We love to partner with other ministries so more children are reached with the Gospel. One of our favorite partners is Angel Tree Camp for prisoners’ children.
We love to partner with other ministries so more children are reached with the Gospel. One of our favorite partners is Angel Tree Camp for prisoners’ children.
This summer, kindergarten through middle school age campers will receive our 60-Day Wonder Devotional booklets. They will use them for devotions at camp, then take them home as they continue to spend daily time with God. We want these kids to develop this daily habit of spending time with God, so it will "stick" with them as they grow up. You can be a part of this discipleship tool by helping us with the cost of the booklets. 350 kids are coming to Angel Tree camp, and the booklets are $0.60 each.
"Kickin’ with Keon" is a CEF lesson designed especially for prisoner’s kids. Angel Tree Camp will share this lesson with the campers. Everyone will be enrolled in the CEF Mailbox Club. Prisoners’ children are the most at-risk kids in our nation. They’re at risk for abuse, and going to prison one day, like their parent(s). We want to intervene in their lives with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We want them to end up in heaven , not in prison!
Please pray that these children will come to know Jesus as their Savior while they’re at Angel Tree Camp, and will begin to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18).
Brand New CEF Chapter!
Its officially chartered, and our newest CEF Chapter in Iowa. The Iowa Great Lakes Chapter is headquartered in Cherokee. Becca Hind is our full time worker in this Chapter.Last summer, Becca started as our summer coordinator, she attended CEF’s Children’s Ministries Institute (CMI) at Headquarters last fall, and now serves as our Ministry Coordinator.
This new Chapter covers a lot of territory, and shares its border with Minnesota. Counties in this Chapter include Cherokee, Buena Vista, O’Brien, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Emmet, Dickinson, and Osceola. If that sounds huge, it is. That’s why we’re asking God to raise up more workers for His harvest field of children in this area.
School Good News Clubs have been taught for 2 years in Cherokee and Storm Lake. We have one summer missionary from Newell serving this summer. Vacation Bible Schools are scheduled already with four churches, and 5-Day Clubs hostesses are being recruited.
Their committee of 5 people (Pastor Dave Schumann, Carl Nielsen, Karn Monson, Jason Bolinger and Rich Edwards) pray together weekly for CEF. Please pray with them for a Chapter Treasurer, donors, and more workers (staff and volunteers). There are thousands of children in this Chapter, waiting to hear the Gospel and God’s Truth!
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"Please know that the foundation of the war for people’s souls, minds and hearts is waged against our children.
If they can be persuaded when they are young,
then it is incredibly difficult to change their allegiance as they age.
By the age of 9, most of the moral & spiritual foundations
of a child are in place."
George Barna
Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions
Summer is here! This is the month we train teens and young adults to be missionaries, and 5-Day Clubs® across Iowa. Over the years, some of our summer missionaries have become Pastors, missionaries, and full time workers in CEF.
In fact, I first taught 5-Day Clubs back in 1990. I loved reaching kids with the Gospel, and I didn’t want the summer ministry to end. That’s when I wrote these words in my prayer journal: "I commit my life to telling boys and girls about Jesus!"
Now, 18 years later, I’m still sharing the Gospel message with kids, & training others to do the same. Please join us in asking God to raise up full time CEF workers from this summer’s Christian Youth in Action® students.
Beth Lamb
State Director
In fact, I first taught 5-Day Clubs back in 1990. I loved reaching kids with the Gospel, and I didn’t want the summer ministry to end. That’s when I wrote these words in my prayer journal: "I commit my life to telling boys and girls about Jesus!"
Now, 18 years later, I’m still sharing the Gospel message with kids, & training others to do the same. Please join us in asking God to raise up full time CEF workers from this summer’s Christian Youth in Action® students.