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Child Evangelism Fellowship: Helping You Evangelize Children

Child Evangelism Fellowship® of So. CA Inc.
Greater Riverside Chapter
P.O. Box 2714
Riverside, CA 92516


Phone (951)353-0905
Tel A Story® (951)353-0906
 CEF® is an interdenominational ministry whose purpose is to reach children with the Gospel. The main ministry of CEF is the Good News Club® a home Bible study meeting weekly for about an hour using a flannel board and visualized song.  In the summer 5-Day Clubs ® are conducted which are similar to Vacation Bible Schools but are held in homes and backyards.  High school and college students are trained to conduct these clubs in Summer Missions With CEF

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Director: Dan Dunkerley Field worker: Janelle Heiden E mail: patiend@aol.com The committee members are: Marion Hammarlund, Tanya Pitzer, and Betty Manly.

The Purpose of Child Evangelism Fellowship

CEF ® is an interdenominational worldwide organization composed of born again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in the local church for Christian living.

CEF® is a faith ministry, tax
deductible donations may be
made to:
CEF
P.O. Box 2714 Riverside, CA 92516

 

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Good News Club®
What is a Good News Club?
Boys and girls ages 5 through 12 gather with their friends to sing interesting visualized songs. They enjoy playing games that help them memorize a verse from God's Word. Through the missionary time they learn of children around the world who are following Jesus. The visualized Bible story applies God's Word to what is happening in their lives. They play review games that help them remember what was taught. An opportunity to receive Jesus Christ as Savior is given. Activities that help them grow in Christ are presented.
 
Where Does a Good News Club Meet?
Good News Clubs meet in the neighborhood where children live. We want to make it easy and convenient for them to attend. They meet most often in the friendly atmosphere of a home. This home can serve as a link between the church and the child's home, bringing the good news right to where the child lives. They can meet in a community center or most anywhere children will gather together.
 
Who Teaches a Good News Club?
Christians who are concerned for boys and girls work together volunteering their time and energy to teach Good News Clubs. They are trained by Child Evangelism Fellowship to have a club that is exciting and informative so that children will want to keep coming. Teachers are asked to sign the CEF® ® Statement of Faith and agree to abide by the policies of the organization ( CEF® is non charismatic).
 
What Can a Good News Club do for My Neighborhood?
A Good News Club can identify a home in the neighborhood that is safe for a child to go to in time of trouble. It brings the teaching of biblical morality to his neighborhood. It connects the child and his family to others where they live developing a good community spirit. When you leave your home on Sunday to go to church, others in your neighborhood know you are religious. When you teach children in your neighborhood God's Word, your neighborhood learns what you believe.
What materials are used for teaching?
The core curriculum is evangelistic Bible based lessons from CEF Press.  These can be supplemented with flannelgraph backgrounds and visualized songs from Bratton Specialties.

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red dotChild Evangelism Fellowship(R) Inc. Click here to access a listing of other chapters and their main office in Warrenton, MO

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      Millie Behrends started teaching CEF Good News Clubs in Riverside shortly after World War II, and then officially started the CEF of Greater Riverside Chapter in 1953.  Every time the chapter has been without a director over the years, it has been Millie that kept things going.  We only have a chapter today because of Millie.  What's more, she NEVER grew old.  She never got the attitude many get  "Well, I taught Sunday school twenty years ago, so I did my time, and now everybody should leave me alone."  No, she served all her life, never stopping, never slowing.  She has been in perfect health for years (her drivers license is still valid at age 90), until January of this year, when she sustained a mild stroke.  It was downhill from there.  It was just one thing after another.  A week ago this past Saturday, I visited Millie in her home, and we prayed together for a long time.  She shared much with me about the early days of CEF here, and gave me valuable insights.  She had been teaching the mentally challenged adult Sunday school class at her church up until her stroke in January, and since then she had been working more on her writing, and preparing teaching materials for future teachers.  Her latest story, she shared, was about Peter sharing his testimony about how he denied Christ, but was forgiven.  It was that story from Peter's viewpoint.  Well, Millie never finished it.  Two days ago (November 1), Millie got to meet Peter face to face (and maybe hear his testimony herself!).  She passed from this life into REAL LIFE.  I am joyous for her.  She was ready to enter into the LORD's rest, see her husband and son again, and see Jesus face to face.  However, I am grieved for our loss.  Millie was not only an incredible example of a Christian worker, but also a dear friend to me, and a piece of living history with many wise insights about life.  Her own life spanned almost the entire 20th century, and she had many things to share.  Please pray for us as we attempt to carry on.  Pray also for Millie's family, particularly her daughter  Tanya.  Tanya is also on our CEF committee, and much of the details have fallen to her.  Thank you!  Forgive me for making this so long, but I do have some important prayer/praise items below too.

-Janelle Heiden,

CEF of Greater Riverside

PRAISES:

  *For God's provision.

  *The children in Good News Clubs are asking valid questions about the Bible and how it relates to things going on in the world.  There have been many teachable moments.

  *Things seem to be moving forward to start the club at Glen Ivy Trailer Park.

  *I was able to sub for my coworker Heather's training class last Saturday.  I was blessed by the presence of the teachers who are attempting to get an after-school Good News Club at Lake Matthews Elementary School. 

PRAYER REQUESTS:

  *For the club at Lake Matthews Elementary School.  The principal of that school is "spiritual" but not a Christian (she is more new age, from what I was told), and she used a technicality to refuse to allow the Good News Club.  The Christian teachers at the school who want to start the Good News Club, Thea van Gordan and Pam Volker, may have a solution to that technicality, and they are going into her office to see her later this week to discuss it.  Please pray that the Lord goes with them.  This is a real battle for the hearts and souls of the children. 

  *For Tanya, Millie's daughter, as she deals with the inevitable details.

 

         Child Evangelism Fellowship of Greater Riverside

         PO Box 2714, Riverside CA 92516                                                

(Note make all checks out to CEF, and include the intended name/purpose on the memo line)   

 

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News from field worker Janelle Heiden --

I really just want to thank you all for your prayers and being a part of this summer in Riverside.  What with evangelizing the homeless downtown, witnessing to Mormon missionaries (yes, Stacy did that!), and winning a televised Bible game show, it's just been one adventure after another! 

     Now, we are in our last week of 5-day clubs.  We are doing just one this week.  It's a Vacation Bible School at Community Church of Norco.  On Monday, Anthony and Stacy had a family obligation and were not present.  Though this was last minute, Hannah rose to the occasion and did the entire club BY HERSELF!  She is only a seventh grader, and I was impressed (especially since I know adults who won't teach a club alone!).  She even go to lead an 8-year-old boy named Dale to Jesus at the end of club.  The crowning glory of the day was afterwords, when Hannah befriended a lonely little boy in the club named Jared.  Jared's dad is dying, and he really needed a friend.  Hannah played some basketball with him, and put a smile on his face.  I was so proud of her!  Anyway, thanks for praying, and please keep praying for the following items.

-Janelle Heiden, CEF of Greater Riverside

PRAISES:

  *All the spiritual growth of the youth this summer.  They are different kids than they were back in late April when we began training!  Their concern for the lost in general (and Mormons in particular, I'm not exactly sure why, but it's the Lord), is astounding!

  *The Remnant, our team, DID win the game show, Virtual Memory!  I know it was because we studied the passage of scripture together as a team, and they did by themselves all week before.  Practice makes perfect.  Anyway, it was an encouraging thing for them.  I'm no 100% certain when that show is on TV, since I don't have television in my home, but you can check your TV listings for virtual memory (on TBN, which is channel 40 if you live in the Los Angeles area) if you wish to see it.  My team should be on in a few weeks, I think.  If I find out more particulars, I'll tell you.  It will be Stacy, Anthony, and Carrera (as Hannah was too young.  Carrera was on our team in '05 and '06, and stepped in for the occasion).

  *Many children have received Christ though our team this summer, as well as through my coworker Heather Dowding, who is teaching clubs with some kids from her church.  We are doubling the amount of clubs we can do.

  *This has been the best summer I can remember having with CEF ministry since my first year as a summer missionary in 1997!  God has been there, and as the Psalmist said, "In THY presence is fullness of joy..."  It's all Him.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

  *Wisdom.  My cousin, Rachel, and I have some choices to possibly make regarding some changes going on in our neighborhood.  Pray for provision, guidance, and wisdom.  Within the next year, we will definitely have to make some choices.

  *Financial provision, and wisdom on my part.  I really need to set aside funds, and it's been difficult to do that.  Pray God will show me how to use the money He provides for me.

  *Peace of mind.  It is easy to trust in my own mind to figure things out instead of God.  This whole summer, and all that has happened in it, has been a reminder of how anything good that gets accomplished is all of God, not human effort.

  *Our upcoming CEF banquet.  Pray that all will fall into place for that. 

  *For the summer missionaries to continue to walk with the Lord, even after the spiritual "high" of the summer is over and they are back in school.  Pray they will make good choices as they go back to the daily grind. 

 

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