is the Children’s Pastor at Lakeview Bible Church in Nampa. He has been heading up a Good News Club at Greenhurst Elementary for several years, and has established some good relationships within the schools and community. Here are two stories, that he recently said inspired him.
One of the most memorable stories from our club was from a little girl who attends regularly. I don’t believe her family attends a church, at least not regularly. One day she commented, “Good News Club is my church.” While I know our desire is that her family would get connected to a church, I’m grateful to see her feel a sense of community at GNC and have the opportunity to hear the word of the Lord.
The second happened outside of GNC at our church. I regularly try to connect families with our church. I have regularly invited our clubbers to church events over the past couple of years but never had any families take me up on the offer. I was quite pleased to see a few attend our Sports and Art Camp last June (our VBS equivalent). Then this fall, we had half a dozen show up at our Fall Festival with their parents. We’ve had one family come to church since starting our club, but that only for a couple of weeks. However, the positive is we’re slowly starting to engage families outside of our club meeting time.
Thanks, Dustin, for serving the Lord in this way!