10 Keys of the Kingdom
"John Blake Shares His Heart for City Kids" blog for revolutionary
Christians
From
Pastors and Leaders “Our
church will be working with kids after school each week. I'm thankful for
CEF and those who cast a vision for local pastors to participate in a Good
News Club program within our own church community.” a Burlington, NC
pastor “We appreciate you
for what you do with the kids here (public housing sites) in the Good News
Club... thank you CEF.” DHA
Creative ministries
are a vital part of the regular CEF outreach in Durham. Featured above are Ross
Family Ministries (clowning) and Paneh Mime International (with mic).
Weekly
Sports Camps
To be held this Fall Sep. thru Nov. 4-6 PM outside in Durham communities
where CEF club ministry already exists.
Multiple coaching and ministry opportunities are available. Contact CEF at 919.399.1979 if
interested in serving with these events.
Duke
2010
Reconciler's Weekend Conference Sep. 24-25 at
Duke Divinity School
Reconcilers Weekend
is an annual event hosted by the Duke Center for Reconciliation, which brings a leading practitioner and a leading theologian, each dedicated to a life of Christian reconciliation, to share their stories and wisdom at Duke Divinity School. The program is designed to provide theological and ministry formation to students, pastors, lay Christians, and other ministry practitioners.
Online registration
is available to the public.
2011 tentative dates
June 26-July 2
July 10-16 Confirmation of these
tentative dates will be available by Nov. 30, 2010 for info and registration
regarding the Breakout! 2011 urban boot camp.
What’s good with you? Encouraging words and video
found at BrandNewz with Christopher Martin. See the CEF More
Than Gold story among many other inspirational clips.
Mission to Malawi The CEF Durham chapter and CEF
of Malawi continued a partnership in 2010 through prayer, training, ministry
resources, and supplies. Joseph Khondowe and his staff (above) have reported
over 9,500 children receiving Christ in school-based clubs.
From friends of CEF around Durham and beyond... “Pray
for teens losing interest in God and help for our workers to reach out to
them. Joseph K, CEF Malawi
"For
protection from thieves and for completion of renovations to our new home in
Durham..." Smith Family “Pray
for a meeting in August with the new DPS Superintendent Eric Becoats and
several ministry leaders (including CEF).” John Blake
"For the Good
News Across America mission in Boston this summer for 2 weeks July 19-31."
Dottie Whitney “Pray
that more local churches and ministries will participate in the 10
Challenge." CEF Committee/Board Also
current requests & updates
CEF Student Ministries
Breakout!
2010 urban
missions boot camp
Bless Cornwallis event July 17th with
music, food, gospel presentations, games, and more Hey,
boot camp was a blast! Our
family loves working with those kids at Liberty St. Apts.
saidPastor Maggie Mraz. During boot camp weeks, ministry was scheduled
in seven Durham communities using the 7 Most Important Things in the World to
communicate the Gospel message. Inflatable games, 5-Day Clubs, sports,
prayer walks, and service projects were some of the various activities and tools
used in the ministry plans of boot camp students.
Each
day Breakout! urban boot camp started with a walk to the downtown YMCA for
morning workouts, shower, and then worship lead by various musician and five
guest ministers. This inspirational session of worship helped students
develop a heart for the city and God. Immediately afterwards, a couple of
teaching sessions were presented each morning on topics like, Moving Beyond
Rhetoric and Building Bridges to the Disadvantaged Child. After a
great lunch, provided by First Baptist Durham, there was a time for games and
competition. Breakout! believes in praying hard, working hard, and playing hard.
Games and
social activities were a major part of the ministry plans developed by the
student-led urban mission teams each day.
Ministry
plans for each assigned urban community were reviewed and improved during a 8 PM
debriefing after each team had returned from their four hour ministry day. Many
times adjustments were made on site as the students had total freedom to change
their plans, shuffle their staff, or follow the Lord's direction to do something
different.
Each evening after ministering,
a dedicated time called City Life was offered. Sunday night (first
night) was a bus tour of Durham. Wednesday night the students attended a Durham
Bulls baseball game complete with fireworks. Bible study - movie night,
eating ice cream with another local ministry, and _ were other activities, but
the last night (Friday) was used to bus city kids to an inner city gymnasium for
an end-of-week Let Freedom Ring rally. Breakout!
students prepared and presented the Gospel-centered program. Paneh
Mime International provided entertainment; Irvin
d Clown gave the message; and Bull
City Outreach of Durham provided the supper.
Also,
that final evening, City Life had the entire team of students and staff
at the Tobacco Road Cafe in downtown Durham. A late night dinner, conversation
about the week-long boot camp, and July 2nd fireworks overlooking the Durham
Bulls stadium were enjoyed by all. Students from Asheboro, California, Canada, Connecticut,
Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Statesville had worked to reach nearly 2,000
city kids for Christ during the week describe above and the weeks that followed
into late July.
Hillary, one of the boot
camp students and a CEF intern, stated "While serving as an intern was the
first time I really encountered Christians with a deep desire to serve in urban
areas and with evident gifts in reaching out to inner-city youth."
Breakout! 2010 students and staff ended their seven days
of boot camp by attending worship together on the American Tobacco Trail on
Saturday morning at 7 AM. Each day and each event had a uniqueness and freshness
about it. Everyone involved was tired, encouraged, energized,
and blessed for participating.
Internships
provided for students, mission
staff, and local pastors
It now strikes me as astounding that I lived an entire nine months in Durham without truly seeing or appreciating the city. When I began my freshman year at Duke last fall, I rarely left campus and knew almost no members of the community besides other undergraduates. However, as I entered spring semester, I felt God encouraging me to form a relationship with the Durham community and allow myself to serve and learn from the city’s residents.
I applied for a summer internship with Pathways, a Duke Chapel program that allows students to explore their unique vocations and callings by serving in Durham while living in intentional Christian community in a house downtown. After hearing me talk about my love of working with children, Rev. Keith Daniel, the director of the PathWays program, paired me up with Child Evangelism Fellowship as well as
Cornwallis Youth Life Center.
The past month has been a whirlwind of experiences, among them: tutoring, food preparation, sport camps, and CEF’s Breakout Boot Camp.
Spending time in fellowship with Boot Camp participants and with the wonderful kids at our 5-Day Club in
McDougald Terrace and Cornwallis Rd. Apts. enabled me to witness firsthand the ways in which God is moving in the lives of the children of Durham and allowed me to better grasp the magnitude and tenderness of His love for them. I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to see and be a part of God’s transformation of this city. I look forward to see what beautiful plans he has in store for the rest of the summer and my next three years as a Durham resident. — Hillary (Hilly) Martinez
Duke ‘13
Today's Hero Over
the last several years we, at CEF®, have had the privilege to work alongside a young man
that has shown a tremendous growth in his walk with Christ.His name is Syelwin Moore.I
met Syelwin at the Carriage House tutoring program.I would meet with him twice a week, going over material he had to learn
for Christian Youth in Action® training camp that summer.Even then he showed a willingness and hunger to learn how to share the
Gospel.As time went on, he, my Dad,
and I developed a strong bond of friendship together. We enjoyed working
together on how to share the Gospel, hanging out in the gym, and just hanging
out and spending time together.
That
summer of ministry with him was, to me, probably the best I have ever
experienced.We would ride around
all day talking, laughing, listening to music, and just ministering to the
community together.It wasn’t long
before he started asking me if he could bring his friends.“Of course”, I said.There
would be times I had an entire car full.I
couldn’t believe that these friends of Syelwin’s actually wanted to come and
hang out, but they did and they kept coming.Syelwin
started showing leadership qualities as he was around his friends.He showed them what to do in a club, how to help in storytelling, and he
even let his friends read the missionary story and they ended up teaching a few
times.It was amazing.
In a recent interview, Syelwin stated, “Because of CEF, I now have higher self
esteem...I’m not shy around
anyone now, and I’ve matured into a strong leader.I've grown stronger in the Lord by surrounding myself with people that
are in the Word and know the Word.And
I would encourage other teens to get involved with CEF, and if not with CEF make
sure to get involved with your church.Because
everything you do is bigger than yourself.” — Sean Blake
Student
summer Missions Fund The Rebecca Sims Memorial This fund benefits college and high school students working with CEF as
local staff interns, summer urban workers, and international missionaries.
Funds received will meet their necessary travel, living, and missional expenses. Contributions
are tax-deductible when given to CEF Durham by mail at the address below or by clicking on the donation button.
Please designate this contribution:
Summer Missions or Sims Fund
International and
urban missions opportunities
Plans will be developed each year from 2011-2014 for students from North
Carolina and the USA to have an opportunity to minister in
Honduras, Malawi, or beyond where CEF Durham has a ministry partnership.
Approved
students can work with school clubs,
sports outreach, evangelism, and discipleship efforts for 2-4 weeks in urban communities across
America and other countries. Students will receive
basic, advanced, and urban training before traveling to their mission assignment.
Applications
are accepted year-round. See downloads page for
details. Sites for consideration through 2012 are: Salt Lake City, Chicago,
Jackson, MS, Malawi (Southeast Africa), and Honduras.
Urban missionaries in Durham last summer
Student Thunder missions team to Honduras