News from Nance
Two things I enjoy about the holidays: games and traditions. Did you enjoy a lot of them during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s? Does anybody else eat black-eyed peas for New Year’s? Do you have certain games you always play?
One of the things I like best about Child Evangelism Fellowship® events is Review Game time. It gives the teachers an opportunity to review essential elements of the lesson and verse teaching one more time to see if the kids really “got it.” Properly done, the kids don’t even realize you are still teaching them. They just think they are playing a game. The kids at church try to peek in my bag to see if I brought a game.
We are happy to have had five Christmas Party Clubs, complete with review games. We had a sixth scheduled but the hostess became very ill and had to cancel. We are still praying for her recovery. The five clubs included seventy-five children and an unknown number of participating adults. The adults enjoyed the review games as much as the kids.
So, here’s a New Year’s review game for you. (I found it scribbled on scratch paper while doing some cleaning of piles over the holidays).
Can you name/sing the favorite hymn of the:
Dentist
Weatherman
Contractor
Tailor
Politician
Optometrist
Rachel’s Report
It was a good Christmas Party Club® season! Seventy-five children heard the true story of Christmas in five different party clubs this year. Two of those party clubs were at new locations (a church and a daycare center); it was wonderful to meet new people, and we look forward to working with them again soon. The parties were full of games and activities alongside the true story of Christmas – many times the adults got involved in the excitement too! At our biggest CPC™ this season, I got to talk more with a kid who had a question: “how do I know I believe in Jesus?” It was neat to see the thoughtfulness of that question and to see that God was working on his heart even in the crowded, busy room.
The holiday lulls between Christmas Party Clubs were the perfect opportunity to work on projects. Online fair training is finally completed and uploaded to the website! It’s a six-video series that communicates the important information people need to know before they serve with us in the tent at a county fair or festival. Topics are the “why” of fair and festival ministry, screening paperwork requirements, the usual flow in the fair tent, opening and closing procedures, and an overview of the Wordless Book. We have not done formal fair training for the past few years because of scheduling complications and have done informal on-the-job training instead, which works well. These videos will complement the on-the-job training and help people know what to expect before they arrive for their first shift.
Praise God for:
Seventy-five kids who heard the true story of Christmas
The fair training videos getting finished
Please Pray for:
The planning and preparation for our Spring Banquet
God to provide new Good News Club® opportunities in the spring