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Joanna Strubhar and MaKenna Campbell both love Good News.
The two Lincoln Grade School students have each attended the Good News Club after-school program since it started at their school when Strubhar was in kindergarten and Campbell was in first grade.
The girls, now 8 and 9 respectively, each said they look forward to the program, which meets each Wednesday after school for two eight-week sessions. Each student must be registered to attend the program. A letter with registration information is handed out to students about two weeks prior to the beginning of each session.
“I like learning about God,” Strubhar said.
The third-grade student added that she attends church with her family, but the Good News Club caters more to younger people.
“At church I can’t always understand the stuff that my pastor’s saying and here they make it easier for us to understand,” she said.
Campbell, a fourth-grade student, said she likes to “have fun and learn about God” at Good News Club.
“I really like the games,” she added.
A typical day in the program consists of learning a Bible verse, hearing a story, reviewing the story in the form of a game and enjoying a snack.
“It’s so important to make learning fun,” said Good News Club teacher Karen Robertson.
Robertson said the program is comparable to Vacation Bible School. The children sing songs and learn life lessons.
The international program is available at 78 Illinois schools as well as many more across the globe.
“We’re in nearly 200 countries,” Robertson said. “The same program that you see here, you’d see in Kenya, except in their language.”
At Lincoln, there are two Moody Bible Institute accredited teachers, Robertson and Margaret McCarthy.
Robertson said the program, sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship, is church-based, but nondenominational.
“We’ll take anybody,” she said. “In some cases we’re the only type of church these kids see.
“We get a number of kids who do go to church and some who do not. But we don’t care one way or the other. We’re not there to preach to them, we’re just there to have a good time.”
Joanna Strubhar and MaKenna Campbell both love Good News.
The two Lincoln Grade School students have each attended the Good News Club after-school program since it started at their school when Strubhar was in kindergarten and Campbell was in first grade.
The girls, now 8 and 9 respectively, each said they look forward to the program, which meets each Wednesday after school for two eight-week sessions. Each student must be registered to attend the program. A letter with registration information is handed out to students about two weeks prior to the beginning of each session.
“I like learning about God,” Strubhar said.
The third-grade student added that she attends church with her family, but the Good News Club caters more to younger people.
“At church I can’t always understand the stuff that my pastor’s saying and here they make it easier for us to understand,” she said.
Campbell, a fourth-grade student, said she likes to “have fun and learn about God” at Good News Club.
“I really like the games,” she added.
A typical day in the program consists of learning a Bible verse, hearing a story, reviewing the story in the form of a game and enjoying a snack.
“It’s so important to make learning fun,” said Good News Club teacher Karen Robertson.
Robertson said the program is comparable to Vacation Bible School. The children sing songs and learn life lessons.
The international program is available at 78 Illinois schools as well as many more across the globe.
“We’re in nearly 200 countries,” Robertson said. “The same program that you see here, you’d see in Kenya, except in their language.”
At Lincoln, there are two Moody Bible Institute accredited teachers, Robertson and Margaret McCarthy.
Robertson said the program, sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship, is church-based, but nondenominational.
“We’ll take anybody,” she said. “In some cases we’re the only type of church these kids see.
“We get a number of kids who do go to church and some who do not. But we don’t care one way or the other. We’re not there to preach to them, we’re just there to have a good time.”
