Discovery Clubs after-school Bible club is reaching nearly 80 classrooms in 29 schools in the Birmingham area — and volunteers confirm God is impacting lives through it.
Sharon Ferrell, a member of First Baptist Church Birmingham, said she is seeing God plant seeds and work in children’s lives. She hopes others will join the effort.
One God story Ferrell shared a few years ago still rings true.
Several God stories
“My children and I are able to share God’s love and the story of His rescue plan for man. The students who participate in Discovery Clubs come from various home situations, some facing great challenges. Many are not in church and have never heard the gospel. One little boy said, ‘Discovery Club is my church.’
“Through Bible stories, memory verses, activities, games and songs, the story of Jesus, the Rescuer, is told beginning with Genesis and going through Revelation. Each week, we share new truths about the Rescuer and His plan for our lives,” Ferrell said.
“Discovery Clubs is a place where students feel loved and free to seek answers to questions they have. Some weeks we run out of time because of answering questions like these: Did Jesus die for me? What if Jesus hadn’t died? Do you have to love everyone? Do we have to forgive everyone? If someone does something really bad, like murder, can he be forgiven? Does God still love him? Doesn’t the Bible contradict science? Why doesn’t God speak so we can hear Him, like over the loudspeaker at school?
“Since we are free to share the Word of Truth with them, they are able to learn who Jesus is and what He has done for them,” Ferrell continued.
“In her second year of coming to Discovery Clubs, one of our girls became a Christian. Not long after this, she and her siblings were placed in foster care due to a difficult family situation. Praise the Lord; she knows Jesus is with her through what she faces.
“(Another child) Bryan really wanted a Bible. After we gave him one, each week he eagerly reported what he had read in his Bible. On the last day of club, his mom shared how his behavior had changed over the year, attributing this to what he had learned in Discovery Clubs. God is changing lives through Discovery Clubs of Birmingham.”
‘The Bible is God’s letter’
The Discovery Clubs Bible statement is: “The Bible is God’s letter to me. It teaches me about God. It teaches me what is right and wrong. It teaches me how to live God’s way. I will learn it and do what it says.”
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