Child Evangelism Fellowship of North San Diego County
Praise & Prayer Bulletin 2.2.09

PRAISE REPORTS



PRAISE God for a group of seven mothers from Hope Elementary School in Carlsbad who are getting ready to start a Good News Club there. This will be our first club in several years that is actually part of the Carlsbad school district. Hope has about 400 students in grades 1-5. (Click here to find out more about the school.) Please pray for a quick approval process so that the club can get underway by the planned mid-March start date. Pray that many on this new team would be able to be at one of our next Teachers Forum sessions (March 7 and 9) as they prepare to start the club off with teaching from the book of Daniel (click for details: http://cefkids.com/TeachersForum).

PRAISE the Lord for those who have been faithful in spreading the word about the opportunity the Lord has given to reach kids at public schools in His name. Dee Abell, one of our GNC volunteers, has been sending our informational email to friends and members of her church. Recently she got this response:

"This is SO VERY exciting...I have been waiting for what the Lord wants me to do with my time. Praise the Lord for answering my prayers on how to serve Him. This is GREAT!"

Dee writes: "I am glad I had this put on the prayer chain!...I have kept this email and will circulate it with a personal letter attached to tell everyone about it again. Someone just may be praying for what God has directed and this is just right for them."

Please help spread the word!

Just copy and paste the link below into emails and send them out to everyone you know. Even if some can't be part of a Good News Club team, they may know others who can. And everyone can be praying for the kids! And remember, GNCs are happening all over the country, so spread the word far and wide!

http://cefkids.com/gospelintheschools

PRAISE the Lord for drawing kids to Himself! Team member Christine Vanderpool emails this report for January from the Mission Estancia Good News Club in the Encinitas district: "We are averaging 60-65 kids per week. Praise God!"

PRAISE God for a report phoned in from team leader Connie Gordon at our new GNC at Bonsall Elementary: The second-week attendance jumped from 50 to 75 kids!

PRAISE the Lord for all He is doing at our new GNC at LR Green School in Escondido. Christina Dillane emails: "God gave us a good club at LR Green, molding the team into the unity of the Spirit...Our Bible teacher is teaching twice, once for primaries and once for juniors. She had 6 children respond to the invitation yesterday. Praise God and pray for their
growth and transformation."

PRAYER NEEDS



PRAY with our team at the Reidy Creek School GNC (photo above) for a little girl from a Buddhist family who has been attending. Please pray for her and the other kids at our GNCs who come from non-Christian backgrounds and to whom the Bible and everything Christian is completely new. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would open their hearts and minds to the truth of the Gospel and help them to see their need to respond in faith. The team also requests prayer that the older kids would attend in greater numbers. Please pray that all our clubs would be able to draw and retain the older kids at each school.



PRAY for a brand new team of Good News Club volunteers from Gateway Community Church in Escondido as they prepare to reach the kids at Knob Hill School in San Marcos (photo above). The application has been submitted for a start date of February 17. Please pray for a favorable response from the administration and that the club would be assigned a spacious room. Please pray for God's strength and wisdom for the team as they pray, plan, and organize.

PRAY that our big and understaffed GNC at Lincoln School in Escondido would be able to find the additional permanent team members they need. (If you are free on Thursdays from 1:30-2:45, please call 760-480-4191.) Volunteer Paulette Oberle emails: "When we started a couple weeks ago it was overwhelming. We prayed that the Lord would give us a plan. In a few days Maud suggested we divide the hour into 4 segments and rotate groups of kids at 15 minute intervals. Rain was predicted the following week which would mean our two planned outside stations would not work...we prayed that there would not be rain at our meeting time. The Lord answered, as there was only a slight sprinkling. Also we had two volunteers for the day to help. Everything went so smoothly and the kids were very cooperative. We do have one of the mothers who stays to help where needed and another mother this week said she might be able to stay to help. So far the Lord has been providing on a week-to-week basis. We have continued to get new kids each week. We are much encouraged and continue to trust the Lord."

PRAY that our application for a new GNC at Rock Springs School in Escondido would be approved quickly for a start date of Feb 26. Praise the Lord for a father at the school who wants to be on the team. Please pray that his place of employment will allow him to rearrange his schedule so as to be free on Thursday afternoons.

PRAY that our GNC at Palmquist School in Oceanside will be able to continue. The team leader and her family find it necessary to move back to Orange County on short notice. Pray that the Lord will bring a complete team together.

In the fellowship of our Lord,
Robert Burkley

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Child Evangelism Fellowship of North San Diego County
PO Box 267, Escondido, CA 92033
760-480-4191 email: cefnorth@hotmail.com
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..."Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it." And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.   --Mark 10:14-16