Child Evangelism Fellowship - Child Evangelism Fellowship of Washington

Our main school year ministry is called good news clubs. These are held in homes,churches,community centers, and schools. We 186 of these clubs with 3983in attendance. They are primarily designed for christian growth,although the gospel is also presented at each club. Our primary summer ministry is 5 day clubs which are similar to vacation bible school (vbs)the majority of which are taught by teens who attended our cyia(christian youth in action)camp.there were 186 of these with 3983enrolled along with regular 15 vbs held with 598 enrolled as well as monthly or one-time party clubs.

Along with fairs and other various ministries,our tell-a-story ministry still remains strong this year! A Child is invited to call a toll-free number or the internet to listen to a three minute story from the bible and then at the end of the story an opportunity is given to talk with a (good news guide). We received just under 19788calls for the year and the percentage of those asking for a live counselor is 7. In addition the 8 daytime camps held in vaious locations around the state ministered to 531 children

Instruction of teachers level 1 is Child Evangelism Fellowship's training which qualifies an individual to be able to conduct cef's 30 hour course on evangelism,called teaching children effectively. There were 7 courses held across the state. Overall,there were 33 attendees in the tce 1 & 2 courses. We have many other training programs such as training to work in the fair booth,good news clubs and 5-day clubs, and for sunday school and children's church. Over 582 attended these training opportunities.