Our sister Suzanne Farris has been leading the way with our Good News Club Ministry. We asked her to describe that work and ways you might serve our community and love our neighbors alongside her and others.
Dear brothers and sisters,
It's my great privilege to update you on our Good News Club (GNC). Good News Clubs are gospel focused Bible clubs for elementary school children. Cornerstone has partnered with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) to run one at Liberty Elementary School (LES), the first in the Franklin Special School District.
All GNC volunteers are “missionaries” of Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), an international, Bible-centered organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of Christ and to disciple them in the Word of God for Christian living. Each lesson taught has an evangelistic message for the unbelieving child as well as discipleship truth for the believing child. Churches partner with CEF to provide volunteers and financial support. While most of our LES Team are Cornerstone members, two joined us through contact with CEF. Here’s the wonderful team God put together to serve in this ministry over this past school year:
Andrea, Aravis and Nahum Roberts (along with little Zion)
Vicky and Luke Wiley
Bonnie Snyder
Shari Roberts
Denise Richardson
I’m filled with joy when I think of how we started the year and how well we ended. We all learned how to effectively weave the gospel into all that we did, not just in the Bible stories but also in the songs, the weekly memory verse, the object lessons, and even the games. It was a joy to share biblical truth with our Kindergarten to 4th graders at LES, to hear their God-inspired answers, and to answer their deep questions. And what a treasure it was to see all the kids join the song leaders up front singing their hearts out on our last day! Of course, the greatest joy was that three children professed faith in Jesus for the first time, two of whom were baptized in their home church soon after.
In case you missed it, my takeaway from the year was joy. What a privilege it is to see God’s work both in us and the children! If you loved being a part of VBS, GNC is very much like it, except you get to do it once a week throughout the school year. If you're 14 years old or older and think God is calling you to bring the good news of Jesus to children, we’d love for you to join our team for the 2025-26 school year. Team members have various roles according to their gifts and desires and will receive training from CEF. Perhaps this is one of the good works which God prepared beforehand that you should walk in (Ephesians 2:10).
We also covet your prayers for this ministry. One of the children that prayed to receive Christ answered many of our Bible questions for a couple of months before she felt lead to make a profession of faith. That’s the work of the Holy Spirit and His praying people—not our often-fumbling efforts!
Your fellow servant of Jesus,
Suzanne Farris