schuylkill County and Luke served as a summer missionary in New York State. They brought wisdom
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As we turn the page of our calendar to the New Year, the phrase “Out with the old, in with the new” comes to mind. This is the time of year when we think about changes that we want to make to improve our life. I’d like to share with you what is going out
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“Have you heard of Moses? “No.” “Have you heard of the Ten Commandments?” “No.” I was teaching the lesson series about Joshua and the city of Jericho. As an introduction to the lesson I was reminding the children about Moses, how God used him to rescue the people of Israel out of slavery in Egypt
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“If we bring our bikes, is there a place where we can lock them?” “What do we do there?” “Is it hard? I hope we don’t have to memorize the times tables. I’m not very good at that.” These were the questions that two neighbor girls asked me when I invited them to Good News
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