Week 1: FBC Johnson Ferry, South Community Church, Stone Ridge Baptist, Loudon Co. Association, Crestwood Church, & Bridge Christian Church

06/10/2023

Rosamond

Great opening week at Rosamond! We had some energetic middle schoolers from the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. They traveled nearly 6 hours from Marietta, Georgia; to spend the week with us! Rosamond was one of five total sites they ran with week, what a blessing! The Bible club kids had a great time learning a new game called Spud, as well as playing some of their favorites throughout the week. Songs had a blast every day singing and dancing to “God is my Superhero” and playing freeze dance! They prepared some really neat crafts including coloring sheets coordinated with the Bible story, foam sun visors, and salvation bracelets toward the end of the week. It is so great to hear the kids reciting each of the meanings behind the colored salvation bracelet beads! Everyone also learned a lot from the Bible stories this week including the lesson from John 4 about the woman at the well, and the story of Mary and Martha. Bible club was a blast and we had a great first week high of 32 kids! Thank you again to Johnson Ferry for their participation in our missions this week!

-Ben, Jae, and John

Guernsey

The Fruit of the Spirit’s not a coconut. The Fruit of the Spirit’s not a coconut. If you want to be a coconut, you might as well hear it, you can’t be a fruit of a spirit!” These song lyrics could be heard all across Bible Club Guernsey this week! Bridge Christian definitely brought the fun for week one of the summer! This week was all about the Fruits of the Spirit! In Bible Story, the kids learned about several Bible characters that possessed the Fruits of the Spirit including Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! In the songs station, they sang so many fun songs to help the kids remember the fruits of the spirit. The kids always love singing “The Fruits of the Spirit” and doing the hand jive with it! In the craft station, the kids made lemon-shaped door hangers, fruit baskets, and “Grow with Kindness” flowers! The games station was always so much fun! The kids loved playing germs and doctors, red light green light, dozers, and builders, and capture the flag! Thank you, Bridge, for serving this community so well year after year! You have not only made an impact on the G-Street kids but on me as well! I am looking forward to seeing how the Lord moves through Guernsey this summer! 

-Mitch & Ailey

Pope

P-O-P-E that is where we want to be! What an amazing week one at Pope! Loudon County created such a fun Bible club for our kids! They had so much energy and loved the kids so well! The kids learned the story of the woman at the well and how Jesus is our protector. At crafts, they made wells, lanterns, and bookmarks. Games hit it out of the park when they brought out the parachute for the kids to play with. The kids had a blast! We had over twelve brand new kids come to club this week with a high of twenty-eight kids! Thursday we had rain showers, but that did not stop us! We danced in the rain as the routes walked home! We are so excited to see what next week will bring and watch our kids grow in Christ! Thank you Loudon County for a great start to the summer! 

-Emma and Kameron 

Johnson

WELCOME one and all! Street Reach 2023 has officially kicked off its summer season and what a wonderful week we've had at Bible Club Johnson. On Monday we had 4 children show up, three of which were late. The heart-filled team from FBC Johnson Ferry walked and knocked and walked and knocked and came back with so many "no kids" and "all my kids are grown." At the end of the day, we had to believe that God is in control and that HE wants us to love whoever HE has chosen to show up to club. At the same time, HE has said that the harvest is plentiful - there are children who need to be in HIS presence and it's our job to go and find them. So Tuesday morning, all the missionaries gathered around and we prayed that God would fill us with His power to love no matter who was in attendance and that at the same time send us as many kids as we could handle. GOD ANSWERS PRAYER! That day, we jumped from 4 to 25 and maintained 29 the rest of the week! Watching the team play soccer, dance battle, decorate sun visors, lift parachutes, and teach the scriptures of Jesus Christ to these children with nothing held back was a true blessing to behold. We even had a family of seven Spanish Only students (something I've never seen at Bible Club Johnson) attend all week, and not even a language barrier could stop the love of God from pouring forth from the missionaries. THANK YOU Johnson Ferry for being so willing to pray for God to send children AND be so willing to go get them, so willing to love them, so willing to build relationships with them. I could not ask for a more fantastic start to a summer. Once again, God is so good. He answers prayer. So please pray that God will continue to send workers into this harvest field, and pray for the rest of our summer. I cannot wait to see what wonders the God of miracles has in store. #BestBibleClub

-Kaden

Leahy’s

We had such a great week at Leahy’s! Yup, you read that right, Leahy’s is back!! Huge shoutout to Crestwood Baptist for bringing all the energy all week long!!! Leahy’s ran a high of 21

kids this week!! Our kids learned all about Jesus and memorized different bible verses throughout the week! During the bible story, they had different activities to work through to help them

remember the verse. One day they put a puzzle together and another day they built a Lego tower! Over at crafts, we built, colored, and decorated! A couple of favorite crafts of the week

were creating tie-dye coffee filters and mason jar lanterns! Duck-duck-goose, red light green light, blob tag, and throwing the football were a huge hit at the game station! Songs was a huge hit all week long! The kids learned new dances every day, two of the favorites were, My Lighthouse and House of the Lord! Thank you, Crestwood, for loving on our kids this week! 

-Mackenzie and Judy

Treadwell

Let's Go, Treadwell! Thank you so much to FBC Johnson Ferry for coming in this week and sharing the love of Jesus Christ with the wonderful kids at Treadwell. We started on Monday with 3 kids but through the team members' determination and love, they went back out on Tuesday and brought back even more! We had a high of 22 this week and continued to meet new kids every day. This week, our kids learned about creation, the women in the well, and Mary and Martha. The Treadwell kids made nativity scene crafts, salvation bracelets, scratch-off crosses, and visors that the kids wore all week. I saw relationships grow between team members and bible club kids and confidence develop as the students stepped out of their comfort zone. In our morning site meetings, we talked about God's Word coming to life in us. We specifically talked about Matthew 9:35-38 where Jesus told his disciples "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." This week's students brought this scripture to life by intentionally tending to the Lord's harvest at bible club; I couldn't be more proud of them. It was a phenomenal week at Treadwell and I cannot wait to see what the rest of this summer brings. 

-Jess

Que Que

Week one at Que Que was so awesome and was filled with Jesus moments!!! We had a fun and engaging week with the team from FBC Johnson Ferry at Que Que!  The kids at Que Que loved playing with the parachute, as well as making all of the crafts including salvation bracelets and coloring sheets. They especially loved wearing their decorative and colorful sun visors loud and proud of their work at crafts. The way that  Johnson Ferry was so eager to pray for people was very inspiring. They would pray for so many people passing by. I personally enjoyed seeing the older boys so well-behaved, showing good manners and playing football. Another personal highlight was when I watched 10-year-old Freddie volunteer to pick up trash around the sight with one of the team leaders. In this first week, the kids really bonded with the team well and they loved them so much. This has been a really fun week and I look forward to week 2 as more people come to love on these kids. Please pray for the incoming teams for wisdom and energy as they will share the love of Christ with these Memphis children. 

-Marcus and Lucas

National

Stone Ridge Baptist Church was such a blessing on our first week back at National! There were 48 kids on Monday and up to 57 kids on Friday who were loved on and taught about God! They certainly enjoyed the parachute at the games station, as well as the high energy during kickball. Never before has anyone break danced to the Gummy Bear Song, but the kids this week set records for awesome dance moves. Fun games were played at Bible Story too, and the kids learned about Peter’s denial of Jesus, being a good friend to others, Ester’s Story of bravery and trust, and how God truly listens to their prayers. At Crafts, every kid-focused intently on coloring Noah’s ark, adorning Joseph’s coat, and creating beautiful bracelets, as well as other fun art projects!

Stone Ridge was truly incredible, showing the children through their actions that God cares for them so much. So appreciative of a stellar team that transformed copious amounts of kids into a God-honoring, fun mission field!

 - Kelsey and Hudson

Whittier

Week 1 of 2023 is in the books! Bible Club Whittier was blessed to have South Community Church come and serve the community this week. As always, they brought joy and life to the streets of Memphis. We can’t begin to thank them enough for spending the week at Street Reach. The Lord worked this week and we were able to reach 83 kids in total, with Friday having the highest individual count of 53 kids!!! The kids absolutely adore the team members of South Community and it was refreshing to see how God filled the team up with love so they could bless the kids with the gifts of big hugs, intentional conversions, and a lot of good dance

moves. This week we saw the hand of God working and his power was evident! South Community even had a Spanish speaker who was able to connect to Spanish-speaking families, who had children come to bible club. It was cool to see each and every one of South Community’s team members put their God-given gifts to use with the kids of Memphis!! Matthew25:45

 “Then he will answer them, saying,’ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of

these my brothers, you did it to me.”

-Jo & Tucker

Jackson

We had a fantastic first week of Bible club at Jackson Park with FBC Johnson Ferry! All of the walking routes worked so hard to find more and more kids each day of Bible club. New families came for the first time and loved every day with the team. This week had the highest number of kids for the beginning of summer that I can ever remember. Each day’s activities were well planned with the Bible story and crafts working together to make sure each kid understood the story of Jesus' ministry on Earth. Games and songs were so fun to watch and jump in and play throughout the week. Whether it was the parachute, an intense soccer game, Hey Bodidly Bop, or Chicken Wing, the kids were always so excited to join in and have fun. The best part of the week was one of our kids accepting Jesus into her heart. I will forever be grateful for FBC Johnson Ferry devoting their time to Bible club and being obedient to God’s direction. The team explained salvation so well, and it was so special watching another child enter into God’s kingdom forever. We cannot wait to see you again next year, Johnson Ferry!

-Abby and Emily