Duncan's Ditties

2011-09-27T06:48:00.000-07:00

God’s guiding eye

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye. Psalm 32:8

The day started out in a state of confusion. Joyce and I were scheduled to meet the gas company at the house in Woodstock so that they could install the gas tank and check out the furnace. On our way north we had a few stops planned – CEF meeting with a church’s children’s director and stores to price out appliances. About two weeks ago I had talked to a lady in West Virginia about a gas range and dryer she had for sale for only $25.00 each. Really? As they say, “If it is too good to be true…”??? I had not heard back from her so I thought that statement was coming true.

God’s guiding eye: Just before leaving that morning I finally reached her and arranged to look at her appliances that afternoon. This meant that we needed to switch transportation to the truck. In doing so, I left most of the information I wanted to take to the CEF meeting in the car.

God’s guiding eye: I was still able to have good meeting with the children’s director concerning assuming leadership of an after-school Good News Club® nearby. They are having over 200 children attend their children’s programs, many who attend this school. I was able to take the material to her the next day.

On the way we looked at used appliances costing $250.00 to $299.00. It was beginning to look like a trip to West Virginia might be worth the gas to check out this “too good to be true” offer.

God’s guiding eye: When the gas company arrived to install the tank in the back yard they couldn’t get up the incline because they had brought their older, two-wheel drive truck. The previous tank had been placed right in the middle of the yard, just off the back deck. Who would want a tank there, blocking your view? Plans were made to change its location. If we were to buy the gas dryer, a gas line would have to be added also. As the technician and I traced the gas lines through the basement, we found the gas line passing right over where the dryer was to go with a union fitting at that same location! A simple change in connections and a few feet of gas line is all that it would take to receive a gas dryer.

The gas dryer in West Virginia was looking even more promising now. In looking at appliances, Joyce was praying for a gas range that would be all white, have sealed burners, and have the heavier grates.

God’s guiding eye: As we pull into the driveway to investigate this “too good to be true” offer in West Virginia, Joyce could see the dryer was yellow and it didn’t look all that good. God’s eye wasn’t looking so good- or was it? The range had a sheet over it but Joyce didn’t need to see the range to know it was exactly what she had asked for – there were heavy grates sitting there. Yes, and it was all white with sealed burners, too! The dryer was much better than the initial appearance, also. It is worth the trip when God’s guiding eye is directing – even if we are not always aware of it until “after the fact”.

So, when God’s guiding eye is directing you, it is always “too good but true”!

He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall he not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32

2011-09-19T06:42:00.000-07:00

Duncans on the move!

Henry Blackaby in his book, Experiencing God, gives seven realities of experiencing God:

God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and as He accomplishes His work through you.

God is at work in Shenandoah Valley and in the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship®. As I mentioned in the CEF blog recently, Good News Clubs are getting started again for the school year, and new possibilities are opening up in Woodstock and Winchester. God has invited us to join Him in this work by providing a house in Woodstock which will put us in the heart of where God is at work at the present time. There are even possible job openings for Joyce and Kathy locally!

We are in the process of purchasing a brick basement rancher home in foreclosure just outside the city limits of Woodstock but close to all the stores and interstate. The house has four bedrooms, a living room, a family room with fireplace downstairs, an

attached two-car garage, and a large room off the kitchen which will serve as my office. There is a lot of cosmetic work to be done but the house is

structurally sound. Our tentative schedule is as follows:

October 12 – deadline for final closing

October12 – 28 – painting, cleaning, fixing, etc., moving small things as we come and go

October 29 – make the big move with all the furniture, etc.

If God would lead you to help in any way, please respond accordingly. The following are some of the immediate needs and work that needs to be done:

A lot of cleaning and painting; power wash the outside and decks
Refinish wood floors
Install laminate in office, vinyl in kitchen and bathroom
Install closet doors in bedrooms
Clean gutters, correct drainage, landscape yard away from house
Later in the winter or early spring: move raised garden beds
We have possible leads on the following, but they are not confirmed:
Gas range and dryer (propane), washer

Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus... (Ephesians 3:20)

It's Winter but Spring is Coming!

2010-02-18T06:31:00.002-08:00

For those of us who are blessed to live in beautiful Shenandoah Valley, I believe we can all say that we have had enough of the wintery snow. Let those who want to reside in the blustery North keep their snow up there. A little of it is enjoyable and beautiful but almost five feet of snow this winter has set a record, not only for snowfall, but also for our patience and perseverance. The national news reported recently that every state of the Union but Hawaii had snow on the ground- including sunny Florida!

The good news is that we who believe in a Creator God can be guaranteed that Spring is on its way! Those who accept the evolutionary worldview cannot say that. Jason Lisle states this in his book. The Ultimate Proof of Creation. There is uniformity in nature. The universe is logical and orderly and it obeys mathematical laws that are consistent over time and space.

Laws of logic are contingent upon God’s unchanging nature. And they are a prerequisite for logical reasoning. Thus, rational reasoning would be impossible without the biblical God.

The irrational, illogical, random belief of the evolutionist cannot guarantee us that spring is coming. They would be like the ground hog that would always see its shadow. They must rely on biblical creation assumptions that are contrary to their professed belief in naturalism (nature is all that there is) or empiricism (knowledge is gained only by observations).

God has promised that “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22)

Our lives are much like that as well, aren’t they? We all have gone through, or will go through, depressing winters of our lives when the evil results of sin seem to snow down on us in abundance – when we struggle with the thoughts that we will never be able to dig out of this winter of our lives. We ask the question, “Will it ever end?” But there is a loving Creator that guarantees that the joys and beauty of Spring can come, now and for eternity. We can trust in our Creator God for these tough times as well. His awesome character is like SNOW:

Sovereignty

“Thine O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.” (1 Chron. 29:11,12)

Never changes/ Never leaves us

“…I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5)

“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms…” (Deut. 33:27)

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” (Rev.1:8)

Omniscience/ Omnipresent – Psalm 139

Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge…” (Prov. 1:8)

“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” (Col. 2:3)

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally…” (James 15)

So with joyful hearts and full assurance of our faith let us cry out,

“Let Him SNOW!”

It's Winter but Spring is

2010-02-18T06:31:00.001-08:00

2009-12-09T05:50:00.000-08:00

Family: the Duncans are a GROWING family:

Tim and Brandy and their son, Alex, continue to live in the Columbus area. Alex is almost four and sprouting like a fast-growing poplar tree!

Deborah and John and their sons, John (J.J.) and David, continue to live in Marietta, PA (Lancaster County). J.J. is five and a half if you ask him, and David is four. J.J. attends kindergarten at a Mennonite school, is excelling in reading, and loves to do homework! How long will that last? As is the case with sibling rivalry, David is not far behind.

Kathy continues to live with us, doing most of the cooking. She is spending a lot of her time now being a “nanny” to two home schooled children. She spends a good amount of time also volunteering in the Equipping The Saints office.

Joyce divides her time between home and volunteering at ETS, either in the office or keeping the donated clothes organized.

I am come a light into the world,

that whosoever believeth on Me

should not abide in darkness.

John 12:46

Displaying the "colors" of God's glory

2009-10-23T11:59:00.000-07:00

Photography is not my forte but, like all of us, seeing a good picture is very inspiring. I was wishing for a camera on a recent trip up and over one of the “mountains” here in Shenandoah Valley. The fall colors are at their peak in many places as they shout, “Glory!” The exterior green chlorophyll is being replaced by the various natural colors of the leaf.

What if God were to take a picture of your church? Would everyone find it very inspiring?

There are many different shapes and sizes to church buildings as there are the fall colors, but I am not speaking of the exterior. The church is YOU – those who have become a part of His family through believing and receiving Christ as their Savior.

So what would that spiritual snapshot of your church look like? In Revelation,chapters 2 and 3, God gives us a spiritual snapshot of some churches. As we look at these churches may we respond to God’s exhortation to these churches and ask God to change our “colors” so that the fullness of His glory can be better displayed in our lives.

In each of these churches God’s picture includes a snapshot of:

His Character
A Commendation
A Condemnation
A Correction
A Challenge

Ephesus: How’s your love life? A Passionate Church

Ephesus was the headquarters for evangelization in all of Asia Minor. In Acts, chapter 19, we see a vigorous church, giving up old practices and growing mightily in the word of the Lord.

Character

God displays His character as the Preserver-“holds seven stars in His hand” and a Watchman – walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands” (2:1)

Commendation

There was a labor of love and patience.
They did not endure those who were evil.
They found and tried false apostles, laboring with persistence and endurance.
They also hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes. This was possibly the chief principle of the error of Balaam-an attempt to serve God at the same time to please His enemies. They lived lives of unrestrained indulgence, eating things sacrificed to idols and committing fornication/immorality, taking Christian liberty to the extreme.

Condemnation

The evangelistic Ephesian church had left (quit, forsake) their first love. They were just doing the orthodox routine. They had a lot of religious activity but no heart. As it says in Matthew 15:8, “…They honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”

Correction

They were to

remember from where they had fallen
repent
repeat their first works- get back to loving the Lord God with all of their hearts and proclaiming the gospel abroad to a lost and sinful world. Paul’s prayer for them was, “that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able …to know the love of Christ with all the fullness of God.”

Challenge

God’s challenge refers to eating from the tree of life which gives us the snapshot of a church with growth and vitality (Psalm 1).

Many of today’s churches display the same dismal picture – very busy with traditional programs but very little, if any, evangelism, resulting in little growth and spiritual life. Is it enough to just meet the physical need of someone without sharing the good news of eternal life with that one? NO!

Statistics show that 85% of all who are saved will trust Christ as Savior between the ages of 4-14. Children are not the church of the future-they are the church of today, the presence of the future. A church without an active, evangelistic children’s outreach is like that desert shrub – “inhabiting the parched places in the wilderness.” (Jer. 17:6)

How is your love life? Are showing off the beautiful colors of God's glory through your love for the Lord and a love for the lost? How can you reflect those colors?

Giving out a tract to someone. There is a very simple "Thank You" tract that can be given as you say thanks after completing a business transaction.
Getting involved in your children’s program at church or helping to create one.
Volunteer to be a part of a CEF® team conducting a Good News Club® at a school.

CEF of Shenandoah Valley has a new blog –cefshenandoahvalley.blogspot.com-

Find a Good News Club in your area or volunteer to start one. Display the awesome colors of God’s glory to the children!

Next: When the going gets tough...what do you do?

2009-09-05T05:36:00.000-07:00

Harvesting sweet potatoes?

If you are any kind of a gardener like me, you greatly enjoy getting your hands into God’s creation and under your finger nails as you work the soil, pull weeds, cultivate, and impatiently wait for the harvest. It is this time of the year that is most exciting- seeing the luscious fruit, hopefully, for your labor. I get very anxious when I know there is fruit under the ground waiting to be harvested, but I must wait until the most opportune time. So it is now with the sweet potatoes. By waiting, the sweet potato will absorb more nutrients. I had to pick a few (really) because they were exposed and getting too big- very big- two of them over twelve inches long! The vines remind me of kudzu that grows in the South.

There is another harvest that is even more exciting and reaps an eternal harvest – the evangelization of children. Have you experienced the joy of participating with God the Gardener who became their Redeemer and watched Him through His Spirit harvest the fruit? It is sweeter than a sweet potato and is preserved for eternity. Some believe we must wait until that fruit is older before harvesting them, but, when we do, we might find very rotten fruit or the “pests” of life have consumed them. God the Creator has designed them to be harvested when they are young, tender, and full of His nutrients so that they can produce a lifetime of fruitfulness for His glory. Our Gardener exhorts us,

Say not ye,There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest.

(John 4:35)

CEF® has been cultivating the garden of children for over 70 years, and they have seen the Gardener harvest much fruit. Here in Shenandoah Valley God the Gardener is also harvesting the fruit of young lives.

Where is the Gardener working?

· Harrisonburg city schools – two Good News Clubs®

· Harrisonburg – two Good News Clubs in apartment complexes

· Strasburg – one Good News Club at Sandy Hook Elementary

· Middletown – one monthly party club at Middletown Elementary

The Gardener needs many more workers to work in this very productive harvest field. In Shenandoah Valley God is cultivating the following “gardens” where more workers are needed:

· Rockingham County Schools – I am waiting word from Dr. Carol Fenn, the county superintendent, to start clubs in Grottoes, Elkton, Timberville, Mountain View, and Pleasant Valley where Boys & Girls Clubs are being conducted after school. Instead of offering a club exclusively for them, we could start a regular after-school club and invite them to it.

· Clarke County Schools – One club has been going at the community center, but effort is now being made to get into the schools.

· Shenandoah County Schools – There are two more schools in this county where we have an open door to start clubs.

· Page County Schools – God is raising up some laborers to possibly start clubs in the five schools in this county.

· Partnering with Communities 4 Christ (www.reachingthelost.org) - They set up a tent wherever there are groups of people and share the gospel message using a yardstick with the wordless book bracelet attached to it. I have been going with them to these events and sharing with the children as they share with the adults. Visit their website for upcoming events were workers are needed.

Is the Gardener asking you to get more involved in cultivating His garden of children?

What can you do?

· Churches are needed to “adopt a school”, and then a team needs to be trained and equipped to conduct theafter-school Good News Club. A coordinator from that church is needed to oversee this outreach ministry.

· Individuals are needed to share the gospel at these special events. Presently there is a big car show September 11 from 5-9 at First Nazarene Church in Harrisonburg. On September 12 from 9-3 in Grottoes we will have a tent at the Harvest Festival. Prayerfully we will be able to promote the Good News Club at that time.

· As God grows the ministry more financial resources are needed: office expenses, phone, mileage, set-up costs at these events, tracts, etc.

· Pass the word- schedule a “gathering” of interested workers, and let me come and share some “gardening tips”!

Many of you are already working in God’s garden here in the Valley and elsewhere. Only because of your faithfulness in prayer and financial support has this ministry been able to grow, and we are very grateful for your labor of love.

May all of us continue to be exhorted by our Gardener,

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into His harvest. (Matthew 9:37,38)

Cultivating a harvest greater than sweet potatoes,

Tim, Joyce & Kathy Duncan

2009-06-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

Costa Rica …grace just when we need it!

Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace-the throne of God’s mercy (for our failures) and find grace to help in good time for every need- appropriate help and well-timed help, just when we need it. (Amplified New Testament)

Anytime you take a missions trip to a foreign country you should always expect the unexpected and that is how it seems to be when I have gone to Costa Rica to work with Ana Moshenek at Palmas de Mamre´ (palmasdemamre.com). We stayed at her home in Puerto Viejo for a couple of days to take care of some “basics” before heading down the river to the farm. While there I was able to start training two teen girls and two men who were there working on other projects in the use of the wordless book and counseling a child for salvation. As five of us (Ana, Anita, Donika, Abby, and I) left for the farm on Thursday in her Land Rover with their suitcases on the roof rack and mine somewhat wrapped up in a tarp in a trailer, the typical happened- a heavy rain storm. We were able to get their suitcases crammed into the Rover along with bodies like sardines in a can until we could reach a small grocery store and buy plastic bags. By then we were soaked and much of the feed, my stuff, etc. was soaked. Gratefully most of my things were in plastic bags, but not all. A lesson learned- always put everything in water-tight bags! Nothing seriously was ruined.

Ana had learned before we left that a temporary farmhand that had been hired stole all the cheese for that week, along with a horse and saddle. After dropping the girls off at a town where they would go by boat the rest of the way to the farm, Ana and I took a half hour drive to the police station to retrieve the horse. They had recovered most of the cheese and the horse. The horse was so “beat” that I had to just about drag him down the road where he was left at a friend’s farm.

At the farm we were able to get the two girls trained and equipped to conduct “VBSs” that Ana was planning in various towns and schools. Plans changed Sunday when a 16 year old boy drowned in a boating accident. He recently had trusted Christ and was attending a discipleship class with the pastor. This incident shut down all activities along the river so all plans for VBSs were cancelled. They found the body two days later and the funeral was held Wednesday evening at 10:00 at night with up to 500 people attending. We were able to do one program in one school on Monday which gave the girls an opportunity while I was there to go through it once.

Through it all God’s grace was sufficient at just the right times. Pray for the girls as they reschedule and conduct these VBS programs; for the family, loved ones and the community who are grieving over the loss of this teen; for Ana- strength and health to keep going.

Monkeys take a bad rap!

2009-06-03T05:44:00.000-07:00

Monkeys get a bad rap from the evolutionists.

We are always prone to blame our problems on someone else, especially our past heritage. So, is all of our corrupt behavior due to our past genomes from which we have evolved from? Do we take heart that everything is evolving upwards and we will mutate by natural selection to a higher and nobler race? But wait- what about those poor monkeys that take all the blame? How do they feel? Animal rights groups ought to protest over this abusive accusation. If monkeys could communicate to us what would they say about their “noble race”?

Below is a poem I found in an old book written by Dr. M.R. DeHaan that might address this issue:

Don’t disgrace our noble race

Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree,

Looking down on people like you and me.

Said one to the other, Now listen you,

There’s a certain rumor that can’t be true,

That man descended from our noble race;

The very idea is a rank disgrace.

No monkey ever deserted his wife,

Starved her babies and ruined her life.

And you’ve never seen a mother monk

To leave her babies with others to bunk;

With baby sisters of one sort or another,

Till they scarcely know who is their mother.

And another thing you’ll never see,

A monk build a fence round a coconut tree;

And let the coconuts go to waste,

Rather than let someone else have a taste;

Why, if I’d put a fence around my tree,

I’d only invite you to steal from me.

Here’s another thing a monk won’t do,

Go out at night and come home in a stew.

Or use a gun, a club, or a knife,

To take some other monkey’s life.

Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss,

But he surely never descended from us.

*(from Genesis and Evolution by Dr. M.R. DeHaan,1962)

Job answers this very clearly:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee,

And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;

And the fish of the sea shall declare unto thee:

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. (Job 12:7-10)

What “TIME” is it?

2009-05-07T05:45:00.000-07:00

What “TIME” is it?

How many times have you asked or been asked that question? But when it is asked, what are you meaning by the word “TIME”?

According to Webster’s dictionary, time could mean a particular duration whether past, present, or future; a season; life in reference to occupation; age; or the state of things.

God reminds us of the importance of time: …behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

On my last blog I looked at the population of the 4/14 window. This next chart shows the percentage of children under the age of 15 around the world. Since 85% of all who are saved will be under the age of 15 and children make up to 50% of some countries’ population, then certainly the “TIME” is now!

A video that has circulated the internet (advice discretion as to its accuracy) also shows the importance of time in regard to the time/age that we are now living in. As we are reminded in Ephesians 5:14-16: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1pnCldKZI)

In the Shenandoah Valley the season of opportunity is now:.

Ø There is the opportunity to start Good News Clubs as an elective activity with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

Ø A training workshop has been scheduled in Harrisonburg to equip you to reach the children. (see previous blog for details)

Ø A training workshop has been scheduled in Winchester at Grace Community Church on June 5 and 6. (see insert)

Ø A Creation Discoveries day camp is scheduled for July 6-10 at Ralph Sampson Park next to Lucy Simms Community Center. Volunteers are needed to help with the activities.

Ø More day camps will be scheduled once final approval has been given from the Boys & Girls Clubs and Rockingham County Schools.

You can go to the U.S. Naval Observatory (http://www.usno.navy.mil) and get the official time for anywhere in the United States. Better yet, we can go to the Official Time Keeper, and know that His clock is set and no one can change it. Are we keeping our clocks set by His time or the world’s time?

Child Evangelism Training Workshop June 5- 6:00-9:00 PM; June 6- 9:00-2:00

Grace Community Church, 2333 Roosevelt Av., Winchester,VA

To register contact: Sandi Webster ,

Children's Ministry Director & Outreach Coordinator

Grace Community Church 540-662-3300 www.gracecommunity.com

Missions to the 4/14 Window- a new name to an old emphasis

2009-04-24T06:30:00.000-07:00

Luis Bush, who wrote a booklet on missions to the 10/40 window, has now written a challenge to what he calls the 4/14 window- “Raising Up a New Generation from the 4/14 window to Transform the World”.(www.4to14Window.com)

What or who is the 4/14 window? The 10/40 window emphasized a geographical area. The 4/14 window is a demographic group- children, ages 4 to 14. Why? Because as the chart shows, if we are to fulfill the Great Commission, we must reach the 85% who are humble, trustful, and welcomed by our Savior (Matthew 18:1-6). They not only need to be evangelized but they also need to be empowered by that gospel to transform their world. They are the “presence of the future” – the church of today, not tomorrow!

As we examine the population of the world’s 1.2 billion children, we see that most of them are in the 10/40 window geographically. Here in Harrisonburg, VA, we have these children coming from 64 countries speaking 46 different languages. Our “4/14 window” of the “10/40 window” is on our doorstep, our neighborhood, our schools. And the door of opportunity is open to reach them with the gospel and empower them to serve the Savior.

Child Evangelism Fellowship® has been emphasizing this open door for over 70 years, reaching into 59 nations around the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Their main program for reaching the children is the Good News Club®, a one hour, after-school Bible club. The CEF ministry of Shenandoah Valley has been under development for less than three years now with four Good News Clubs in Harrisonburg, one in Strasburg, and a party club in Middletown.

A present opportunity has opened up in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. We have been given the open door to offer a Good News Club as an elective activity in their program. Already clubs are being planned for Lucy Simms Community Center, Plains Elementary in Timberville, and South River in Grottoes. I plan on teaching these initially, but teams are needed to assume the leadership as soon as possible.

Another opportunity this summer is to conduct day camps at these Boys & Girls Clubs. Three camps are already scheduled: July 6-10 at Ralph Sampson Park/Simms Community Center, July 20-24 at Plains Elementary in Timberville, and July 27-31 at South River in Grottoes. The theme will be “Creation Discoveries” – an adventure in God’s creation that will take them from the Creator to the Redeemer.

Teacher Training Workshop: A training workshop has been scheduled to train and equip teams to conduct these clubs and to assist in the Creation Discovery Day Camps this summer. It will be held at the Lucy Simms Community Center, Room 103, on May 29^th from 6:00-9:00 PM and May 30^th from 9:00-2:00. There will be no cost for the training but donations will be welcome. CEF is faith-based ministry, trusting God through His family to provide the resources needed to evangelize and disciple the children. The training will equip you to evangelize children, to counsel them for salvation, to present an effective, evangelistic Bible lesson, and much more. If you would like to attend, contact me by calling 540-746-0313 or by email at tedunc@gmail.com