Day 9: Today I am thankful for the Good News Club at my childrens' school, and the awesome people who give of their time to make it happen. The Good News Club at Gwen and Jenna's school is run by Jason, a youth minister who works at Calvary Chapel Upland. Jason not only does youth ministry for Calvary, but he also does Good News Club every Monday at the local elementary school (which happens to be the school he went to as a child, and he had Gwennie's teacher, Mrs. Elwood! How funny is that?) He ALSO does a Bible study every other Friday at the local Jr. High-Christian attends the Jr. high Bible studies after school every other week and he really enjoys them.
Our elementary school has the largest Good News Club in Califrnia. There are quite a few kids that attend, in various age groups from Kindergarten to 6th grade. I have to say this must be quite difficult for Jason having so many kids from different age groups but he handles it with grace. Jason's mom, Dora, comes into the class to help him with the kids. Tiny, Christian and I have been trying to show up and help every Monday since we learned that Jason has such a large class. At the last class we went to, Jason said that the people who run the Good News Club may be sending him some help with his class-I think this will be a huge blessing for our kids' Good News Club!
I am really thankful to Jason and Dora for taking the time to evangelize in my children's school, and I am thankful for the teacher who lends her room our so that they can have space to learn about God. If you haven't heard of the Good News Club, there is a link at the beginning of this post. I think they have something similar at most public schools. The equivalent of this at the school my kids were in before we moved to this district was called "Time Release Education", and it was a Chrstian class held in a little van every week. Christian had a blast going to Time Release Education in 4th grade, and he even go to go to a weeklong Christian camp with his friends that summer through the school program.
Yay for people who take their time to teach our children about His Love!
