Week 8: Eastern Assembly, Lifepoint Church, West Springs, Power Surge, Big Creak Church, Beech Street, Cornerstone Church, Green Acres Church, Logan Elm Baptist, & FBC George West
07/31/2023
National
Praise the Lord for such a sweet ending to the summer! Thank you LifePoint Church for coming down to Memphis to spend the last week with our kids. Y’all’s preparation blew us away with all of the fun things y’all had planned. The kids really enjoyed having a NEW experiment station this week and the ways it related to the Bible story. One of the days, they used paper clips to demonstrate having a friend in Jesus and how He keeps us from ‘sinking’ just like He helped Peter walk on water. They continued learning this all the way through Bible Club! They had a three legged race to show how friends work together, and then they made boats at Crafts and tested to see if they would float. It was so cool seeing all of their Bible stories come to life throughout the week and the entire summer! We are so grateful that we got to be here for another summer and see how the kids have grown in their faith and desire to know Jesus. AND see all of the friendships that formed & how well the kids took care of one another. We are so blessed to know them and be impacted by them. Please continue to pray for them as they go into the rest of their year and are lights in their schools and families!
-Kelsey and Tucker
Jackson
We had a phenomenal last week at Jackson Bible club with FBC George West! Thank y’all for coming all the way from Texas to love on our kids. It was so great to watch the kids listen to different Old Testament stories in Bible story station. They got to learn how God has been faithful from the beginning of time and connect this to Jesus being our hope through the ages. We no longer have to sacrifice because Jesus was the perfect one. Thank you for using your bilingual skills in making sure each kid that came to club had the ability to fully understand the stories and the love of God that He has for each of them. It was so special to watch and listen. Thank you for an awesome time at games station as well. We’ve never seen some of the kids try so hard and have so much fun with obstacle courses and relays. It was a joy to see. The kids got to end the summer with Fruit of the Spirit, which is one of their favorite sing-a-long songs to do motions to. We love watching other stations incorporating the lessons of the week. It was sweet to watch the kids be so careful and intentional with making their crafts each day. They got to be creative and show their inner artists. We had such a special week, with our newest summer high on the last day of club at 38. Thank you FBC George West for loving the kids so well. We’ll see you next summer!
-Abby and Emily
Leahy’s
What an AMAZING week it has been at Leahy’s!!! Huge shoutout to West Springs for loving on our kids all week long!!! Bible story was a huge hit, the kids got to dress up as bible characters and see a science experiment, while learning about Baby Moses, The Ten Plagues, The Parting of the Red Sea, and The Ten Commandments. The kids got to make a River with baby Moses in it, a shield for protection against the Plagues, the Red Sea, plant flowers, and make a fortune teller! The big hits at songs this week was getting to freeze dance, dance to church clap, and play hot potato! Games was bringing all the energy this week with water relays, blind folded obstacle course, a parachute, relays with pie in the face, water guns, and water balloons!! It has been an incredible last week at Leahy’s!!
Thank you all for serving, loving, and teaching our kids this summer!!
-Mackenzie and Judy
Pope
What an amazing final week of Bible Club! Beech Street brought the fun and a high of 27 kids! The kids learned the different stories of Moses like the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea and more! At crafts they made bracelets, picture frames, and so much more! At games they played capture the flag and freeze tag! Songs killed it with musical red light green light and freeze dance. The kids felt so much love throughout this summer, especially week 8! Thank you so much Beech Street for serving the Pope kids so well!
-Emma
Whittier
What a blessing it was to have Big Creek Church lead us out for the summer! Truly, club this week was incredible, and though we all had to be flexible through the mud and the excitement of so many kids showing up, God was certainly honored by the dedication and love poured out this week towards the kids. Bible Stories went deep this week, asking important questions and bringing everything throughout the summer together; going over the hope of Revelations on the last day was also a perfect ending to all of the previous stories. Games was a hit, especially the parachute, and the kids couldn’t get enough of that gigantic beast. When it was out, roughly half of the Bible Club kids disappeared under it at one time. Crafts was full steam ahead, mesmerizing the kids with scratch offs, fuzzy coloring sheets, and foldable crowns to wear. Lastly, Songs was blasting as they played various games such as Ninja, Freeze Dance, and Hot Potato, as well as a new one called Big Booty. All that to say, Whit Vegas went out with a bang, and the kids were quite sad when they had to leave. We’re so thankful for the hard work and kindness of Big Creek, and we can’t wait to have them again!
-Jo & Hunter
Rosamond
We had a wild week 8 at Rosamond! Thank you so much to Green Acres for joining us in service this week! We had the biggest week of the summer. Talk about finishing strong! Even though Green Acres was a new team, they all did awesome. Not just any group can handle 54 kids so well! 54 kids was not only a summer high but also the most kids I’ve personally ever seen on Rosamond! Green Acres was well prepared with a Bible story each day about Moses, along with some great coordinated crafts. They also used a scripture memory station in place of songs which went great! Games were a hit with the parachute and potato sack races! Overall great week and an amazing end to the summer. I loved being able to see all the neighborhood kiddos one more time this summer. Please continue to pray for all the kids until we can get back out and see them again really soon!
-Ben, Jae, and John
Kado
What a wonderful summer we have been blessed with, and three weeks of Bible Club Kado back to back are icing on the cake. The Power Surge Youth group came to serve the children and finish us of with our week 8. We got to see an average of 15 children each day share a little more Jesus, a little more love, a little more hope before the school year begins. Kids came to club excited to sing and dance, they sat and made picture frames and baby Moseses, they learned about God's protection and provision and promise keeping power, they had an epic kickball tournament, and played the most hype games of hot potato the world has ever seen! One of my favorite moments was watching one 10-year-old so intently asking questions and wanting to know more about baby Moses in the basket, and her 7 year old brother recalling memory verses from day to day AS WELL AS LAST WEEK! Huge thanks to the missionaries from Power Surge Youth who were so willing to wade through the heat waves gathering children and being so intentional with each child. Having dropped each child off at their home for the last time this season, I ask you all to be praying for them. 1) Pray that God will protect and provide for them and their families this year. 2) Pray that they remember God's Truths and the lessons they have learned this summer. 3) Pray that God will place other missionaries in their day to day lives. 4) Pray that they will come to know Him in a personal, loving, and everlasting relationship. Signing off for 2023.
-Kaden
Kendrick
What a sweet end to a great summer at Bible Club Kendrick! Thank you to Cornerstone Church from Kentucky for coming in and allowing us to spend one last week with the wonderful kids at Kendrick! We spent the week learning about Moses and all the ways that the Lord used him and provided guidance and grace through someone you least expected. The kids were able to decorate flower pots and plant seeds, decorate Ten Commandments wheels, and other crafts relating to the Bible story. The kids loved crafts every day because they were able to use paint which isn’t a common medium they have access to and it was such a joy to see their excitement. The kids danced and sang to some of their favorite songs, played hot potato, and chicken danced their hearts out. At the end of the week, the team gave out goody bags for each kid and Lucas and I were able to give out bibles to a couple of our kids who have been asking questions and exploring their faith a little more. It was a bittersweet goodbye but we cannot wait to be back out there soon! A big thank you again for the love and encouragement that Cornerstone Church continued to bring every day despite the heat. We wouldn’t be able to minister to this community without you. Until next time Kendrick…we love you!
-Jess & Lucas
Johnson
Hello one and all and welcome to another awesome week of Johnson Bible club! We had Eastern Assembly from Baltimore in town and they led an amazing final week of club. A high of 32 kids came out in the heat to have fun and learn about Jesus. Game station turned into party station with all the different games going on, including a water game competition on Friday. The kids got to make sea shells, color pictures, and even made an edible rice crispy boat at crafts. And the kids got to dance to classic Bible club songs as well as the church clap and cha cha slide. A huge thank you to Eastern Assembly for coming to the frontlines and sharing the good news to our kids.
-Kameron