News from Nance
Rachel’s Report
It’s Christmas Party Club® season! Christmas time is a great opportunity to share the story of Jesus, the true reason for the season. This year, we have six Christmas Party Clubs on the calendar, plus the Christmas Good News Blitz. The main theme this year is “Backwards Birthday Bash.” Because of Jesus’s birthday, we are offered a gift from God and that’s backwards from usual birthdays! Four of the Christmas Party Clubs are at small churches, one is at a Christian daycare center, and one is at someone’s home.
Our Teaching Children Effectively™ Level 1 (TCE1) students have finished all their classes. Now, they are working on their children’s ministry experience requirements, which means they are teaching real kids using the skills they learned during the course. We are hoping to start a spring Good News Club® at Meadowlark Apartments in Trotwood, which would be another opportunity for our students to get those requirements checked off. Once all the course requirements, including classes, homework, practicums, and experience, have been completed, our students will earn an official certificate from the Children’s Ministries Institute!
We’ve resumed Good News Club at Arrowood Elementary in Xenia for the months of November and December. It’s been a much bigger group this year – we have had 40 kids come at least once! The curriculum is based on the Wordless Book; each week expands on the truths of the specific color. On the last day of school before Christmas break, we’ll have a visiting teacher who’s going to share the story of Christmas.
Please Pray for:
Each Christmas Party Club and for the kids who attend
Wisdom for whether to do a spring Good News Club at Arrowood
Praise God for:
New locations for Christmas Party Clubs
Our large group at Arrowood