From the Director…Tammy Beers,
August 22, 2022
Therefore pray…
As Christ followers, we know there are so many people who still need to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our ministry was founded by Dr. J. Irvin Overholtzer, but he had formerly been a strongly self-disciplined man who believed you had to earn your right to salvation. He demanded a certain dress code, grooming, and behavior were required to be saved. When he learned the truth of ‘saved by faith alone, in Christ alone,’ he became a new person.
That’s when the Lord gave him a burden to reach children with the Gospel. Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) was incorporated in 1937, but he started the work in California and we have documents in our office that go back to 1929! Today, it’s the largest evangelistic outreach to children in the world. Mr. O, as he is referred to in CEF, was stricken with scarlet fever and his recovery took many months. It was during this time that he would hold a globe of the earth and pray for children by country, around the world.
Today, CEF is in virtually every country and organized by Chapters within states in America. The CEF NorCal, Central Valley South Chapter serves Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kings Counties. This region is renowned for its harvest of agricultural produce.
I am asking you to pray that this ministry year (September – August) will yield a plentiful harvest, beyond previous accomplishments! We want every child, in every school, in each of our counties to know about Jesus. To achieve this goal, we need to be very specific in our prayers.
Ask the Lord to:
- Call other Christ-followers to join us by applying online as soon as possible. Pray that they will not encounter any obstacles as they are processed, background checked, fingerprinted and trained to join as a willing volunteer.
- Provide full teams so new schools in new school districts can be pursued for the fall semester Good News Club season.
- Allow us to return to previous schools, without room fees and with current liability insurance coverage so there will be no delay in launching ministry as teams complete training and are ready to deploy.
- Prompt a generous response to our 4th Annual Darryl Rogers Golf Tournament with sponsors and golfers. This fundraiser is critical to fund ministry through the end of the calendar year. The ministry is free to families with children but expensive to provide, equip and staff in full compliance with every business and governmental regulation that for-profit companies endure as well.
We are grateful for your prayers and ask that you lift these requests up daily.
Trusting Him with the details,
Tammy
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