Week 6- Calvary, FBC Sparta, Blue Ridge, Old Shooting Creek, FBC Bamburg, Chapel Hill, Corinth, and Silverdale

NATIONAL

This week National was run by First Baptist from Sparta, TN. It was a wonderful week serving with them. To help with all the kids God has been sending to National, Vernon and Treadwell were opened for kids to be be loved on as Christ says to and have more attention centered toward them. With those opening, we were able to walk a couple new routes and tap into an area of the community we have yet to this summer. New kids were brought into the light and a few kids that have been coming all summer were led to Christ by this team. This shows seeds being planted in new kids lives and seeds being reaped and harvested by teams each week pouring their hearts into these precious lives. Sparta, thanks for an awesome week of your willingness to serve and further the kingdom of Christ.-Gaby

WHITTIER

What a fantastic week! Not only was the weather perfect but the plans that God had in store for Street Reach and Whittier this week were extraordinary. Old Shooting Creek led the Bible Club at Whittier and had an awesome passion to reach out to whatever number of kids that the Lord sent their way. Starting off the week with 27 kids and then continuing on to minister to a summer record of 62 kids on Thursday was amazing. The kids learned the importance of missions through a "Missions and Music" station, and enjoyed reciting the memory verse of the week. The excitement, energy and love that Old Shooting Creek helped express not only during Send-Off, but during devotions, Bible Club and afternoon projects encouraged other missionaries working around them. Thank you to Old Shooting Creek for making the most of what God gave you every day! -Josh

JOHNSON

What a great week we had at Johnson! A group from Calvary in Georgia came to run Bible Club and they did an awesome job! The kids had a lot of fun this week and they enjoyed all the games and activities Calvary provided for them. The love of God was definitely shown to all the kids that came out this week. Even in the rain, the kids still came out to be with the team and hear about Jesus. Calvary came with several props for their Bible story and made it very interactive for the kids. The kids were able to experience taking the Ark of the Covenant across the Jordan River. They were also shown how the lives of the Apostles were changed after the Holy Spirit came. In games they had a lot of fun playing in the collapsible tunnels and three legged races. Everyone had a great time this week, and it was a blessing to have Calvary here with us! -Jonathan

KENDRICK

     Just when you think things can't get any better, God shows you otherwise!  We had an amazing week at Kendrick with Old Shooting Creek.  The temperature stayed in the 80s all week and we had tons of shade.  The only day it rained at Bible Club was in Friday and everyone still had a blast.  With the awesome, hard work of our team members, we broke another record for the summer, ministering to 55 kids two days in a row!  The team's passion for the Lord and love for the kids was constantly evident as they loved on the younger kids and kicked it with the older ones.  We were able to reach out to four 13 and 14-year-old boys in the neighborhood; the gospel was shared with them and on Friday, Kenny accepted Christ!  I'm still amazed when I look back on this week and think of all the love that was shared and glory that was given to God.  Thank you for a third wonderful year, Old Shooting Creek! -Holly

TREADWELL

     With a chance of rain every day this week, the Treadwell team from FBC Sparta prayed without ceasing for the rain to stay away. And God answered that prayer, the rain held off and we were blessed to have Bible Club each day this week. The team did a great job and they were able to love on a week high of 64 kids this week. Treadwell has been well prayed over as it is a newer site. The team and I stood amazed as we counted 64 kids who came out for its first week up and  running The kids loved every minute of it and the team did as well. God is definitely stirring the hearts of the kids at the Treadwell Bible club site and the kids are ready for more. Incredibly excited to see His plan unfold in the weeks to come.
A huge thanks again to the FBC Sparta team for all of their hard work towards furthering His Kingdom. -Jake

VERNON

Opening a new site is always tough, but it was anything but a challenge for the team from Bamberg First Baptist Church in Bamberg, SC. This first-time team came to Memphis ready to be the hands and feet of Christ by loving on the kids from Vernon Avenue and Rockwood Avenue. They did an awesome job of canvassing the area and brought back 31 kids on Monday! Throughout the week, the children enjoyed singing songs along with a radio, playing games in the back yard, listening to a Bible story on a big blue tarp, and making fun crafts on the porch! The team and Bible club kids had a hard time saying goodbye to each other at the end of the week, it’s awesome to see God work in both of them in just one short week! Excited to see what happens next week at Vernon! -Cassie

KIPPLEY

This week was incredible!  The weather may not have been desired but that never stopped Silverdale for loving on kids and really giving it their all! We hit 53 kids this week, our highest number yet!  It was great!  Silverdale had so much passion and love for the kids it was exciting to see.  Also exciting to see was two of our kids accepting Jesus into their hearts this week!  I had so much fun at Kippley this week!  Next week will be tons a fun! -Kaden

LEAHY'S

      Week 6 at Leahy's was wonderful! First Baptist Bamberg brought in a team full of people eager to love on our kiddos, and they did a great job with that. The kids had fun, and it was neat to see the way the team brought Bible story into the other stations sometimes when the kids finished their crafts before it was time to head on to the next station. One of our four-year-olds started asking questions about Jesus, and Eddie got the opportunity to tell him about creation, the fall, and Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection. When he finished, the boy asked if it all really happened. Eddie told him it did, and the boy exclaimed, "Wow...Someone should have written that down!" The best part? This little boy went home with a Bible that day, so now he has the opportunity to learn even more about Jesus and hear about the rest of what God has done. -Kala

POPE

      This week was incredible!  The weather may not have been desired but that never stopped Silverdale for loving on kids and really giving it their all! We hit 53 kids this week, our highest number yet!  It was great!  Silverdale had so much passion and love for the kids it was exciting to see.  Also exciting to see was two of our kids accepting Jesus into their hearts this week!  I had so much fun at Pope this week!  Next week will be tons a fun! -Aimee

ROSAMOND

    We had a lot of help at Rosamond this week with 20 team members from Chapel Hill Baptist Church from Alabama. They were so good about going to get kids and we finally got 6 children off of Buchanon.  We had four stations this week and the kids really enjoyed them all.  All of the kids participated in songs and learned about His marvelous light through hand motions!  Chapel Hill brought soccer balls for the kids to play with and gave them all Cliff bars.  More than anything, the kids received some individual attention from the team members and there was rarely a moment where a child was involved in some activity.  It was a beautiful sight to see all of the kids learning about Jesus and having fun with it! Thank you Chapel Hill for your willingness to serve Memphis this week! -Kimberly

Praise the Lord for sending us almost 200 missionaries this week and we were able to open 12 sites! We had a high of 574 kids come to Bible club this week!