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Local city kid requests
“If we didn't have a Good News Club® here, our community would change.”
"Pray for my dad and mom, they are getting in some fights."
"Pray for our school [to] get better."
 
Current prayer requests and information on 
CEF prayer ministry (click above).


Indicators of answered prayer
“When parents teach their community Good News Club® when staff is away.”
"When city kids cry if there is no Bible lesson presented due to time."
"When club members and families become your friends and allies."
When kids keep attending club after moving out of the community."
"When visitors are impressed that CEF workers know the names of the kids."


Will you adopt your street and pray for it by name everyday?



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Sign up to adopt your street in prayer above and see the current needs of city kids and other requests from CEF around the world, nation, state, and Durham.

 

Events News

John Blake shares his Heart for City Kids, offers urban ministry ideas, and relevant insights to collaborating with local and national ministries for transformation of the city block by block.

Team More Than Gold
Sponsoring city kids for sports camps
Various sports and overnight camping will be offered to 1,000 city kids who would not typically get to go to camp. $100/kid sponsorships are being received in honor of Coach Larry Parrish.


Coach Parrish with John Wooden (UCLA)

Tennis Academy for city kids
Tu, Th, and Sat March - May 2012 on city courts in partnership with Durham Parks & Recreation and the USTA.

Basketball Camp Downtown YMCA
M-F April 9-13, 2012 8AM-4PM for boys and girls 7-14 yrs of age with an emphasis on skills and team play.

Soccer Tourney at Duke Campus
Sat. April 14, 2012 East Campus fields
for student and adult teams - $10/fee


Testimonies

From the Community
“You guys are doing an amazing job in Durham. I never believed churches and ministries could come together like this... totally for you; I salute you.” Pastor

"Thank you for your excellent ministry to children in Durham. We honor you... We're praying for you. God bless you." Supporter


What’s good with you?
  
Encouraging news and video segments found at Brand Newz with our friend Christopher Martin.

From Around the World

"I just wanted to say that I’m so glad that God used you guys to write the song "God loves me" (7MIT).  I’m studying abroad in Thailand...
I just had the opportunity to teach that song to about 20 Buddhist kids..." Melissa  Scheffler

 

 

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Platinum Medallion Award 
was received at the CEF National Conference in Alabama on May 20, 2010. The award recognizes USA chapters with a balance in overall ministry and a 10% increase in Good News Clubs over the past three years. John Blake received the award on behalf of the Durham Area chapter. 


Pictured above from left to right, Mosies Esteves, VP for USA Ministries, Harold Bailey, NC State Director, John, and Reese Kauffman, President of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc.

Board/Committee & Staff Members

Dr. William Allard, Board Secretary, is a Mathematics professor at Duke University and attends Blacknall Presbyterian Church in Durham

Lou Brogden is a retired public school teacher, ministers to children in after school and Bible club settings across Durham and Orange Counties, and attends the Summit Church - Brier Creek campus

Gary Brown is on staff in the Dean of Students office at North Carolina Central University, a Youth Pastor, and attends Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Durham

Gary Hamilton, Board Bookkeeper,  is an accountant and attends the Church of the Good Shepherd in Durham

Diana Lisle, Chairperson,  is a teacher in the Durham Public Schools, ministers to youth and children in Durham communities, and attends First Baptist Church Durham

Paula Mangum is an after school teacher-director, nurse (RN), and attends Christian Assembly in Durham

John McCann is a writer for the Herald-Sun newspaper, radio host, and attends Grove Park Chapel in Durham

Larry Parrish, Board Vice-Chair,  is a coach, teacher, and founder of Junior Prep Stars basketball school and camps, he attends First Baptist Church Durham

Jan Perry, Board Treasurer, is a piano teacher and attends Grey Stone Baptist Church in Durham

Ruth Shepard Poole is a founding board member, ministers to prisoners, children, and families; and attends Fisher Memorial United Holy Church in Durham

John Blake, Executive Director, is the founder of More Than Gold sports camps and City Kids ministries, a former sports medicine developer,  a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Hillsborough and attends the Tobacco Trail Church on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham

Sean Blake, Student Ministries Coordinator, is a musician, ministers to youth and children, and attends and works at the Summit Church - Brier Creek campus

Dr. David Johnson, Development & Technology Coordinator, is a technology business owner, former research scientist, and attends Christ the King Moravian Church in Durham


History and Ministry Milestone

1937 - Child Evangelism Fellowship®, Inc. is established in Chicago

1990 - John & Carolyn Blake serve on CEF® Board of Directors for NC

1993 - Child Evangelism Fellowship of North Carolina secures a charter for a
           
Durham Area Chapter

1995 - John Blake becomes a full-time Director of the CEF Durham chapter

1996 - More Than Gold sports outreach is founded by John Blake

1997 - Chapter’s ministry area grows to 8 counties north and west of Durham

1999 - Extra Good News kid’s worship begins weekly in the northeast central
            section
of Durham enrolling over 6,000 city kids thru 2005

2000 - Received the Gold Medallion Chapter award by CEF annually
            through 2004

2005 - 11% of all children reached annually receive Christ as Savior,
            counseled
by trained volunteers, and involved in weekly discipleship

2007 - Cassie’s Garden to enrich city kids founded by John Blake

2008 - Urban Missions Boot Camp training developed to fulfill the purposes
            of
CEF in urban communities across America

         - Durham Urban Missions Network formed for collaborative outreach to
           10 under-resourced communities in Durham

2009 - Over 850 unchurched kids started attending church (2002-2009)

2010 - Received the Platinum Medallion Chapter award: the highest
            CEF recognition
for excellence, innovation, and ministry balance

2011 - Urban boot camps, summer outreach, and ministry in 100 locations
            thru Good News Clubs enrolled 6,000+ city kids in community-based,
            Gospel-centered, weekly discipleship programs



CEF Durham Area Chapter
P.O. Box 1288, 801 Gilbert St., Suite 205 & 207, Durham NC 27702
Phone: (919) 399-1979  Email: cefcenteroflight[@]gospeltokids.org

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