And what do the children say?

The end of the school year is fast approaching and one Cincinnati area club thought it would be beneficial to see what the children thought. The leaders already knew just by the kids' interests in learning about Jesus, their participation in club and the changed lives of some, but getting it "straight from the horse's mouth" always proves enlightening. Many liked club because it's about God although snacks and songs are the best part to one little boy. Comments include:

• "we get to learn about God and we get missionry (missionary) stories, games and kind helpers (teachers)"
• "we get to come in every week and learn about God"
• "I learned that God rose up out of the grave on easter"
• "thank you for teaching us about how Jesus died on the cross for our sins. You guys taught me a lot of stuff that I didn't know"
• "we get to learn about God and where its the only club in school that you learn about God"
• "it is fun it helps me learn God is rell (real)"

Hello! I am Ruth Boyatt and have been involved with Good News Clubs for four years. I've been married 36 years to a wonderful Christian man, have two grown daughters, one granddaughter and we are expecting a grandson in June.  

After retiring from 32 years of public school teaching in 2013, my husband and I prayed about how to serve the Lord together. We worship at Northern Hills Bible Chapel where we've taught Vacation Bible School and Sunday School and have been church camp directors for 15 summers. However, my heart yearned to be back in the public school classroom teaching little ones about the gospel…the only thing that really matters! And since the public schools abolished prayer we wondered how can we bring the truth of the gospel there.
We began researching how to start a Bible club in our local public school but, of course, going out alone with no organization to back us wasn’t a good idea. My husband, Joe, went searching on the internet and found Child Evangelism Fellowship and we were thrilled. Here is an organization that teaches the truth, the full gospel, in a wonderfully organized approach. We met with leadership, had amazing training on Good News Clubs, formed our team and started our first club at Brent Elementary in Finneytown.