Sandi Masterson-Praise God for answering prayer with a new part time Job!

Church Support: Please pray for churches to be involved in prayer for the famlies and schools around them.  Please pray, also, for more contacts with churches in Klamath Falls, and that those churches will gladly sponsor Good News Clubs in the schools that have no club, and that people would hear God’s call to teach and to help with Clubs

June and Allan Alexander Please continue to keep them in prayers for healing and peace.-thanks

Terry & Gordon Aguiar- pray for their short term mission trip with CEF to St Lucia in August. That they would effectively minister to many children in the 5 day clubs!

Monday: Training Classes – Klamath Falls @ Immanuel Baptist — 10:00 a.m.
Last Class next week, and then the Appreciation Dinner on May 11th, please pray that our power point presentation will cooperate.

Tuesday:
Keno 3:10-4:30 Doug Hallock-Thanks so much for praying for the KenoGNC!

Sprague River: 4:00-5:00 Mike Perdue, Paul Boggs Gale Willis,  Debbie Eckert, Lee Dickerson, Patty Murray and Patty Moore. Please pray for the Alston Families salvation and finishing the year well

Wednesday:
Triad-Terry Aguiar—10-11am

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:15-2:15 p.m for Tyrus and Tracey to return to club next year and praise God for john for maturing into a spiritual leader, please pray for their parents to get re-married.
Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma – 11:15-Noon This club has ended for the year.

Mills Elementary- Sandi Masterson and Pauline Middleton,2:00-3:30pm .That all the Kids would grow in the Lord.

Tulelake- Linda Massey and Dorothy Will -2:00-3:00That the Spirit will move during our last lesson of the year.

Life Recovery – Barb Miller – 6:30-8:30 pm pray that God would send more children to club.
Fairview-Patty Petrovich and Kathryn Halmos 2:05-3:15-Pray that a girl who brought an invitation for a friend home will bring her friend to club.

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs –Rhiana Pearson  11:30-12:30 p.m. Praise  for Mona and Paul’s daughter and Son in Law”s health issues improving!. Pray for attentive hearts and minds in our last few classes and a desire to grow in the Lord and share Him with others.   Thursday:
Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:15-Noon This club has ended.

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m. -Praise God for bringing a helper to us in the way of CYIAer! Answered Prayer!!!

Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson and Sherry Biddison – 3:00-4:30p.m. Pray for the kids to grow and for me to know the parents better.  Please pray that the kids would invite their unsaved friends and Praise for all the kids are learning.

JYC United Family Fellowship  Sandi Masterson and Pam Kirby-7-8:30pm- Please pray for more kids to come and that the others who come to desire to grow.
Stearns Elementary – Robin Rockholt and Kathryn Halmos – 2:45-3:55 p.m. Pray that more children will come: pray that Madison would come, Pray for Tim, a new believer from a broken home.
Friday:
JYC (J You Connection)Sandi Masterson and Sherri Biddison-7:00-9:00pm Chiloquin,, (every other week) -Praise that the kids love club! pray for more kids to come for the kids to want to learn on their own.  Pray for them to have a desire to grow, also pray for Hannah to accept Jesus as her Savior and want to follow him.

CYIA-Christian Youth in Action Praise for the 16, yes 16 young people who are interested in CYIA that are learning to share the Gospel, with the wordless book.  Please pray they would surrender their hearts to the leading of God the Holy Spirit and have a heart for the lost.

Bear ye one another’s burden, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2

Sandi Masterson-Please continue to pray for her continued and complete healing, Wisdom from God about her future and Strength to stand through the trial.

Church Support: Please pray for churches to be involved in prayer for the famlies and schools around them.  Please pray, also, for more contacts with churches in Klamath Falls, and that those churches will gladly sponsor Good News Clubs in the schools that have no club, and that people would hear God’s call to teach and to help with Clubs

June and Allan Alexander Please continue to keep them in prayers for healing and peace.-thanks  

CEF Office Praise God for His provision for our needs.  Pray for those of us working in the office for wisdom to carry out His will for CEF

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Monday: Training Classes – Klamath Falls @ Immanuel Baptist — 10:00 a.m. Praise for great teaching!  Please keep Rae, Terry, Gordon and Mona in prayer for preparing for this class as this is in addition to their Good News Clubs.
Tuesday: Sprague River: 4:00-5:00 Mike Perdue, Paul Boggs Gale Willis,  Debbie Eckert, Lee Dickerson, Patty Murray and Patty Moore. Pray for wisdom and discernment for the teachers and workers (dealing with various behaviors, etc.) and for true salvation in the children. Pray for the children to truly commit to learning and following the Lord and to understand the importance of making Jesus their Lord, not just their Savior.

Triad-Terry Aguiar—10-11am Please pray for the Children to learn thier memory Verse ( truly hiding God’s word in their heart) We have passed out Bibles to the Children who have none (we Thank God for His provision)

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:15-2:15 p.m. Praise the Lord for 2 of the Children that are going to Church that were not in the past.

Keno Club-Doug Hallock-3:10-4:30

Praise God!  We have 6 new registrations as of this week.  We had 22 kids say their memory verse last week, and 15 say them this week.  We’ve still got a few constant correction kiddos, but the number is shrinking as I’m talking to kids while their parents are listening in.  Thanks so much for praying for the KenoGNC!
Wednesday:
Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma – 11:15-Noon Pray for Mrs Otto’s attitude toward the Bible Relase time children.  She wants to block their ability to go.

Mills Elementary- Sandi Masterson and Pauline Middleton,2:00-3:30pm .That all the Kids would grow in the Lord.

Tulelake- Linda Massey and Dorothy Will -2:00-3:00

Pray that all the children, but especially the new believers, will want to read God’s Word.  May God use His Word in a powerful way to convict the lost and embolden the saved! Pray also that the School teachers would not resent the time out on Wednesdays and that God would enable them to accomplish all they and the students need to do without that hour we use at release time Please pray also for Dorothy’s mother Lucile for salvation. She is 92 years old.  Also for a student named Amy, and Jimmy, Hector and Cesar for Salvation.  The GNC kids to go to Chruch, Read the Bible and Get discipled in the Word.

Life Recovery – Barb Miller – 6:30-8:30 pm pray that God would send more children to club.
Fairview-Patty Petrovich and Kathryn Halmos 2:00-3:10- Pray for the children, that they would listen to God’s Word with open hearts.  Please also pray for Sarah, that she would fully trust that she is saved.  Pray for Tyler,  pray that he will come to club regularly and allow God to change him into a Godly young man. Pray for Isaiah, who comes only intermittantly, he needs to accept Jesus. Pray for my 2 new little ones, one is in kindergarten and I’ll need to do something to keep her attention.

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m. -Praise God for bringing a helper to us in the way of CYIAer! Answered Prayer!!!

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs –Rhiana Pearson and Sandy deVries 11:30-12:30 p.m. Please Pray for Roman to receive the Lord as his Savior and Praise the kids have been bringing their Bibles, looking up scriptures and some have been learning their memory verses! Please continue to pray for their ability to discipline themselves to work on memory verses and sharing the gospel with others. Pray for the Jehovah witness family in Bly that doesn not like the Good News Club in the School and is complaining, Pray salvation for them and protecting from their harrassements for the head teacher at Bly, Tracey, she has also been expereincing other attacks from folks in Bly and she commutes everyday from Klamath. So also pray for her strength, safety in travels and Salvation (we don’t know if she’s saved)Pray for our strength to witness to her and lead her to the Lord, if need be.   Thursday:
Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:15-Noon That God will allow us to teach effectively so that many children will be saved
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Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson and Sherry Biddison – 3:00-4:30p.m. Praise that the Lawrences came after having not come all year due to conflicts.  Please pray for the parents who claim Christ to live and behave Godly and stop arguing.  Safety for Traveling to and from the club, pray for the kids to grow and for me to know the parents better.  Please pray that the kids would invite their unsaved friends and Praise for all the kids are learning.

JYC United Family Fellowship  Sandi Masterson and Pam Kirby-7-8:30pm- Praise for this new club for the 6th-8th graders at Pam Kirby’s church, United Family Fellowship. Pray for Johnny to accept Jesus as Savior and for more kids to come.  Praise that Johnny has prayed for salvation! and is reading the Bible like a starving man at a Buffet.  Praise their are now 5 kids, and 4 are regularly churched.  Please pray for more kids to come and that the others who come to desire to grow.
Stearns Elementary – Robin Rockholt and Kathryn Halmos – 2:45-3:55 p.m. Pray that more children will come: pray that Madison would come, Pray for Tim, a new believer from a broken home.
Friday:
JYC (J You Connection)Sandi Masterson and Sherri Biddison-7:00-9:00pm Chiloquin,, (every other week) -Praise that the kids love club! pray for more kids to come for the kids to want to learn on their own.  Pray for them to have a desire to grow, also pray for Hannah to accept Jesus as her Savior and want to follow him.

CYIA-Christian Youth in Action Please pray for the Prospective Children that might want to go to CYIA.  Pray for those young people that God has planned to be involved with helping with the summer ministries, CYIA camp, 5 Day Clubs, Camp Good News and the Fairs.  Please pray for Sandi M and Terry A as they recruit and prepare for this ministry.

Cora and Duane

As some of you know, Cora Tucker, the Klamath-Lake Director for the last five years, has been working full-time for CEF for the last nine years with virtually no breaks.  She was helping teach Good News Clubs for several years before that.  A year ago, she got married, which added another layer of responsibilities to what was already a considerable load!  She asked for a Sabbatical, a time to rest, spend time with her husband (who is a truck driver and is often away for long periods of time), and grow in the Lord.  She will be missed, and we very much hope she’ll be returning at the end of the Sabbatical, but in the meantime, several people have stepped up to cover her responsibilities in the office and elsewhere.  We praise the Lord for them, and ask your prayers for Cora and Duane, and for those of us helping in the office.   We are continuing to support Cora so she can truly rest and not have to take a job.

Rae Teaching at Teacher Training Class

GOOD NEWS CLUBS-Teachers began their training this year with a retreat September 23-25  and then met Monday morning, Oct. 3, to begin Teacher Training Classes with teachers Rae Arnold and Mona Boggs. Sandi Masterson is also starting up two JYC clubs for 7-9th graders, one in Klamath Falls and one in Chiloquin.   There are still several elementary schools with no Good News Club — please pray with us for teachers for clubs in those schools

This year, our lessons begian with Samuel and Saul,  leading up to King David.  Then we will move to the Early Christians and the Apostle Paul to finish out this year.  The teachers are excited to see what the new year will bring — please pray with them for the children in their clubs!

JYC JYouConnection-God has provided openings in Klamath Falls and Chiloquin for another CEF ministry: JYou Connection, or JYC, which stands for Jesus and You Connection.  The JYC is a ministry to Middle School age children which can be held in the public school, and like the Good News Club, both presents the Gospel and gives challenges for the saved to live according to God’s ways.

The JYC is more discussion and missions oriented than the Good News Clubs are, and can also serve as a way to get the young men and women interested in serving with CYIA or as a Summer Missionary with CEF or with another missions organization.

We are currently looking for volunteers who are willing to help with the JYou Connection.  Sandi Masterson is heading this new ministry up, but she needs willing-hearted helpers.

If you have a child in grades 7-9 who would be interested in attending JYC, please call the CEF office at 541-884-5153.

Klamath-Lake CEF Retreat was a great success!

Most of our teachers and a few helpers were able to attend our Retreat on September 23-25 at Mountain Lakes Bible Camp.   It was a wonderful time of Bible study, prayer, teacher training, workshops, and fellowship!

Doug Morse, Director of the Evergreen District (Eugene area) came and spoke  on prayer.   He encouraged us to develop personal habits of fervent, effectual prayer, and also develop a culture of prayer within our local CEF body.

Classes included training on leading children to Jesus Christ; classroom discipline; how to build a puppet stage (with the puppet stage, made by Paul Boggs,  raffled off to a teacher attending that session!); IPEAR (Introduce, Present, Explain, Apply, Repeat) training for teaching memory verses and songs; and more.

Workshops basically covered the materials that will be used in our Good News Clubs this year, and gave teachers a chance to start preparing those materials.

Paul Boggs had made about thirteen easels for flannel-boards from materials donated by Columbia Wood Products, and these were raffled off at the end of the retreat.  He also made an ox yoke, in keeping with our theme verse of Matt. 11:28-30, and turned it into a beautiful cross. 

CEF:  Our Culture

The ‘Culture’ of an organization is their foundation, what they stand for, how they function.  Here is the second of the six Culture Points for CEF.

Importance of the Spiritual Welfare of our Workers — It is vital that we are never satisfied to simply teach our staff the methods of how to reach children and how to train others to do so, but we must purposefully invest in the spiritual lives of our staff. When CEF^® staff are men and women who are primarily driven by passion for God and His glory and have a clear call from the Lord, the work will prosper. If we keep our focus on God and on His calling, then we will be sustained in times of challenge.

NEED A MOTOR HOME? Dennis and Kit Ellingson have graciously donated their 1984 31’ Itaska Wind Cruiser to us to sell, to help with finances.  It has new tires, a rebuilt transmission, runs and drives good.  Has 58,000 miles on the OD.  We are asking $5,500.  If you know anyone who is looking for a good used motor home, please have them call us for more information  at 541-884-5153.

May we e-mail your newsletter to you???

If you would like to receive the newsletter as an e-mail attachment, please send your e-mail address to us at:

kathleen@klamathlakecef.com

Thank you!

Cora’s Notes: I miss you!  It’s crazy how much can happen in a month’s time!  Since we wrapped up classes, we’ve finished TCE1 (looks like 6 will graduate), I’ve gone to CEF’s National Conference and had a vacation (was sick most of the time, too!).  By the end of this week I’ll be attending a meeting in Salem in preparation for Christian Youth in Action, all while Kathleen and I are preparing in earnest for our summer ministries.  We look forward to continuing to serve beside you this summer.  Kathleen has put together this bulletin so you can know at least some of your opportunities to serve with each other again….SO excited to see you again!

Cora

Face-painting Workshop:

Will be held 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Friday, June 18, at Immanuel Baptist Church, 225 N. 11^th St., Klamath Falls.  Cost is $10 to cover materials – paints, a brush, a sponge, and curriculum will be provided for each participant. We’ll be using the Wordless Book colors; the goal is to learn how to better utilize face-painting to teach the Gospel using the Wordless Book story.  Normally we do this at fairs and so on, but it’s also a great idea for Vacation Bible Schools, 5-Day-Clubs, and any kind of children’s party.   If you would like to attend (ages 7 on up are welcome), please let us know by June 4 so we know how many paint sets to order.

Bibles for Children:

One of the things that Cora brought back from the National CEF Conference was information on how to order free Bibles for our children!!   We can order KJV, NKJV, and NIV in the whole Bible or just New Testaments.   We plan to make an order soon, if you’d like to add to that order; and we can order again later in the year.  These Bibles are for children who don’t have a Bible and would like to have one.  Presenting the child’s Bible is a good opportunity for a visit to their home and a chance to talk with the parents.  Please let us know how many you need by calling the CEF office at 541-884-5153 or e-mailing us at kathleen@klamathlakecef.com .

Summer Blitz:  August 16-20

If you haven’t signed up yet, please call or e-mail the office to let us know your availability.  Training days for the Blitz will be August 10 (just for teachers) and August 14, for teachers, helpers, and church volunteers.

Flannel-background Coloring Workshop will be held on July 12, 10:00 am, at Mona Boggs home in Sprague River.  We will learn how to color backgrounds for flannel-board scenes.  Some backgrounds will be available to purchase – please let Mona or Rae know right away if there is something in particular that you’d like to have for the upcoming year.

Fairs this summer!

We will have a CEF booth at all the local fairs this summer, including Klamath County Fair, Lake County Fair, and Butte Valley/Tulelake Fair.  Klamath County Fair is August 5-8; Lake County Fair is September 2-6; and the Butte Valley/Tulelake Fair is September 8-12.

We will have a training day before the fairs begin; we’ll let everyone know the date soon.

If you are willing to help at one or more of the fairs, please let us know!  We can pencil you in now and firm up schedules later.

Teacher Timeline:

Now: Pray for children, schools, teachers, helpers, supporting churches.

August: Meet with principal; plan how to advertise (check on Open Houses, etc.).

August 2: Syllabus Workshop

August 30: GNC Teacher Meeting (all day – bring your club helpers)

September: Call families whose children have already attended Good News Clubs.

September 27: Teacher Meeting

Merrill — Good News in the Park

July 24, Noon to 4 pm, in Merrill.  Terry and Gordon Aguiar are organizing an outreach for their community.  They hope to have games and a barbeque, several booths from different ministries including CEF, and a whole lot of fun!  This is still in the planning stages (even the name isn’t set in stone!), so if you’d like to be there, call Terry at 541-798-5737.   If you’d like to help with the CEF booth, please let us know at the office.

5-Day-Clubs will be held the weeks of June 28 and July 5, in addition to the clubs during the Blitz.  If you would like to sponsor a club in your neighborhood, or know someone who would, please let us know!  Teachers and materials will be provided; the host provides snacks and the children.

Monday:  Training Classes – Klamath Falls @ Immanuel Baptist — 10:00 a.m. Praise for good teaching!  Please keep Rae, Terry and Mona in prayer for preparing for this class as this is in addition to their Good News Clubs.

Tuesday: Sprague River: starting up October 18^th 4:00-5:00 Mike Perdue, Gale Willis, Lee Dickerson, Patty Murray and Patty Moore.

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Pray for no foul ups with permission slips at the Merrill club.

Sandi Masterson – ).    Pray for Sandi to heal quickly from her current cold/Flu.  Pray for kids, 7, & 9^th grade and pray for workers  for 2 JYC clubs, a junior high ministry. Please pray we get to have a facility for each club (one in Mills and one in Chiloquin! Mills Club. Chiloquin-. Conger-Pray for the School to open up, as the Superintendent has put a stumbling block to this club starting, and says we can’t have club in any schools. Pray that he will have his eyes opened to the legal right to have club, and to Jesus Christ.  Prayer requests: a part of me is a little fearful that the clubs are going to be too big and chaos will occur. Please pray for: 1-workers wiling to be trained 2-me! 3-new kids coming 4-“old” kids returning 5-I need Bibles to give to the kids.  Thanks!

Wednesday:

Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma – 11:15-Noon That God will allow us to teach effectively so that many children will be saved.

Tulelake-Linda Massey & Dorothy Will-  Pray as we go to contact the principal (who is a believer!) that we choose a God-ordained date and time for starting the third week of October.  Pray that God will bring those who attended last year as well as many new children.

Fairview-Kathleen Sanderson and Patty Petrovich 2:00-3:10-Praise Kathryn Halmos is helping again. 8 children came-2 prayed to receive Christ.  Pray for Patty as she is traveling to England for 3 weeks.  For Tyler to come back, for moreboys, for the childrend who cam last time to return again in future weeks.

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m-More helpers to walk kids and take memory verse and attendance.  Praise: 24 kids the first day.

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs –Rhiana Pearson and Sandy deVries 11:30-12:30 p.m. Praise that we have new kids in our class this year.  That all the children will get their permission slips turned in. and that the children that responded last week (8 with 2 earnest decisions-Praise God!) will understand and grow spiritually. And that if they have questions they’ll ask and we the teachers can explain and answer so they understand salvation and why to pray and ask God into their heart. And that God will open their minds and hearts.  That the Holy Spirit would prepare the way and continue to work in the hearts of the people and the pastor of the church in Lakeview and we’re hoping to visit a church in Bly.  We have already talked to them and let them know we are coming.

Thursday:

Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:15-Noon

Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson – 3:00 p.m..

Stearns Elementary – Kathleen Sanderson – 2:45-3:55 p.m. Praise for 2 chrildren who came-both prayed. The principle used to attend Good News Club when he was a boy

Friday:  Keno Elementary – Doug Hallock – 3:15 p.m.

As Cora leaves for her Sabbatical: Pray for a smooth transition at the office and for all the helpers to have peace about their new responsibilities….so far so good PRAISE GOD!

Monday:  Training Classes – Klamath Falls @ Immanuel Baptist — 10:00 a.m. Praise for good teaching!  Please keep Rae, Terry and Mona in prayer for preparing for this class as this is in addition to their Good News Clubs.

Tuesday: Sprague River: starting up October 18^th 4:00-5:00 Mike Perdue, Gale Willis, Lee Dickerson, Patty Murray and Patty Moore.

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Pray for no foul ups with permission slips at the Merrill club.

Sandi Masterson – ).    Pray for Sandi to heal quickly from her current cold/Flu.  Pray for kids, 7, & 9^th grade and pray for workers  for 2 JYC clubs, a junior high ministry. Please pray we get to have a facility for each club (one in Mills and one in Chiloquin! Mills Club. Chiloquin-. Conger-Pray for the School to open up, as the Superintendent has put a stumbling block to this club starting, and says we can’t have club in any schools. Pray that he will have his eyes opened to the legal right to have club, and to Jesus Christ.  Prayer requests: a part of me is a little fearful that the clubs are going to be too big and chaos will occur. Please pray for: 1-workers wiling to be trained 2-me! 3-new kids coming 4-“old” kids returning 5-I need Bibles to give to the kids.  Thanks!

Wednesday:

Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma – 11:15-Noon That God will allow us to teach effectively so that many children will be saved.

Tulelake-Linda Massey & Dorothy Will-  Pray as we go to contact the principal (who is a believer!) that we choose a God-ordained date and time for starting the third week of October.  Pray that God will bring those who attended last year as well as many new children.

Fairview-Kathleen Sanderson and Patty Petrovich 2:00-3:10-Praise Kathryn Halmos is helping again. 8 children came-2 prayed to receive Christ.  Pray for Patty as she is traveling to England for 3 weeks.  For Tyler to come back, for moreboys, for the childrend who cam last time to return again in future weeks.

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m-More helpers to walk kids and take memory verse and attendance.  Praise: 24 kids the first day.

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs –Rhiana Pearson and Sandy deVries 11:30-12:30 p.m. Praise that we have new kids in our class this year.  That all the children will get their permission slips turned in. and that the children that responded last week (8 with 2 earnest decisions-Praise God!) will understand and grow spiritually. And that if they have questions they’ll ask and we the teachers can explain and answer so they understand salvation and why to pray and ask God into their heart. And that God will open their minds and hearts.  That the Holy Spirit would prepare the way and continue to work in the hearts of the people and the pastor of the church in Lakeview and we’re hoping to visit a church in Bly.  We have already talked to them and let them know we are coming.

Thursday:

Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:15-Noon

Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson – 3:00 p.m..

Stearns Elementary – Kathleen Sanderson – 2:45-3:55 p.m. Praise for 2 chrildren who came-both prayed. The principle used to attend Good News Club when he was a boy

Friday:  Keno Elementary – Doug Hallock – 3:15 p.m.

State coordinators/directors are key leaders in the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship.  Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington DC need a key state leader. Would you ask God to provide His chosen leaders for these states?

Montana—Doug Johnson, Interim State Director

Praises:

• Leif Halvorson is currently at Children’s Ministries Institute^® and upon completion will be the director for Eastern Montana.

• The staff for 2011 Christian Youth in Action^® is almost complete.

Prayer Requests:

• For the salvation of the children in Montana.

• For Micah and Rachael Barnhart, who will be coordinating 5-Day Clubs this summer for the Southwest District of Montana.  They are considering working with CEF full time.

• For a second couple we recently met with. They are considering applying for the position of coordinators for South Central District.

In Oregon, Delene Gehrke, Director of the Umpua District (Roseburg), asks for prayer for repairs that need to be made to their story house.  She also asks for prayer for Jean, whose husband Arlo is in hospice.  Pray for strength for Jean.  Praise for three new Good News Clubs!

Announcements: Tel-a-Story is a CEF ministry that provides Bible stories over the phone to children, via a toll-free number.  The stories are recorded, but at the end of the story, if they’d like to talk to a real person about salvation, they push one, and are routed to whoever is on the schedule for that time slot.  Thanks to modern computerized communications equipment, the calls can be sent anywhere, even to a cell phone, so if you have an hour or two or three a week that you could be available to counsel children for salvation, let us know! This is a great opportunity for those who have more difficulty getting out and about to still minister to the boys and girls via telephone. If you are interested, please let Cora know!

Please keep Cora in prayer for some upcoming presentations at churches — she is looking for more opportunities to share the CEF ministry with local churches (if you would like to have her come to your church, please e-mail, or call the office at 541-884-5153).  Pray for a blessing on the opportunities that we do have.  Pray also that people would make a commitment to support CEF faithfully with prayer and financially.  Pray for Cora as she travels to visit as many of our Good News Clubs as possible.

The one-day CYIA training will be held in Roseburg on May 7 — five teens and four adults will be attending, with one other teen taking the training on a separate day.  The week-long CYIA training will be held in Salem on June 18-24; five teens will attend this training session.  These teens will then help teach 5-Day-Clubs during the summer.  If you would like to host a 5-Day-Club, please call the office to schedule a time!

Tuesday:

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Pray that the children and their parents would go to a sound Bible-based church; and that they would develop their own quiet time with the Lord each day.

Keno Elementary — Doug Hallock — 3:10-4:30 p.m. Praise for a substitute who can fill in at times!  Pray for strength and wisdom for the teachers, and for a right attitude towards the Lord from the children.

Sprague River – Gale Willis, Mike Perdue, Lee Dickerson – After School Pray for the children to truly commit their hearts and lives to the Lord.  Praise that the club went better, after dividing up the younger children from the older, and separating the older boys from the older girls.  Pray for Mike and Kathy, as they are with her mother, who has only a short time left to live and needs salvation.  Pray for Kathy’s health while they are away, and pray that Mike’s father will be okay until Mike and Kathy are free to go to him.

Wednesday:

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs, Rhiana Pearson, and Sandy DeVries – 11:30-12:30 p.m. Rhiana praises the Lord for healing!  She is feeling completely well again!  Please pray that as the children learn the Wordless Book that they’ll ‘get it’ and be able to share the Gospel effectively.  Pray also that as we share the devotional packets with them, it will give them an excitement and an intention to have a daily devotion time throughout the summer.

Pat, the principal, is retiring, so there will be a new principal next year.  Pray that he or she will be open to Good News Clubs just like Pat was, or more so.  Pray about extending classes for a few more weeks, what material to use, etc.

Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma — 11:00-Noon Pray for the children and the teachers, that they would finish strong — this is their last week of club for this year.  Pray also that the children would retain what they have learned and not fall away from the Lord over the summer.

Fairview Elementary — Kathleen Sanderson — 2:05-3:15 p.m. Pray that the children would finish the year strong, with a commitment to learn more about God’s Word and Jesus Christ over the summer.  Pray that the children and their families would begin attending a sound, Bible-believing church if they don’t already.

Mills Elementary — Sandi Masterson — 2:05-3:30 p.m. Praise for growth in the children and pray that they continue to grow.   Pray for Reuben, who is slipping away (girls are getting his attention).  Please pray for work for Sandi.

Tulelake — Linda Massey and Dorothy Will — 1:55-2:55 p.m. Linda’s dad, Ted, is in his final days of life.  Please pray that she’ll have the opportunity to read Scripture to him and pray with him — he has accepted the Lord as Savior recently (praise the Lord).  Please pray that the newer children will make a decision during these last three lessons to follow Christ, and that we’ll be able to impress on the children how important it is to read the Bible and have daily devotions.

Thursday:

Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:00-Noon Same as above.

Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson – 2:30-4:00 p.m. Praise — the children GET it, and when Sherri (Sandi’s helper) was gone for a month, all the mothers came to help.  They seemed to enjoy it, too.  Prayer request — gas money and a job!

Ferguson — Neal & Kristin Pace — 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. The Ferguson Club has ended for the year.  Please pray for the children, also, that their hearts would retain what they’ve been taught about the Lord, and that they would be prepared for a new Club at Ferguson next year, Lord willing.

Lakeview — Fremont/Hay — Please pray for teachers willing to commit to having this club again this year.

Living Faith Fellowship AWANA — Renee Cedarleaf – 6:00 – 8:00 pm Praise for the children who are hearing God’s Word taught at the Awana club — pray that they will continue to grow in the Lord!

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Club is going well.  Pray for Jaime and Cesar, that their hearts would be opened to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior.  And pray for helpers to walk the children between the school and the GNC location.  Praise that attendance has stayed up, consistently around 27.

Stearns Elementary – Kathleen Sanderson – 2:45 p.m. — 3:55 p.m. Pray that the children, who have all professed salvation, would begin attending a Bible-believing church regularly, and that their parents/guardians would also be saved.  Pray that they would all continue to grow in the Lord.  Praise for and pray for helper Robin, as she says she’d like to prepare for more responsibility in teaching.

Triad Christian School — Terry Aguiar — 3:20-4:20 p.m. Pray for the junior high students who will be preparing and presenting a lesson for the 2nd and 3rd grade classes next week.   Pray that the children would develop their own quiet time each day with the Lord.

Saturday:

Peterson Elementary is still in the process of being set up — please pray for things to go smoothly, and for the teachers and helpers.

Sunday:

Luna’s Home — Lee Dickerson and Anna Nutter — 3:00 pm Pray that the Word of God would be illuminated and retained in the hearts, minds, and actions of the children.  Pray for salvation, the rebirth of the Holy Spirit, and that they would have a life totally committed to the Lord.

State coordinators/directors are key leaders in the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship.  Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington DC need a key state leader. Would you ask God to provide His chosen leaders for these states?

Alabama–Doug Clarke, State Coordinator

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for local coordinators needed in Birmingham, Huntsville and Gadsden.

• Pray for pioneering to open chapters in Tuscaloosa and Dothan.

• Pray for additional local committee members and state board members as well as finances for each chapter and the state.

Praises:

• Praise for over 4,000 children reached in summer ministries.

• Praise for 35 schools and 11 other locations for Good News Clubs.

In Oregon, Heather Hall of the Umatilla/Juniper Chapter asks for prayer for her father, who had five-way bypass surgery — he suffered no damage to his heart and is recovering well.  She praises the Lord for a good response to the six party clubs they had; one of the party clubs led to a new Good News Club, as well!

Announcements: Tel-a-Story is a CEF ministry that provides Bible stories over the phone to children, via a toll-free number.  The stories are recorded, but at the end of the story, if they’d like to talk to a real person about salvation, they push one, and are routed to whoever is on the schedule for that time slot.  Thanks to modern computerized communications equipment, the calls can be sent anywhere, even to a cell phone, so if you have an hour or two or three a week that you could be available to counsel children for salvation, let us know! This is a great opportunity for those who have more difficulty getting out and about to still minister to the boys and girls via telephone. If you are interested, please let Cora know!

Please keep Cora in prayer for some upcoming presentations at churches — she is looking for more opportunities to share the CEF ministry with local churches (if you would like to have her come to your church, please e-mail, or call the office at 541-884-5153).  Pray for a blessing on the opportunities that we do have.  Pray also that people would make a commitment to support CEF faithfully with prayer and financially.  Pray for Cora as she travels to visit as many of our Good News Clubs as possible.

The one-day CYIA training will be held in Roseburg on May 7 — five teens and four adults will be attending, with one other teen taking the training on a separate day.  The week-long CYIA training will be held in Salem on June 18-24; five teens will attend this training session.  These teens will then help teach 5-Day-Clubs during the summer.  If you would like to host a 5-Day-Club, please call the office to schedule a time!

Tuesday:

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Praise for the five children who accepted Jesus Christ as Savior last week!

Keno Elementary — Doug Hallock — 3:10-4:30 p.m. Praise for a substitute who can fill in at times!  Pray for strength and wisdom for the teachers, and for a right attitude towards the Lord from the children.

Sprague River – Gale Willis, Mike Perdue, Lee Dickerson – After School Pray for the children to truly commit their hearts and lives to the Lord.  Praise that the club went better, after dividing up the younger children from the older, and separating the older boys from the older girls.  Pray for Mike and Kathy, as they are with her mother, who has only a short time left to live and needs salvation.  Pray for Kathy’s health while they are away, and pray that Mike’s father will be okay until Mike and Kathy are free to go to him.

Wednesday:

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs, Rhiana Pearson, and Sandy DeVries – 11:30-12:30 p.m. Continue to pray for Rhiana’s healing — she did make it to Teacher Training today, and looks good!  Pray for Holly and Mark, that they would be faithfully in God’s Word and truly commit their hearts to the Lord.  Pray for Tory, Baily, and Johnny, for spiritual growth.

Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma — 11:00-Noon Pray for the children and the teachers, that they would finish strong — this is their last week of club for this year.  Pray also that the children would retain what they have learned and not fall away from the Lord over the summer.

Fairview Elementary — Kathleen Sanderson — 2:05-3:15 p.m. Praise for one little girl who accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior last week.  Praise for having eight children in the club this week, also, and for TWO good helpers!!  Pray that the children would finish the year strong, with a commitment to learn more about God’s Word and Jesus Christ over the summer.

Mills Elementary — Sandi Masterson — 2:05-3:30 p.m. Praise for growth in the children and pray that they continue to grow.   Pray for Reuben, who is slipping away (girls are getting his attention).  Please pray for work for Sandi.

Tulelake — Linda Massey and Dorothy Will — 1:55-2:55 p.m. Linda’s dad, Ted, is in his final days of life.  Please pray that she’ll have the opportunity to read Scripture to him and pray with him — he has accepted the Lord as Savior recently (praise the Lord).  Please pray that the newer children will make a decision during these last three lessons to follow Christ, and that we’ll be able to impress on the children how important it is to read the Bible and have daily devotions.

Thursday:

Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:00-Noon Same as above.

Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson – 2:30-4:00 p.m. Praise — the children GET it, and when Sherri (Sandi’s helper) was gone for a month, all the mothers came to help.  They seemed to enjoy it, too.  Prayer request — gas money and a job!

Ferguson — Neal & Kristin Pace — 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. The Ferguson Club has ended for the year.  Please pray for the children, also, that their hearts would retain what they’ve been taught about the Lord, and that they would be prepared for a new Club at Ferguson next year, Lord willing.

Lakeview — Fremont/Hay — Please pray for teachers willing to commit to having this club again this year.

Living Faith Fellowship AWANA — Renee Cedarleaf – 6:00 – 8:00 pm Praise for the children who are hearing God’s Word taught at the Awana club — pray that they will continue to grow in the Lord!

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Club is going well.  Pray for Jaime and Cesar, that their hearts would be opened to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior.  And pray for helpers to walk the children between the school and the GNC location.

Stearns Elementary – Kathleen Sanderson – 2:45 p.m. — 3:55 p.m. Pray that the children, who have all professed salvation, would begin attending a Bible-believing church regularly, and that their parents/guardians would also be saved.  Pray that they would all continue to grow in the Lord.  Praise for and pray for helper Robin, as she says she’d like to prepare for more responsibility in teaching.

Triad Christian School — Terry Aguiar — 3:20-4:20 p.m. Pray for the junior high students who will be preparing and presenting a lesson for the 2nd and 3rd grade classes next week.

Saturday:

Peterson Elementary is still in the process of being set up — please pray for things to go smoothly, and for the teachers and helpers.

Sunday:

Luna’s Home — Lee Dickerson and Anna Nutter — 3:00 pm Pray that the Word of God would be illuminated and retained in the hearts, minds, and actions of the children.  Pray for salvation, the rebirth of the Holy Spirit, and that they would have a life totally committed to the Lord.

Would you pray with us for state coordinators/directors; these men and women are key leaders in the ministry of CEF. Kansas , Mississippi , Rhode Island , Vermont and Washington , DC each need such a leader. Would you ask God to provide His chosen leaders for these states?

Rhode Island Interim State Director Ray Farnum has the following prayer requests:  They need a full-time couple to work with CEF in Providence; and they need a permanent State Director.  Praises include:  a new church has begun to support the ministry financially; there are two new Good News Clubs; and a ministry to Jr. High students, the JYouConnection, has begun.

In Oregon, Terry and Betty Edwards of the Ponderosa District (Bend/Central Oregon) ask for prayer for more volunteers, so that a Good News Club could be available for every child in Central Oregon.  They are also asking the Lord to bring them a young person to work as an intern.

Announcements:   Tel-a-Story is a CEF ministry that provides Bible stories over the phone to children, via a toll-free number.  The stories are recorded, but at the end of the story, if they’d like to talk to a real person about salvation, they push one, and are routed to whoever is on the schedule for that time slot.  Thanks to modern computerized communications equipment, the calls can be sent anywhere, even to a cell phone, so if you have an hour or two or three a week that you could be available to counsel children for salvation, let us know! This is a great opportunity for those who have more difficulty getting out and about to still minister to the boys and girls via telephone. There will be another one-time training for those interested in counseling, held April 11 from 12:45 til 2:15 at Immanuel Baptist Church (after Teacher Training Class).  If you are interested, please let Cora know ahead of time!

Please keep Cora in prayer for some upcoming presentations at churches — she is looking for more opportunities to share the CEF ministry with local churches (if you would like to have her come to your church, please e-mail, or call the office at 541-884-5153).  Pray for a blessing on the opportunities that we do have.  Pray also that people would make a commitment to support CEF faithfully with prayer and financially.

Tuesday:

Merrill Elementary – Gordon & Terry Aguiar – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Pray for an open door to speak to a family of one of the GNC children.

Keno Elementary — Doug Hallock — 3:10-4:30 p.m. Praise for a substitute who can fill in at times!  Pray for strength and wisdom for the teachers, and for a right attitude towards the Lord from the children.

Sprague River – Gale Willis, Mike Perdue, Lee Dickerson – After School Pray for all of the children, that they would learn self-discipline, learn to show respect to those in authority over them, and that they would commit themselves totally to Jesus Christ.  Pray also for encouragement for the teachers and helpers.  Pray for Mike and Kathy as they will be traveling to see her mother, who is not doing well and who needs salvation.

Wednesday:

Bly (Gearhart) – Mona Boggs, Rhiana Pearson, and Sandy DeVries – 11:30-12:30 p.m. Pray for Rhiana, that she would heal completely and be free of pain.  Pray for spiritual growth for the children who have received Jesus Christ as their Savior, that they would go deeper in the Word and live faithfully for Jesus.

Bonanza Elementary – Laney Boersma — 11:00-Noon Pray that for these remaining months of this year our teaching may be effective and that the children may have a clear understanding of God’s love for them. Pray that they may make a decision to follow and trust Jesus.

Fairview Elementary — Kathleen Sanderson — 2:05-3:15 p.m. Praise for one little girl who accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior this week.  Praise for having eight children in the club this week, also, and for TWO good helpers!!  Pray that the children would finish the year strong, with a commitment to learn more about God’s Word and Jesus Christ over the summer.

Mills Elementary — Sandi Masterson — 2:05-3:30 p.m. Praise for growth in the children and pray that they continue to grow.   Pray for Reuben, who is slipping away (girls are getting his attention).  Please pray for work for Sandi, as her employer has gone out of business.

Tulelake — Linda Massey and Dorothy Will — 1:55-2:55 p.m. Praise for the children who are attending the GNC; please pray that they will grow in the Lord and be prepared to stand firm in Him through the summer.

Thursday:

Bonanza — Laney Boersma — 11:00-Noon Same as above.

Chiloquin Elementary – Sandi Masterson – 2:30-4:00 p.m. Praise — the children GET it, and when Sherri (Sandi’s helper) was gone for a month, all the mothers came to help.  They seemed to enjoy it, too.  Prayer request — gas money and a job!

Ferguson — Neal & Kristin Pace — 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Pray for Neal and Kristin and their family — due to some family problems, they’ve had to stop doing the Good News Club at Ferguson.  Please pray for the children, also, that their hearts would retain what they’ve been taught about the Lord, and that they would be prepared for a new Club at Ferguson next year, Lord willing.

Lakeview — Fremont/Hay — Please pray for teachers willing to commit to having this club again this year.

Living Faith Fellowship AWANA — Renee Cedarleaf – 6:00 – 8:00 pm Praise for the children who are hearing God’s Word taught at the Awana club — pray that they will continue to grow in the Lord!

Malin Elementary – Rae Arnold – 1:45-2:45 p.m. Praise that the children WERE all there after a three-week break!  Club is going well.  Pray for Jaime and Cesar, that their hearts would be opened to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior.  And pray for helpers to walk the children between the school and the GNC location.

Stearns Elementary – Kathleen Sanderson – 2:45 p.m. — 3:55 p.m. Pray that the children, who have all professed salvation, would begin attending a Bible-believing church regularly, and that their parents/guardians would also be saved.  Pray that they would all continue to grow in the Lord.  Praise for and pray for helper Robin, as she says she’d like to prepare for more responsibility in teaching.

Triad Christian School — Terry Aguiar — 3:20-4:20 p.m. Pray for the junior high students who will be preparing and presenting a lesson for the 2nd and 3rd grade classes next week.

Saturday:

Peterson Elementary is still in the process of being set up — please pray for things to go smoothly, and for the teachers and helpers.

Sunday:

Luna’s Home — Lee Dickerson and Anna Nutter — 3:00 pm Pray that the Word of God would be illuminated and retained in the hearts, minds, and actions of the children.  Pray for salvation, the rebirth of the Holy Spirit, and that they would have a life totally committed to the Lord.