Week 7: Grace Baptist, Philadelphia Baptist, One Church Barfield, The Brook, FBC Swainsboro, Fellowship of Montgomery, & Green Acres

07/22/2024

Well’s Station

We had another amazing week at Well’s Station! It was awesome to get to see the community kiddos for another whole week. Thank you to my new friends from Swainsboro Baptist church for serving with us this week in Memphis. We started off with 6 kids on Monday but grew to an all-summer high of 21 kids by Thursday. We continued to have new kids every day, they just kept coming!  It is so exciting to see the kids love club so much that they tell all of their friends and invite them to come along. I love to see God’s Children excited about spreading the Good News! This week the Bible story had some great illustrations and key takeaways to go along with all the lessons, including, God creating everything, the rich young ruler, and John the Baptist. Crafts had a blast making slime, sand art, and salvation bracelets. Who even needs a speaker? Songs were so much fun with Jesus in the boat, Father Abraham, and more! The kids also got to learn some new fun games this week. They seemed to really enjoy shipwreck, bucketball, and especially dodgeball. I couldn’t have asked for a better week or a better opening summer for Well’s Station. Thanks again, Swainsboro, couldn’t have done it without you!

- Ben

National

Week 7 was amazing! This week, we were fortunate to have LifePoint Church with us. Although they were small in number, their impact was tremendous. They did an outstanding job at Bible Club this week! In Songs, they did "Jesus Loves Me" in both sign language and Spanish. This was incredibly cool to witness, especially because our kids continued to sing these songs on their way home! The combination of language and sign language made it engaging for everyone. For Games, they played tag using hula hoops, which was a big hit. But the highlight was undoubtedly the day they brought out a huge parachute. The children played a variety of games with it and had a blast. The joy and excitement were palpable as the kids laughed and played with sheer delight. Craft time was equally fantastic. The children had coloring sheets to express their creativity and made salvation necklaces, which were a favorite. The best part was when some of our kids could explain the meaning of each bead on the necklaces. Seeing their understanding and enthusiasm for the craft was heartwarming, reflecting their learning and growth. The Bible Story started with the story of creation and went on to the death and resurrection of Jesus. The kids were captivated and involved, eager to learn more about the Lord. Their interest and participation were inspiring to witness. We want to extend a huge thank you to LifePoint Church for their dedication and love for our kids. Their efforts in teaching about Jesus and engaging with the children were a true blessing. We were so fortunate to have them with us this week.

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.” 1 Peter 4:10 NLT

- Olivia, Kelsey, & Ella

Leahy’s

Shoutout to Philadelphia Baptist for hanging out at Leahy’s for week 7! It was a spectacular week with all the energy! We hit our summer high of twenty-eight kids on Friday! Our kids were giggling, singing, and playing all throughout club! During bible story, our kids heard the stories of Joseph. The top stories of the week were about Joseph and his coat of many colors and how he interpreted dreams! Also, they learned and recited different bible verses every day! One verse was Psalm 25:4, “Lord, tell me your ways. Show me how to live.” Songs station was bringing all the energy and fun!! We sang and danced to My Lighthouse, church clap, ABC song, and more! Games station was full of soccer, jump roping, hula hoop games, duck, duck, goose, and sticky hands! Our kids were running around and sweating like crazy!! During crafts, our kids made heart hands, decorated cups with a ball on the end to play with, bookmarks, and door hangers! The kids colored their hearts out all week long! It truly was a remarkable week, and the Lord moved in powerful ways! We are excited to see what the Lord is going to do in the final week of bible club! Thanks again to Philly for serving alongside us this week!!

- Mackenzie & Judy

Jackson

What a nice week seven at Bible Club Jackson. With the help of the Fellowship of Montgomery, we had so much fun during the week in the heat and the rain. In Bible stories, we learned stories of Joseph, Jonah, and the whale, Noah's ark, and the story of Jesus and the true reasons why we celebrate Christmas and Easter. At crafts, we made door-knockers and fun bracelets for not only ourselves but for our friends too. At songs, we danced to Little Sally Walker and Church Clap with our girls, and we had intense matches of musical chairs and red light green light with our boys. At games, we had so much fun playing duck, duck, goose, hide and seek, freeze tag mash-up, and a super intense game of soccer with our older and younger boys. During one of our rainy days, we had so much fun dancing in the rain and playing tag, even though we were all soaked and muddy, it was so fun to have good one-on-one time with our kids. Thankfully, the Fellowship of Montgomery was here this week, but this was not our final. We can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for next week and the rest of the year. 

- Brooklyn & Reggie

Whittier

Whittier got to spend week 7 with Fellowship of Montgomery from Texas. Fellowship brought intentional love to the kids, and all of them ran up to Bible Club and smiled. At crafts, the kids did many coloring sheets and chalk. One of the crafts was a popsicle stick glued to hearts, and the kids wrote love and forgiveness. This craft was a good conversation starter for the kids about who loves and forgives them more than anymore. At songs, the kids loved to play jump rope and hot potato. At bible story, the kids were engaged in various bible stories, where they asked many good questions. This week, we even had a rain day; it was so much fun. We did a lot of dancing and singing in the rain on Wednesday. We could not have asked for a better week 7!!! Thank you, Fellowship of Montgomery, for blessing the kids and community with your time and energy. 

Romans 10:14 “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

- Jo & Wes

Kendrick

Week 7 at Kendrick was an amazing and fun time, and we tied for the most kids at Kendrick all summer as we had a high of 23 this week. One Church Barfield was so prepared and Christ-centered. They were awesome with the kids, and they had so much fun. Barfield incentivized the Bible stories with candy, which really engaged the kids. All of the stories engaged the kids, and you could tell the kids felt them in their hearts. With the story of salvation, the kids enjoyed the television that portrayed the stories well. Also, the Games really engaged the kids as they played water games, interactive cup games, and fun simple games like sharks and minnows. Barfield did a great job at engaging the Spanish-speaking children. They made sure that they felt involved and finished the crafts. Crafts were also very engaging, and my personal favorite was the bookmark that the kids could use to bookmark their Bibles at home. We had many children this week ask important questions about salvation, and we are praying that God waters those seeds. I also thank God for the songs and dances that Barfield taught the children of Kendrick; with the addition of 4-square, the kids had fun at Bible Club. I am so grateful for Barfield and their willingness to serve the community, but more importantly the Lord, I absolutely loved serving alongside One Church Barfield.

- Lucas

Guernsey

This week, we were hanging out at G-street with ALL of the cool kids! Between Green Acres Baptist Church and the Pope and Guernsey kiddos, Bible Club was overflowing with the joy of the Lord! At games, laughter rang out across club as they played parachute games, head-shoulders-knees-“pig”, an ultimate frisbee/basketball mash-up and so much more!! The kids made crafts that replicated the Bible stories, such as decorating Joseph’s coat of many colors, creating a picture of Joseph in jail, and interpreting dreams. Bible story worked their way through the stories of Joseph, teaching the big plans that the Lord has for us. They also allowed a Q&A time for the kids which created an opportunity for amazing gospel conversations. Instead of a songs station, they created a memory verse station. They had chants, songs, and games that the team did with the kids to help them learn the verses. Each day the kids got a prize if they were able to recite the verse from the day before. It was such a sweet week to serve along side Green Acres! Thank y’all for loving our kids so well and being willing to spend the week with us! We cannot wait to see y’all next year!

- Ailey, Emma, Gracie & Annie

Johnson

What's up, Bible Club fans??? We are at the end of yet another great week of Bible Club. And as always, Johnson was the place to be if you wanted to have all the fun, dance to all the songs, and play all the games! This week, Green Acres from Texas answered the call and came and served and did a fantastic job. Not even a rain day could stop all the fun from being had at club. We had our high of 40 kids on Thursday, several of which were brand new kids, which was so awesome. All week long, the kids focused on the story of Joseph at Bible Story station, from when he was sold into slavery up til later in his life, and learned how God still took care of him even when it looked bad. The kids also got to work on memorizing bible verses in a Memory Verse station. And they got to play different games to help them remember them. It was so amazing to look over and see kids playing duck, duck, goose, but then as they got picked, they stood up and said the whole bible verse before running and chasing the other kid. Who would have thought duck, duck, goose, and bible verse memorization would go hand in hand?! And, of course, Games station was so much fun, with the kids playing everything from soccer to football to hula hoops. It was such a fantastic week. Thank you so much, Green Acres, for sacrificing a week of your summer and coming and loving on the kids so well!

- Kameron