07
fall/winter
Impact newsletter
Child Evangelism Fellowship
Of South Carolina, Inc.

Over 100 youth converged on Coker College campus in
Hartsville, SC for a week of intense training and spiritual
readiness. Each student was challenged with
understanding the freedom they possess in Christ and the
Freedom? profound privilege to make freedom available to thousands
of children this summer. These are some of their stories.
Savannah Smoak - “At the end of CYIA Training
School our group went to a Boys and Girls Club to
share the Gospel. Sydney was confused at first, but
man, was she smart. She knew the answer to every
question showing that she understood that Jesus died
for her. I took her to 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 and that’s
when the light bulb really came on. She was so
certain of what she wanted to do. I asked her if she
wanted to ask Jesus in her life to save her from her
sin, she said yes with eyes wide open. After she
prayed I took her to John 1:12 and put her name in
the verse and her eyes got wider every time I
Rebecca Rhodes - “CEF Training School
mentioned her name. Before I could finish, she
put me into a spiritual high and it has not
jumped up and asked me if she could go tell her
gone completely away. We all came back
teacher. I told her she could but I had more promises
that God had made for her. I didn’t think it was and were ready to roll. We had many
clubs where kids were excited which
possible, but her eyes got wider and she said,
made us extremely excited. We’ve had
“There’s more?”, in a tone that was if she couldn’t
believe it. “ kids come to know Christ. con’t…

and not really paying attention. I really
It is a truly humbling experience that everyone
prayed that God would make things clear to
should have. God has shown me many things in my
him or show him that he was not truly saved.
life that He has been trying to show me for years but
I wouldn’t listen. Now I am more amazed than ever On Friday he came back to talk to me again.
He wanted to talk because he said that he did
about Jesus. I also learned my strongest spiritual
not understand how to grow. I was able to go
gifts that I never would have known without CEF!”
through the ways to grow and even gave him
Jon Oliphant - I have really learned that nothing can
a Bible since he did not have his own. He
be done on my own, and only through prayer and
was excited and wanted to read the first nine
trust can things be done. Just last week this was
verses of Mark 1 right then. God has also
evident in one of our clubs. I had the amazing
really given me a heart of prayer for the
privilege of leading a boy named James to the Lord.
children and for everything. I am so thankful
This was really encouraging, but I was a little
of what He has taught me through this
concerned because he was still acting up
amazing ministry to the children.”
Sammy-Kaye Lunsford - “I’ve gotten the
chance to see God work in many different
ways. I’ve seen many kids who’s faces light
up at the very thought of a new memory verse
or song. It is amazing to see how God can use
someone like us to help lead people back to
Him. It has been so incredible to see the
power and the love of God through these kids.
I am looking forward to seeing what else God
has in store for me and all of these children”

It‟s All About Making Money... Right?
Everyone wants to feel the sense of security that comes from having
sufficient funds in the bank to take care of our needs and desires.
Unfortunately, no matter how much money we have, it never seems to be
enough and we really never have a true sense of serenity. The more we
spend on ourselves the less we spend on the needs of others. In turn,
creating a greater demand from each of us in society.
When we fail to share with others what God has provided us, needs
within society as a whole naturally increase. Your part in society means
higher taxes to take care of needs that could and should have been met
simply by “loving your neighbor as you love yourself”. Government
attempts to do what God has called His people to do and the results are
not very effective but extremely expensive.
When you are in a ministry like CEF that depends on God to move His
people to share what He has given them to support this mission, you
quickly learn - serenity is not provided by how much money you have in
the bank but by the fulfillment of obedience in which you serve.
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It‟s All About Making Money... Right?
Disobedience leads to struggle - for yourself, for others, and for society as
a whole. Our determination to have sufficient funds often robs us rather
than support us. It undermines our responsibility and our peace with God
and man.
Who knows? Maybe the real way to have a sense of security and have
sufficient funds in the bank is to share it in obedience to the „Giver of all
good things” - to spend it in accordance with His will. Maybe we should
be less concerned with making money and more concerned with our level
of obedient giving - to the honor of God and for the good of His work
toward man.
“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness
and everything else will be added as needed.”
-Jesus

Building for the Future!
Richard Summerford, State Director
We are building for the future in the midst of turmoil within our nation and all around
us. For the first time in over 55 years, CEF of South Carolina, Inc., has plans to build
a state office! It will be called the Children’s Ministry Training Center. We are
excited at the possibilities that lie ahead, but at the same time, we are overwhelmed
with the expense of this project, estimated to be $275,000. We have been encouraged
by God to move forward with the project in that He has already provided $60,000.
This facility is so greatly needed by our ministry and will be a great asset to the
growth of all eleven CEF offices. This center will enable us to train hundreds of
volunteers and staff for CEF of South Carolina. We will be able to minister to future
generations as they face uncertain times.
The Lord is growing this ministry in ways I have never seen in twenty years of
service. Why? I believe it is because the children are our future, and we are preparing
them to be faithful. Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Call to me and I will answer you and show
you great and mighty things which you do not know.” God is doing just that in CEF
today. By the end of 2007, we will charter five new offices! This will make it
possible for us to reach every county in the state and every elementary school with an
After-School Good News Club during the next few years.
The Lord is blessing our ministry to prisoners in miraculous ways. Someone has just
come forward to …con’t

Richard Summerford, State Director
volunteer as a state coordinator for our What Went Wrong program. Further, we have
also been given permission to go into all 29 prisons in the state and give out
information to the prisoners for the purpose of reaching them, and their children as
well. A local foundation is seeking to provide a camp to CEF for children of prisoners,
Camp Angel Tree, so that hundreds of prisoners’ children will hear the Good News
each summer.
It is anticipated that our Christian Youth In Action (CYIA) program will double in
size over the next few years. It is our desire that many of these young people will
answer God’s call into full-time Christian service and join our staff at CEF. We are
working to build a partnership with Columbia International University for the purpose
of higher education for many of our CYIA students to become missionaries all over
the world.
Our volunteer staff will grow to over 8000 workers within the next few years. Most
of these will be working with our After-School Good News Clubs within the public
schools. There is much more this ministry is involved in, but space does not permit
me to list them all. My hope and desire is that you will join us by your support and
prayers for our general fund, development expenses and building fund. Won’t you
help us give the Hope of Jesus Christ to the children? We need you now more than
ever!

DiGiTS
116
number of youth
ages 14-24 that
served as summer
336
missionaries
number of 5 Day
Clubs throughout
3100
the state this
summer
number of number of volunteers
147
2683
children trained and working with
making first our children throughout
time decisions number of after- south carolina
for Christ school good news
throughout clubs presently
south carolina
65
number of new after-school good news clubs
expected to begin this year