WEEK 1: Mt. Auburn UMC, Stone Ridge Baptist Church, Bridge Christian Church, Fellowship of Montgomery, Loudon County Association, Pleasant View Church, and South Community Church

GUERNSEY
We’re hangin’ out on G-Street, ‘cause that's where all the cool kids meet!! Bridge Christian came to par-tay at G-Street this week! All of the rain and mud couldn’t keep these wonderful folks from bringing the fun and love!!  From the Good Samaritan to Jehoshaphat the kids at Guernsey learned all about God’s Love at Bible story. Songs station reminded the kids of how you can’t be a coconut if you want to be a Fruit of the Spirit. Crafts were filled with reminders about God’s goodness for us and how he loves us. The kids loved making their very own prayer books and key chains!!! Games station was always having fun playing different games like sharks and minnows and doctors and germs! Each station was able to tie their activities perfectly to the theme of the Bible story each day to reinforce the important lessons they were learning. Every single team member was engaged and full of energy, and the kids absolutely loved every second of it! This week we had a high of 36 kids that came to the club to learn about God’s love and Bridge Christian gave everything they had to make sure the kids knew it! We are sending a huge thank you to the Bridge for giving our Guernsey kiddos such an amazing week! We could not have asked for a better week to start us off! We hope to see you guys back next summer! 
-Mitch & Beef

NATIONAL
Good morning! Street Reach is back in full swing and Bible Clubs are happening! What an exciting time to be a missionary. Club National started off with a bang this week having 28 children learn about Jesus on DAY 1 and hitting our high of 35 on Thursday. Huge thanks to Stone Ridge Baptist Church, the fantastic missionaries who canvased these streets even in rain. They played baseball, made rainbow bats, and even taught our children new songs about following Jesus wherever he leads. One of my personal favorite moments happened on Thursday. Drew who has come to bible club for a few years now mentioned that he would like to become a Christian! One of the missionaries from Stone Ridge talked to Drew and asked him about sin and repentance and salvation, and Drew understood each of those concepts. Praise the Lord! But when we asked him what he thought it meant to "becoming a Christian" he was unsure. I got to speak with Drew about how "being a Christian" is NOT about following rules or going to church, but rather about having a relationship with Jesus. It is so obvious that God is working in Drew's life. Unfortunately, Drew decided that he was not quite ready to take that next step, not yet. Please pray for him, that God would call with His spirit too loudly to ignore. Pray that Drew would begin a new life with Christ that lasts for eternity.  Pray for Bible Club National, that opportunities to bear witness to God's truth would abound all summer long. And in case I don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and good night.  
-Kaden @ National

ROSAMOND
Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Rosamond’s Got Soul! What a great way to open up Summer 2021 at Rosamond, with Pleasant View Church! Pleasant View opened up site Rosamond for a great summer and our kids were so excited to be back out there. They shared the gospel of Jesus Christ this week with 33 kids, that is AMAZING! Each day they prayed for more kids at Bible Club and each day God answered their prayer and it was absolutely amazing to watch them walk down Rosamond Ave with more and more kids. The kids at Rosamond had a great week learning about All God’s Children and how to be the fruit of the spirit. They learned about Jesus’ resurrection, how prayer can bring peace to those in need, what it means to be kind, and how to give back to others. The kids made savior scopes to help them stay focused on God and his word, they made kindness planters to give to a friend or family member, and they decorated goodie bags filled with candy to give to a friend they love. This amazing team showed Christ’s love to the kids at Rosamond while helping them share Christ’s love with others. Thank you Pleasant View Church for all your hard work and dedication this week!
- Jess & Dre

WHITTIER
Wow. We cannot even begin to express our gratitude for such an amazing week 1 at Whitvegas - full of sweet reunions, memories, relationships, and FUN. SO many Bible club kiddos (57 on Thursday to be exact) were prayed for, told about Jesus, given all the love & attention they deserve, and given enough candy to last them for the next month. A few highlights from this week include making slime in crafts, dancing/singing to “Let It Go” in songs, going through an obstacle course in games, and watching the real-life wall of Jericho tumble in Bible story. I can’t even explain how much fun was had this week at Whittier. And the biggest highlight of all from this week is the fact that multiple Whitvegas kiddos accepted Christ - what could be better? We are truly praising God for using South Community Church to bring so many blessings to Nutbush this week - from singing silly songs to leading children to Jesus, and everything in between - not a moment was wasted. Thank You, Lord, for keeping the predicted rain away so we could be out there with Your children every day. Thank You for the many blessings of this week including every child, every family, and South Community Church. It truly was the best week 1 we could’ve asked for - see you next year South Community!! 
 -Claire & Kristin

POPE
Summer is here! Which means Bible Club is here! Here at Pope, we had an awesome first week of club. Other than a bit of rain on Tuesday, the weather was perfect. We saw a club high of 30 kids on Thursday. Louden and Mount Auburn came out and, from beginning to end, poured their love on the kids. Games consisted of lots of fun relays, it was a full-on dance party at songs, the kids made bracelets and other fun crafts, and every kid got to hear about God and his amazing love for them at Bible stories. And on Friday, the teams went out on routes and talked with, played with, and prayed for the kids and their families as well as other community members. 
Thank you, Louden and Mount Auburn for a great week at Bible Club and we hope to see y’all next year! 
-Kameron & Abby