(Lessons learned during hikes 4-6 of the 2021 Spring Fundraiser for the ministry of CEF Norcal, Inc. Central Valley North. Read about hikes 1-3 HERE.) At The End of Hike #3 When we arrived at my dad’s truck at the end of the La Paloma hike I thought...
(Lessons learned during hikes 1-3 of the 2021 Spring Fundraiser for the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship Norcal, Inc. Central Valley North.) It’s been more than a month now since Nadya and I finished the Fundraising Hike-A-Thon. When this event was planned several months before lacing...
- Praise God for the 667 children reached in Good News Clubs (through January) and for 84 who have made professions of faith. - Praise God for the 120+ volunteers who teach those children week in and week out. - Doors have closed for now in Stockton,...
While we aren’t aware of every circumstance that children face each day, we know generally that children living in today’s world deal with chaotic home lives and societal pressures that would have been hard to fathom just a generation ago. A prayer that Nadya and...
It is already March. Two months from now the Good News Club ministry will be wrapping up for the 2019-2020 School Year. That doesn’t mean, though, that ministry will stop. No, we will be switching gears and heading into parks, front yards, and community centers...
And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. Daniel 11:2 Perhaps nothing raises...
Dear CEF extended Family, How quickly life can change within a few days. As one who suffers with poor vision I have relied on the YouVersion app to read the Bible each day. I love the daily scripture and start my day with it every morning....
One of the five basic concepts in Christian Growth that we share with the children is the need to tell others about Jesus. Of course, this means that those who lead the children need to model what sharing the Gospel looks like, and then they...
I used to be a member of a church where everyone seemingly was related to everyone else in some way). Just recently I was visiting with a friend from that church and it came out that two other ladies who were members there were her...
24 years ago, at a home-based Good News Club® that Nadya I taught in Turlock, I asked the children if they knew why we celebrated Easter. “It’s someone up in heaven’s birthday” they replied. Their answer stunned me. They sincerely had no clue that the...