Week 1 - St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Shady Grove Baptist Church, FBC Canton, Solid Rock Church, Loudon County Association, FBC Montgomery, & FBC Jenny Lind.

Rosamond

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church brought all their energy to Bible Club this week! The team came prepared with equal parts structure and fun. It was awesome to reconnect with some of our kids from previous years, and it was great to meet new kids for the first time! This week we had a high of 68 kids on Tuesday! All the kids really enjoyed learning a new chant during station rotations and painting rocks to brighten the garden at Brinkley Heights! St. Paul’s put a lot of enthusiasm into planning every station, from using instruments in songs to parachute games. The kids were constantly engaged in Bible story and were always excited to show off their crafts. On Friday, the kids made encouraging bookmarks to hand out to their friends and family who may not know about Jesus. What an awesome way for the kids to put the lessons they’re learning at Bible club into action! Thank you, St. Paul’s for helping us train up little missionaries in Memphis!
- Brianna & Nicole

National

Week 1 at National is in the books! Shady Grove Baptist joined us for the first week of Bible club. Lots of fun was had at crafts as the kids made flower pots and candy boxes. The kids also had lots of fun this week at playing soccer at games; and if you know National kids, you know they love soccer! The kids really enjoyed getting to know the team, and some cool relationships were made. This week, the team and I were sweetly reminded that God CHOSE us for this. God didn't have to utilize us in His mission. He could easily share the Gospel all by himself (because he's God and he's all-powerful). He could literally write love in the sky for everyone to see. Instead, God allows us to share in and be a part of His work. He chooses to use us to share His love with some little kids in Memphis. How awesome is that? Thank you, Shady Grove Baptist for a week to remember! I cannot wait to see what God does at National the rest of this summer. I know He will do big things!
- Morgan & Allie

Guernsey 

We kicked off the first week of Bible club on G-Street with FBC Canton! The team kept up amazing energy throughout the week, and they brought a high of 56 kids to Bible club on Friday! The team enjoyed teaching the kids to share with a fun craft on Thursday. They gave each of the kids a brown paper bag with candy in it to give to someone else when they returned home, as well as some for them to keep for themselves. Tatianna loved the craft and the meaning so much that she ended up giving her bag to one team member who she had been hanging out with all week. At Bible story, the team wore costumes in their demonstration of the kindness of the good Samaritan. Throughout the week, the team kept every single kid engaged at songs by bringing buckets to drum on and a speaker to dance to. The kids responded well to the tough questions the teams asked in Bible story and were able to build awesome relationships with the kids. We could not have asked for a better week to start us off! We look forward to hanging out at Guernsey this summer. 
- Katie & Abbey

Johnson

Week One at Johnson was rockin’! We had Solid Rock Church in from Columbus, Georgia. They were a great team to start off the summer! The team did a great job of stepping up to the challenge of getting the word out about Bible club starting and loving on the kids at Johnson. Every day we had more kids come out to hear about Jesus than the day before! Solid Rock Church got to have loads of important conversations, and they really got to know the kids. One of the sweetest moments was when one of the kids at club was coloring and he asked, “who is God?” The team members were able to share all about the God loves him and how He sent Jesus to die for us so that we may live. That was just one of the many cool opportunities God provided for us to be a part of planting seed this week!  I can’t wait to see what opportunities God will continue to lay before us this summer. I know God has big things planned for Johnson, so please keep praying for the kids and the teams coming to pick up where Solid Rock left off. 
- Marcus & Kenni

Jackson

This first week at Bible club Jackson was a blast! Loudon County Association came in ready to love and serve, and they knocked it out of the park! This week at Bible club, the kids were able to hear about special attributes of God, like how God is love and God is kind. On Friday the kids made two goody bags full of candy in crafts - one to keep and one to give away to show kindness to others. What a tangible way for the kids to apply the truths that they had been learning about! Many kids chose to give their bags out to the team members whom they had made friends with this week; it was an awesome display of kindness. The team did an awesome job canvassing for kids, and we were able to reach a weekly high of 60! It was so good to see familiar faces and some brand-new faces at Bible club this week. Jackson is off to a great start, and we can’t wait to see how the Lord works and moves in the lives of these kids this summer!
“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
Romans 10:13-15
- Holly and Tedder 

QueQue

The first week at Que Que was quite the partay; as if the party ever stopped!

Our kiddos were THRILLED to see some of their favorite bible clubbers back in town. FBC Montgomery came in with the perfect amount of energy, love, and excitement needed for week one. With a mix of epic dance parties to intense soccer games, the kids’ laughter echoed through the park. In Bible story this week one of the most intriguing topics talked about was God’s provision. The memory verse for that day was Philippians 4:19, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” I just had to go over and listen when I heard that God’s provision was the topic of Bible story. As the team asked the children questions about what it meant for God to provide I could tell that the kids were beginning to understand. For the rest of bible club that day we had the kids look for different ways that God provided. It’s always such a joy to see kids so engaged with Bible story. Altogether, it was a phenomenal week at Que Que. We are SO incredibly thankful to FBC Montgomery for coming out and loving the community so well!
- Anna

Whittier

Our first week of Bible club at Whit Vegas was nothing short of a party! The kids in the community were so ready and excited for us to start Bible club for the summer. Some of our highlights for the kids this week included making slime, creating crowns, and playing sharks & minnows. Even though it was the first week of the summer, we got up to 40 kids in one day at Bible club this week! Throughout the course of this week, FBC Jenny Lind shared the gospel and the love of Christ in every interaction and conversation with the kids. They got to hear about creation and how they can be children of the King. We are so thankful to FBC Jenny Lind for truly loving these kids & doing everything they could to share the love of Christ with as many kids a possible. Your willingness to come the first week of summer allowed us to see kids we may not see the rest of the summer and allowed us to start the summer off strong. We can’t thank you all enough for your love and dedication this week! We are so confident that your hard work and love have planted seeds. We cannot wait to see God grow them!
1 Corinthians 3:6 “I planted the seed, Apollo’s watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
- Claire & Special K

Pope

P-O-P-E, that is where we want to be! It was great to have FBC Canton in town hanging out with us this week. The kids showed up this week with a high of 57 kids on Tuesday! At songs station, kids were drumming loud enough to be heard all over site. During Bible story, everyone learned what kindness means and how to be kind. The kids “flew” around club with the kindness capes they made in crafts, which was super fun! The cross necklaces made at crafts were also a big hit, along with a cool game of toss and catch. They also learned some cool new games, like “Steal the Bacon,” which was awesome. It was a great time for the staff, too because we got to hang out with so many kids that have become so dear to us. Thank you so much FBC Canton for coming out and having a blast with us as Bible club Pope this week. We are excited to see what God does over the course of the summer. 
- Carla & Tanisha